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Chairman of the J. Wray and Nephew (JWN) Foundation, Clement Lawrence (front row, right), with some of the Foundation’s scholarship recipients during a ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (August 29). Also pictured (at left, front row) is General Secretary, National Worker's Union, Granville Valentine. Scholarships totalling $11.7 million were presented to 65 students at the secondary and tertiary levels this year.

J. Wray & Nephew Foundation Lauded for Investment in Education

Senior Advisor to the Education Minister, Robert Miller, has lauded the J. Wray & Nephew (JWN) Foundation for its continued investment in the education of the nation’s youth. Through its award of scholarships each year, Mr. Miller noted that the...

Minister of Tourism and Member of Parliament for East Central St. James, Edmund Bartlett (left), congratulates scholarship recipient, Paige Gordon, at the East Central St. James Scholarship and Welfare Fund's 2017 Tertiary Awards Function at the Iberostar Hotel in St. James on August 27. At right is Denise Dear, a member of the Awards Committee. Ms. Gordon received $200,000, which will assist with her studies at the University of the West Indies.

Bartlett Gives $10 Million from Scholarship Fund to Help Students

Executive Director at the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dr. Andrew Spencer. (FILE)

TPDCo Implements Measures to Prevent Tourist Harassment

Some of the 18 Cuban teachers at the start of a two-day orientation exercise organised by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, today (August 29), at Altamont Court Hotel in New Kingston.

More Cuban Teachers Arrive

Students from a number of schools in rural Jamaica gather in the auditorium for a function at the William Knibb High School in Trelawny recently.

Rural Educators Ready for New School Year

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

PM Holness on Official Working Visit to Chile

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is to hold a series of bilateral engagements with the Government of the Republic of Chile. The prime minister left the island this afternoon (August 29) for a one day official working visit to the South American nation. Prime Minister Holness will meet with President of Chile, Her Excellency Michelle Bachelet, to enhance bilateral co-operation between...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), accepts the Distinguished Leadership Award from Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Trudy Deans (left) and Janice Savin-Williams at the Jamaica Independence Foundation’s Grand Gala on August 26 at the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan, New York.

9 years ago Prime Minister

Prime Minister Receives Leadership Award

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, was presented with the ‘Distinguished Leadership Award’ by the New York-based Jamaica Independence Foundation on Saturday, August 26. Also honoured by the Foundation were former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, who received the ‘Nation Builder Award’; and Jamaican-born basketball legend, Patrick Ewing, who was given the ‘Son of the Soil Legacy...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness met with Police Commissioner George Quallo and senior commanders of the Jamaica Constabulary Force yesterday (August 28), at the Office of the Prime Minister, to discuss expectations ahead of the implementation of the Zones of Special Operations.

9 years ago National Security and Peace

PM Holness Calls Special Meeting with Police Commissioner and JCF Hierarchy

Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday (August 28) met with Police Commissioner George Quallo and senior commanders of the Jamaica Constabulary Force for an intense session on expectations ahead of the implementation of the Zones of Special Operations. The meeting was held at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston. This is the second meeting with the high command of...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ yesterday (August 28). The Minister and a team from the Ministry provided an update on the Ministry’s readiness for the new school year. Others (from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dean-Roy Bernard; and Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean.

9 years ago Education

Education Minister Reiterates that Parents’ Contribution is Not Compulsory

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, continues to reiterate the Government’s non-obligatory policy towards the payment of parents’ contribution at the secondary level. However, he is encouraging parents to contribute to their children’s school, once an agreement has been reached and approved by the Board of Governors. “We believe in funding education up to the...

Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Public Relations Officer, Shari-Ann Palmer.

9 years ago

JIS Employee Goes to Reading University on Chevening Scholarship

For the first three years as a student at Wolmer’s High School for Girls, Shari-Ann Palmer would struggle to maintain passing grades. Improvement came with the support of her mother and her school’s guidance counsellor, but still she describes herself as having been just an average student. Today, Miss Palmer is preparing to commence a year-long stay in the United...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (FILE)

9 years ago Prime Minister

Government Committed to Peaceful and Orderly Society – Holness

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is committed to transforming the nation into a peaceful and orderly society, with access to world-class education and training, and high-quality healthcare. He also emphasised that this would include sustained and inclusive economic growth, job and wealth creation, and an end to poverty, particularly inter-generational poverty. Addressing a Jamaica 55...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), takes a look at 2016-17 property tax receipts being shown to him by member of the Marlie Hill community in South Manchester, Sonia Beckford, during a tour of the area on August 25. Miss Beckford has donated a piece of land so that a water shop can be constructed to supply the community.

9 years ago Local Government

Water Shop to be Built in Marlie Hill, South Manchester

A water shop is to be constructed in Marlie Hill, South Manchester, by the end of the year. This was announced by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, during a tour of the area on August 25. Technocrats from the National Water Commission and the Ministry will return to Marlie Hill on August 29 to begin...