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Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, emphasises a point during an interview with JIS News.

New NSWMA Head to Improve Communication, Operational Efficiency

Newly appointed Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, says he will be placing focus on improving communication with the public in order to enhance transparency and raise awareness about the work of the entity....

Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Keith Duncan, addressing a briefing at the Sagicor Life Builiding in New Kingston on Tuesday, December 13. (FILE)

Gov’t Economic Programme will be Beneficial to Ordinary Jamaicans

Councillors from across the island participate in a sensitisation session organised by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development on December 13 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James.

Parish Council Buildings to be Assessed

Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Keith Duncan, shakes hands with former EPOC Co-Chair, Richard Byles, at a formal handover ceremony at the Sagicor Life Building in New Kingston today.

Duncan Hails Gov’t for Reinstating EPOC

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

Standards for Packaging and Labelling Sugar to be in Place by End of December

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness in discussion with EU Ambassador to Jamaica Malgorzata Wasilewska.

10 years ago Foreign AffairsPrime Minister

Strong Bilateral Relations Between EU and Jamaica

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has emphasized Jamaica’s strong and long standing relationship with the European Union (EU) in a meeting this morning (December 14) with EU Ambassador to Jamaica Malgorzata Wasilewska. The Prime Minister and Ambassador Wasilewska spoke on many areas of support and partnership established over the years between Jamaica and the EU. Prime Minister Holness noted that the...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (centre), inspects a guard of honour formed by newly commissioned correctional officers during a recent ceremony, in St. Ann.

10 years ago National Security and Peace

Probation Officers Lauded as True Champions

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles, Jr., is lauding the work being done by probation aftercare officers across Jamaica, hailing them as true champions. Speaking with JIS News, Senator Charles Jr. says members of the profession have proven themselves to be true champions, serving in various capacities in the interest of national...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Derrick Smith (2nd right), participates in the handing over of a mixing board to the Pembroke Hall High School in Kingston on December 13. The mixing board is one of several pieces of musical equipment valued at $800,000 donated to the school by the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund. Others (from left) are Chief Executive Officer of CHASE, W. ‘Billy’ Heaven; Member of the Board of Directors for the CHASE Fund, Novlette Howell; 2nd Band Master at Pembroke Hall High, Dean Mitchell; Band Master, Audley Searchwell; and Acting Principal of the school, Sharon Foster.

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

CHASE Donates Music Equipment to Pembroke Hall High School

The Culture Health Arts Science and Education (CHASE) Fund has donated musical equipment valued at $800,000 to the Pembroke Hall High School. The equipment, which was handed over during a ceremony held on Tuesday (December 13) on the school grounds in Kingston, will go towards the development of the institution’s music programme. Included are a mixing board, speaker boxes, monitors...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a sensitisation session for newly elected local government representatives at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on December 12.

10 years ago Local Government

Minister McKenzie Wants Equal Pay for Mayors

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says he will be pursuing discussions towards ensuring parity in the remuneration of mayors across the island. Currently, the mayors and deputy mayors in Kingston and St. Andrew, Portmore, and Montego Bay, are paid at a higher level than those in other townships. “The disparity between what I used to...

10 years ago Commerce

No Evidence of Plastic in Rice

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says there is no evidence of plastic in the samples of rice tested by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ). “The BSJ was provided with samples… and, so far, I can assure the people of Jamaica that there is absolutely no evidence of any contamination of plastic within the samples...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Shahine Robinson, greets members of the disabled community before the start of the national service for Disabilities Awareness Week at Grace Baptist Church in May Pen, Clarendon. In the background is Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Christine Hendricks.

10 years ago Labour

Work on Disabilities Codes and Regulations to Begin January

Work is expected to begin in January 2017 on the codes and regulations for the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD). Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, made the disclosure at the national church service for Disabilities Awareness Week held recently at the Grace Baptist Church in May Pen, Clarendon. She said the work should be...

Spanish Teacher, Kerene Nelson (standing), instructs a grade-seven class at the St. Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS). Miss Nelson is the 2016/17 Lasco Teacher of the Year.

10 years ago Education

Lasco Teacher of the Year Passionate About Education

In September 1998, a young Kerene Nelson, fresh from completing studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI) joined the academic staff of the St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) in Santa Cruz as a teacher of Spanish. Eighteen years later, she has copped one of the most coveted honours of her profession, that of the 2016/17 Lasco Teacher...