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Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Chair, Trisha Williams-Singh (left), and Acting Executive Director, ECC, Karlene Degrasse-Deslandes, engage in discussion on sector developments.

Early Childhood Commission Looking to Certify 300 Schools by 2019

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is deepening its engagement with existing partners and targeting new ones, as it seeks to certify approximately 300 basic schools by 2019. One hundred institutions, with an enrolment of approximately 5,000 children, are being targeted...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the 133rd birthday anniversary celebrations of National Hero, His Right Excellency Sir Alexander Bustamante in Blenheim, Hanover on February 24.

Road Leading to Bustamante Birth Home to be Rehabilitated

Executive Director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Deborah Chen.

HFJ Urges Sudden Cardiac Arrest Screening for Student Athletes

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right) and Chief Justice, Zaila McCalla, participate in the singing of a hymn at the Jamaica Baptist Union's (JBU) 167th General Assembly at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on February 26.

Jamaicans Urged to Contribute to Nation Building

Student at the St. Andrew-based Merl Grove High School, Javene Whyte (left) reasons with her schoolmates while at the recent launch of the National School Garden Programme, held at the Mocho Primary School, in Clarendon.

Students Welcome Renewed Thrust in Agriculture

9 years ago Tourism

$1B Renovation for Appleton Estate Rum Tour

Having created the design for the popular Appleton Estate Rum Tour some 28 years ago, famed local architect Clifton Yap has again been commissioned to transform the facility into Jamaica’s number-one attraction. Mr. Yap, whose Appleton design won the Jamaican Institute of Architects Governor-General Award in 1989 for Best Commercial Project, has been brought back by owners, J. Wray &...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), converses with founder of the James and Friends Educational Programme (JFEP), Otis James, during a recent dinner at Moby’s Family and Recreation Centre in May Pen, Clarendon.

9 years ago Education

Otis James – Philanthropist Extraordinaire

Praises have been heaped on Clarendon native, Otis James, for his dedication to empowering youngsters in the parish with educational opportunities, and providing support to parents in need of assistance. For more than 12 years, Mr. James, through his James and Friends Educational Programme (JFEP), has been providing scholarships to secondary and tertiary students, as well as children in primary...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)

9 years ago Local Government

Major Improvements in Local Governance Being Targeted in 2017/18

Major improvements in the execution of local governance are expected to take place during the 2017/18 fiscal year, which begins on April 1 Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is declaring that it will not be “business as usual”, emphasising that the Ministry will be focusing on a “new way of doing things”. He was speaking at...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness delivering the keynote address during the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of 1, 500 housing units at The Estuary in Friendship, St. James on Friday (February 24).

9 years ago HousingPrime Minister

Ground Broken for $7 Billion Housing Project

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness on Friday (February 24) broke ground for the construction of 1, 500 housing units to be known as The Estuary in Friendship, St. James. The development, which is being undertaken in partnership between the National Housing Trust, (NHT) and the West Indies Home Contractors Limited, (WIHCON) is being done at a cost of...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (left) is being led on a tour of the Spanish Town Road-based Red Stripe plant by Local Raw Materials Business Development Manager, Dr. Cavell Francis-Rhiney in August 2016.

9 years ago Commerce

Cassava Farmers Showing Keen Interest in Red Stripe’s Project Grow

Cassava farmers contracted under Red Stripe’s Project Grow, have been showing a keen interest in the beer manufacturer’s vision of substituting imported high maltose corn syrup (HMCS), with locally produced cassava starch in the brewing process. Local Raw Materials Business Development Manager at Red Stripe, Dr. Cavell Francis-Rhiney, told JIS News that there has so far been an “oversubscription for...

Professor Marvin Reid addresses a JIS Think Tank on the relationship between nutrition and cancer .

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Proper Nutrition Reduces the Risk of Cancer

Acting Director of the Caribbean Institute for Health Research at the University of the West Indies Professor Marvin Reid, is reiterating the need for persons to pay close attention to the relationship between nutrition and cancer. Speaking in an interview with JIS News on behalf of the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), Professor Reid said nutrition plays a role both as...

Seville Great House and Heritage Park in St Ann

9 years ago Tourism

Opportunities for Heritage Tourism in Jamaica

The managers of two historical sites are trying to cash in on the benefits that can accrue from heritage tourism initiatives. Improvements are taking place at the Seville Great House and Heritage Park in St Ann and the Good Hope Great House in Trelawny, to benefit from the increased visitor numbers. The Seville Great House is getting a facelift with...