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Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, delivers the keynote address at the Atlanta Jamaican Association Independence Gala and Scholarship Awards on Saturday (August 12), at the Sheraton Hotel, downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

Jamaica on Path to Economic Independence – Marks

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, says Jamaica is firmly on the path to attaining the true national mission of this generation, that of achieving and establishing economic independence. Delivering the keynote address at the Atlanta...

Manager of the Inspectorate at the Commission of Strata Corporation, Ainsworth Norton.(Mark Bell)

Strata Corporations Urged to File Annual Returns

Members of Zones of Special Operations (ZoSo) Task Force, comprising representatives of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and Jamaica Defence Force, in attendance at Friday’s (July 21) penultimate day of the five-day ZoSo Human Rights and Social Development training at the JDF Directorate of Training and Doctrine, Up Park Camp, Kingston.

Human Rights will be Protected in Zones of Special Operations

Mayor of St. Ann's Bay, His Worship Michael Belnavis (right), presents the Key to St. Ann's Bay to visiting Chairman of the Mayaro Rio Claro Regional Corporation in Trinidad and Tobago, Mayor Glen Ram (left). Sharing the moment is councillor for the St. Ann's Bay Division, Dallas Dickinson. The presentation was made on August 11, following a special meeting at the St. Ann Municipal Corporation.

T&T Mayor Gets Key To St. Ann’s Bay

Director of Information and Communication Technology Unit, Government of Dominica, Jermaine Jewel Jean-Pierre (left), displays the citation she received from the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) at the institution’s annual conference recently. Ms. Jean-Pierre is one of two recipients of the MIND’s Public Life Award for Leadership Excellence for 2017. Sharing in the occasion are Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre); and Regional Project Manager, Caribbean Leadership Project, Dr. Lois Parkes.

MIND Presents Leadership Awards to Public Servants

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

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Minister Receives Preliminary Report on Construction Work at Savanna-La-Mar Hospital

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says he has received the preliminary report on the circumstances which led to work being done on the paediatric ward at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital, while being occupied by children. “I have gotten a preliminary report which I have reviewed quickly. I will look at it in more details later on and then,...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, the Hon. Shahine Robinson. (FILE)

9 years ago Social Security

PATH Beneficiaries to Reapply After Four Years

Persons who have been on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) for four years will be required to reapply in order to continue receiving benefits. Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, said failure to reapply after four years will be interpreted as a voluntary withdrawal from PATH. “If, after the application is made, and a...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

PM Shocked by Sudden Death of Dr Winston Green, MP for South East St. Mary

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has extended condolences to the family of the Member of Parliament for South East St. Mary Dr Winston Green. Dr Green died suddenly this morning. He was 58 years-old. Prime Minister Holness says that the news of Dr Green’s death came as a surprise. He remembers Dr Green as a competent Member of Parliament who sat...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (3rd left), turns on the Palmeto Pen/ Breadnut Bottom/ Rosewell Water Supply system in Clarendon during a commissioning ceremony on Friday (August 11). Others from left are: Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; Chairman of the National Water Commission (NWC), Senator Aubyn Hill; Member of Parliament for South East Clarendon, Hon. Rudyard Spencer; and Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Winston Maragh.

9 years ago Local Government

Palmeto Pen/Breadnut Bottom/Rosewell Water Supply Project Commissioned into Service

The Palmeto Pen/Breadnut Bottom/Rosewell Water Supply Project was officially commissioned into service during a ceremony held at the Rosewell Primary School in Clarendon on Friday (August 11). This joint venture between the National Water Commission (NWC) and the Rural Water Supply Limited has resulted in residents from the communities of Breadnut and Rosewell receiving water in their homes for the...

Director of Preparedness and Emergency Management at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) Horace Glaze, addresses a debriefing session held at the Agency’s Haining Road offices in Kingston.

9 years ago Local Government

Jamaicans Urged to Secure Their Properties for Hurricane Season Before Travelling

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is encouraging persons to take the time to ensure that their properties are protected before travelling, in the event that a tropical cyclone should affect the island. Director of Preparedness and Emergency Management, at the ODPEM, Horace Glaze tells JIS News that persons should make an assessment and put things in...

Director of Regional Educational Services in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Captain Kasan Troupe (3d right), offers advice to scholarship recipients at the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and Partners Co-operative Credit Union Limited’s 2017 Scholarship Awards ceremony held on August 10 at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. Sharing the moment are President, JPS and Partners Co-operative Credit Union, Natalie Sparkes (right); and General Manager, Joydene Jarrett (2nd right). Sixty students were awarded scholarships and bursaries, valued at approximately $4 million, towards school expenses.

9 years ago Education

60 Students Awarded $4 Million in Scholarships and Bursaries

Sixty students have been awarded scholarships and bursaries valued at approximately $4 million by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and Partners Co-operative Credit Union Limited. Among them are 55 top performers in the 2017 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), who will receive $12,500 per annum over five years. Under the Credit Union’s ‘Adopt a School’ programme, bursaries valued at $12,500...

Executive Director of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Karlene DeGrasse Deslandes (right), in discussion with Development Officer at the ECC, Region Six, Marvia Johnson Brown, at a Certification Fair held in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, recently.

9 years ago Education

More ECIs Attain Certification

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) has reported that an additional eight early-childhood institutions (ECIs) have met the ECC’s 12 operating standards and are now certified. This brings to 55 the total number of ECIs that have attained certification to date. Executive Director of the ECC, Karlene DeGrasse Deslandes, told JIS News that the achievement is timely, “as our nation is...