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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, addresses the first group of farmworkers to be dispatched to Canada for 2017, at the Ministry’s Overseas Employment Services Centre in Kingston, yesterday (January 3).

Highly Qualified Persons to be Included in Overseas Employment Programme

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Overseas Employment Programme is being diversified to include highly qualified and skilled workers. Since the beginning of December 2016, the Ministry has been actively recruiting Information Technology (IT) specialists to work in North...

National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (left), listens to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant, at the Police Commissioner’s annual devotional exercise, held at the Police Commissioner’s Office on Old Hope Road in St. Andrew, on January 3. FILE

Security Minister Announces Measures to Combat Crime and Violence

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, greets some farm workers as they board the bus yesterday (January 3) after they were dispatched at the Ministry’s Overseas Employment Services Centre in Kingston to work in Canada.

375 Farm Workers Leave for Canada January 4

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda. (FILE)

Minister wants Police to Take Firm Stand Against the Illicit Burning of Sugar Cane

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

2017 New Year’s Message from Prime Minister, Most Hon. Andrew Holness

Some of the over 80 senior citizens honoured by the Cherry Community Youth Society in St. Catherine, show off their certificates of appreciation at the event held on Sunday (January 1) in the community.

9 years ago Youth

Cherry Youth Honour Senior Citizens

Over 80 senior citizens of the community of Cherry in St. Catherine were on Sunday (January 1) honoured for their contribution to the development of the area. At a New Year’s Day dinner organised by the Cherry Community Youth Society, the seniors were presented with certificates of appreciation, and treated to a tasty meal and entertainment. Member of the Cherry...

Director of Nutrition in the Ministry of Health, Sharmaine Edwards.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Breastfeeding Key to Attaining Sustainable Development Goals

The Ministry of Health is pushing breastfeeding as an important element in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Director of Nutrition Services in the Ministry, Sharmaine Edwards, said the 17 goals, under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are grouped under four key thematic areas. These are: survival, health and well-being;...

Air Traffic Controllers on duty at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston

9 years ago Transport

Air Traffic Control Boosted

Jamaica’s air navigation service (ANS) delivery has been significantly boosted with the construction of $1.9 billion (C$20 million) state-of-the-art air traffic control towers at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston and Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay. The 131-foot structure at NMIA, which was commissioned into service by the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) in November, replaces...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Cancer Society, Mrs. Yulit Gordon, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. (FILE)

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Parents Encouraged to Tap into Jamaica Cancer Society Programmes to Prevent Youth Smoking

The Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) is encouraging Jamaicans, particularly parents, guardians, teachers and counsellors to tap into its programmes that have been implemented to assist with the prevention and cessation of youth smoking. In an interview with JIS News, Executive Director of the JCS Yulit Gordon, highlighted two programmes that the organization has embarked on to deter young people from...

Leader of the Opposition, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, O.N, M.P

9 years ago Opposition

2017 New Year Message by the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller ON, MP Leader of the Opposition

My fellow Jamaicans at home and in the Diaspora: I greet you on this New Year’s Day in the positive spirit that the New Year brings. The dawning of a New Year also comes with opportunities for new beginnings in all aspects of our lives. With a New Year there will be new possibilities for us to advance as individuals...

Director of the Environmental and Conservation Division at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) Anthony McKenzie, addressing a recent United Nations Development Programme and NEPA

9 years ago DevelopmentEnvironment

Protected Areas Can Contribute to National Development

Director of the Environmental and Conservation Division at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) Anthony McKenzie, says protected areas can contribute to the economic development of Jamaica. “They offer many environmental services such as clean water and fresh air. The headwaters of many of Jamaica’s main rivers are located in the Blue Mountains and the Cockpit Country forest reserves....

9 years ago Culture

JCDC Urges the Establishment of Culture Clubs

Schools, organisations and institutions are being encouraged to establish Culture Clubs, by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC). Regional Manager, JCDC Eastern Region, David Reid, said Culture Clubs provide the medium through which the development of the arts can be sustained and a channel through which the creative talents and skills of Jamaicans can be identified, developed and promoted. He...