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Hundreds of unattached youth attend the HOPE programme orientation and registration at Jamaica College yesterday (June 20).

1500 Unattached Youth Attend HOPE Orientation

Approximately fifteen hundred young persons yesterday (June 20) attended the orientation and registration for the first phase of the HOPE programme. The HOPE programme is the Government’s flagship training and apprenticeship programme, which targets unattached youth, aged 18 -24, who...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, greets some of the first batch of farmworkers to be sent to Canada for 2017. The group of approximately 375 left the island in January.

Preselection for Overseas Employment Programme Begins June 26

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), is accompanied by General Manager of Alorica, Clarence Cardwell, on a tour of the United States-based telecommunications’ business process outsourcing (BPO) company, formerly West Corporation, which operates out of the Portmore Informatics Park in St. Catherine. Alorica has more than 1,000 employees within the Park.

Gov’t Committed to Providing the BPO Sector with the Necessary Support

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

No Confirmed Case of Cholera in Jamaica

Participants at the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Region Six Certification Fair, held earlier this year at the Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St. Catherine.

ECC to Stage Certification Fair June 23

Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Cliff Riley (with mike), addresses the Council’s Science, Technology and Wellness fair 2017, held at the Chinese Benevolent Association, in Kingston, on June 16.

9 years ago Science

Students Attend National Science, Technology and Wellness Fair

Hundreds of students from schools across Jamaica converged on the Chinese Benevolent Association in Kingston, on June 16, to participate in the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) National Science, Technology and Wellness Fair 2017. Held under the theme ‘Youth-centred Science, Technology and Innovation for sustainable development’, the fair attracted students from primary, secondary and tertiary institutions. Executive Director at the SRC,...

State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (2nd left), engages in conversation with (from left) Chief Executive Officer, American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) Jamaica, Gail Abrahams; Chief Executive Officer of Sweetie, Patria-Kaye Aarons; and Chief Executive Officer, Combs and Company, Susan Combs. Occasion was the AMACHAM Female Entrepreneurship Luncheon at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Thursday (June 15).

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Public Education on National Financial Inclusion Strategy

The Government is to undertake a public education campaign on the National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS). State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, said the campaign will raise awareness among entrepreneurs of the steps needed to regularise their enterprises and access assistance from financial institutions. She was speaking in an interview with JIS...

Under-Secretary for Diaspora Protocol and Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Sharon Saunders, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held recently at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

9 years ago Foreign Affairs

Work Progressing on Global Immigration Card

Work is progressing on the creation of a global immigration card for Jamaicans living overseas. A feasibility study to show how the card will be implemented is being prepared for discussion at the upcoming 7th Biennial Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference. Speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, Under-Secretary for Diaspora Protocol and Consular Affairs of the Ministry...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left) is in discussion with former Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards recipient, Jerome Cowans, at a press conference to announce the return of the awards at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle office in Kingston on June 19

9 years ago Prime MinisterYouth

New Categories Added to PM’s Youth Awards

New categories and features have been added to the Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence, which returns this November after a three-year hiatus. For the first time, awards will be presented for excellence in Innovation, Science and Technology and Environmental Protection. These are in addition to the traditional areas of Agriculture, Sports, Youth-In-Service, Arts and Culture, Journalism, Entrepreneurship, Academics...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, presents the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation (PMMA) for Service to Education to Dr. Gilzene Fearon, during the awards ceremony at Jamaica House last year. (File)

9 years ago Prime Minister

Outstanding Educators to be Honoured June 21

The Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation (PMMA) for Service to Education ceremony will be held on Wednesday, June 21, on the Lawns of Jamaica House. Forty outstanding educators who have contributed 1,428 years of service collectively to education will receive the PMMA. The recipients were nominated by their peers, community members and elected representatives. The recipients include Arnoldo Allen, New...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

9 years ago Education

Principals Urged to Stick to School Support Contribution Policy

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is reminding secondary-school principals to adhere to the school support contribution policy in the 2017/18 academic year. Under the policy, implemented in 2016, the Government abolished the payment of auxiliary fees, and increased the funding to the high schools from $2.6 billion to $5.3 billion. For the upcoming academic year, the allocation will...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (2nd right) and Commissioner of Corrections at the Department of Correctional Services, Ina Hunter (3rd left) cut the ribbon to symbolize the official opening of the Hydroponics farm at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre recently. Observing are Correctional officers at the facility.

9 years ago AgricultureNational Security and Peace

Hydroponic Farm Donated to St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre

The St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre has benefitted from the donation of a hydroponic farming facility from the College of Agriculture, Science and Education, which will aid in the rehabilitation of inmates. Hydroponic is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water, without soil. The farming system was officially handed over by State Minister in the Ministry...