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Senior GIS Manager and Trainer, National Spatial Data Management Division (NSDMD), Simone Lloyd (left), delivers a presentation at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) 'Think Tank' on September 6. At right is Manager and Assistant Trainer of the GIS in Schools Education Programme (GISSEP), Jumaine Remikie.

Conference to Highlight Use of Geospatial Technologies

The National Spatial Data Management Division (NSDMD) will be using its inaugural Geographic Information Systems (GIS) User Conference next month to highlight how geospatial technologies can be used in maintaining national security and public safety. Senior GIS Manager and Trainer...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), listens to a comment from Executive Vice-President, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Julie Katzman (right), during a gender forum organised by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters on September 6. At left is General Manager for the Caribbean Country Department, IDB, Therese Turner-Jones.

Gov’t Taking Action to Address Gender-Based Violence

Member of Parliament, East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (2nd right) samples strawberries grown in the constituency under the AgriHope initiative. Farmers sharing in the moment (from (left) are Fitzroy Mais, Christopher Schroeter, and Anipe Cripps. AgriHope was conceptualised by Mrs. Holness and seeks to advance agricultural production in the constituency through promoting the cultivation of high-value fruits and vegetables.

Strawberries Bring Sweet Rewards for Rural St. Andrew Farmers

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. (FILE)

Renovations at Cornwall Regional Hospital on Track

Counsellor and Head of Development Cooperation, Canadian High Commission in Jamaica, Walter Bernyck, addresses a regional workshop on drug treatment courts at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (September 6).

Jamaica to Benefit from Support for Drug Treatment Courts

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), skillfully manages to keep the attention of students of Fundaciones El Centro, as he engages them in a reading session at the school’s location in Kingston, on Tuesday, May 9. (File)

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September 8 is International Literacy Day

Jamaica will join other countries in celebrating this year’s 51st commemoration of International Literacy Day on Friday, September 8 under the theme ‘Literacy in a Digital World’. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) promotes the day to underline the significance of literacy in the development and advancement of all nations globally. In keeping with the Ministry of...

Late cultural icon, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou).

9 years ago Culture

Jamaica Pays Tribute to Miss Lou Today

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is planning several activities to honour the life and work of the late cultural icon, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, affectionately called Miss Lou. The events will take place today (September 7) to mark the 98th anniversary of her birth, and are free and open to the public. JCDC Parish Manager, Kingston and St. Andrew Parish...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. (FILE)

9 years ago Education

Ministry Allocates $698 Million for School Upgrading Projects

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says $698 million is to be disbursed for infrastructure improvements at several primary and secondary schools across the island. “We have been able to carve out of our budget funding that is now going to be able to stretch right across the island,” he informed. “We have a programme...

Gender Specialist, Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, Cordia Chambers-Johnson’. delivers a presentation to participants in a recent household energy-conservation and -efficiency workshop in Greater Brown’s Town, Kingston. The workshop was jointly staged by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Caribbean Clean Energy Program (CARCEP) and the Ministry of National Security’s Citizens Security and Justice Programme (CSJP III).

9 years ago Justice

Householders Benefit from USAID/CSJP Energy Conservation Workshops

Participants in two pilot household energy-conservation and -efficiency workshops in Waterhouse and Greater Brown’s Town in Kingston are hailing the initiative as an effective undertaking, and have expressed the hope that strategies being introduced will significantly reduce their electricity bills. The workshops, which were staged by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Caribbean Clean Energy Program (CARCEP) in...

Assistant Director of the Mount Olivet Boys

9 years ago Education

JIS Gives Boys’ Home Facelift, Donates School Supplies

Employees of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) recently led a team of volunteers to conduct spruce-up activities at the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home in Walderston, Manchester, and assist in preparing the wards for the new school year. Activities on the day included the painting of dorms, ironing of school uniforms and work in the vegetable garden. The wards were also...

Founder and Director of the Jamaica Customer Service Association (JaCSA), Ilsa duVerney (second right), presents a certificate of recognition to the Jamaica Public Service Company’s Corporate Communications Director, Winsome Callum (second left), at the media launch of the National Customer Service Week at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on September 5. Others (from left) are Stakeholder Relations Analyst at the JPS, Courtney Whyte; and Deputy Chairman of JaCSA, Richard Rowe.

9 years ago Culture

JCDC to Host Customer Appreciation Day

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) plans to host a Customer Appreciation Day to recognise stakeholders partnering with the entity to stage the festivities commemorating the country’s 55th Independence anniversary. This was disclosed by Acting Executive Director, Orville Hill, who said following the successful staging of festival events, culminating with the Grand Gala at the National Stadium on Independence Day,...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, interacts with students of Pembroke Hall Primary School, Jabarie Wilson (left) and Jahnae Fletcher. (File)

9 years ago EducationHealth & Wellness

Educators Optimistic About National Standards Curriculum

Educators across western Jamaica are expressing optimism with the full rollout of the new National Standards Curriculum (NSC) for students in all grades for the 2017/18 academic year. The full rollout comes a year after it was implemented on a pilot basis in 49 schools for students in grades one to nine at the beginning of the 2016/17 school year....