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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)

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...

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

Principals Urged to Stick to School Support Contribution Policy

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.

Hydroponic Farm Donated to St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), listens to a point being raised by Chief Justice, Hon. Zaila McCalla, during a Children’s Drug Treatment Programme seminar at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Saturday (June 17).

Misconceptions about Marijuana Must be Dispelled- Dr. Tufton

Misconceptions about Marijuana Must be Dispelled − Dr. Tufton

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (at podium), speaks at the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) Youth and Public Media Access Consultation 2017, held on June 15 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Others (from left) are Chairman of the PBCJ, Gladstone Wilson, and Opposition Spokesman on Information, Julian Robinson.

9 years ago Youth

Youth Participate in Public Media Access Consultation

The first of two Youth and Public Media Access consultations was hosted by the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ), on June 15, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston. Organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information; the Broadcasting Commission and the Social Development Commission, the forum was aimed at consulting with young persons to...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right) listens to Senior Registered Nurse, Venese Henry-Williams (left), who specializes in neonatal care, during a tour of the Princess Margaret Hospital in Morant Bay, St. Thomas on June 16. Listening in at (centre) is Member of Parliament for East St. Thomas, Dr. Fenton Ferguson.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Public-Private Partnership for the Construction of Housing for Health Workers

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says a public/private partnership proposal, is being examined for the construction of accommodations for healthcare professionals at certain locations. Dr. Tufton explained that such an arrangement will require the injection of funds from an investor to develop the housing facilities. “So we would secure private participation in the financing and building of the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) listens to a point being made by President, Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Dr. Lincoln Edwards, during the institution’s fundraising banquet, in commemoration of the inauguration of the new president, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on June 15 .

9 years ago AgricultureEducationPrime Minister

NCU Urged to Undertake More Agricultural Based Studies

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is challenging researchers at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) to undertake more agricultural based studies and innovations which would redound to the benefit of the country. “If we manage to infuse technology and good management into our agricultural practises, we could increase our agricultural output tenfold and where you are in the centre...

Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (second right) hands over books to Executive Director of the Jamaica Intensive Reading Clinic (JIRC), Santana Morris (second left) and JIRC Secretary, Marion Mills (third left), to be used in the JIRC summer reading camps targeting children age six to 17 years in need of literacy intervention. Also pictured are JIS Librarian, Nicolette Josephs; and Public Relations Officer, Denise Dennis.

9 years ago Education

JIS Donates Books to JIRC Reading Camp

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has donated a series of its culturally-relevant publications to the Jamaica Intensive Reading Clinic (JIRC), which will, this summer, be hosting reading camps island wide. The books are expected to be used in the camps, targeting children age six to 17, who are struggling with mastery of literacy. The publications donated to the JIRC are:...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith speaking at a Jamaica Diaspora Day Breakfast event held on Friday (June 16) at the Jamaica National Financial Centre on Belmont Road, Kingston. The occasion was the launch of a study on the economic value of the Jamaican diaspora, to be undertaken by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) and the Jamaica Diaspora Institute.

9 years ago Foreign Affairs

Diaspora Contributed US$186,000 to Education Sector

The diaspora has contributed US$186,000 to the education sector for the period April 2016 to March 2017. This was reported by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, while speaking at a Jamaica Diaspora Day Breakfast event held on Friday (June 16) at the Jamaica National Financial Centre on Belmont Road, Kingston. The...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right) greets President, Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Dr. Lincoln Edwards (left), on his arrival at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on June 15 for the institution’s fundraising banquet in commemoration of the inauguration of the new president. Looking on is Chairman, NCU Board of Governors, Pastor Everett Brown.

9 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Gov’t to Review Tertiary Education Funding

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government will be undertaking a review of tertiary education funding. He said the objective is to ensure that more students will have access to higher learning. “A part of the transformation in the way in which we fund tertiary education is to fund the students rather than the institutions. I think...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (fourth left), with (from left) CEO of Caribbean Gaming Show and Summit, Elizabeth Goycochea; Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett; Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Carole Martinez-Johnson; Chairman of the BGLC, Clovis Metcalfe; and Executive Director of the BGLC, Vitus Evans, at the 7th Caribbean Gaming Show and Summit at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, on June 14.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Gaming Sector Poised for Growth

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says with legislation being crafted to support interactive and online gaming, Jamaica’s betting, gaming and lotteries sectors are positioned for growth. Mr. Shaw, who was giving the main address at the 7th Caribbean Gaming Show and Summit at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on June...