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National Mathematics Coordinator in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, provides details about the mathematics pilot project for parents to be implemented in November, during a JIS Think Tank on September 27.

Math Project for Parents to be Implemented November

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be implementing its mathematics pilot project for parents in November. The US$500,000 initiative, which will involve some 1,800 families in Clarendon, is aimed at helping parents develop competence in math in order...

Commissioner of Police, Dr. Carl Williams (second left), in conversation with (from left) President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Mr. P.B. Scott; Regional Director of IT Solutions of C&W Business, Mr. Jensen Sylvester, and PSOJ Chairman, Mr. Dennis Chung at the PSOJ President’s Forum, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on September 27.

Private Sector Urged to Set Up CCTV Cameras

Chairman of the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Clovis Metcalfe (left) and Chairman of Crime Stop, Major General Robert Neish, sign a partnership agreement between the BGLC and Crime Stop, on September 27, at the BGLC’s head office in Kingston. The agreement will allow members of the public to make anonymous reports about illegal gambling through Crime Stop’s ‘311’ toll-free number. Persons will get cash rewards of up to $25,000 if the information provided results in an arrest and charge.

War On Illegal Gambling

Executive Director at the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lillyclaire Bellamy, speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Innovators Urged to Protect Their Property

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Mrs. Christine Hendricks. (File)

Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) Commends Tourism Ministry

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Special Olympics Ambassador, Lucy Meyer (centre), is embraced by Chief Executive Officer of the Digicel Foundation, Samantha Chantrielle (right), while Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris, looks on. The occasion was the recent official opening of a centre of excellence at the Montego Bay Learning Centre in Catherine Hall, St. James.

10 years ago Education

UNICEF Ambassador Urges Greater Support for Children with Disabilities

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Special Olympics Ambassador, Lucy Meyer, believes that youngsters with intellectual disabilities are capable of having normal lives if given the opportunity. She was giving the keynote address at the recent opening of a centre of excellence at the Montego Bay Learning Centre in Catherine Hall, St. James. The 17-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, USA,...

Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams, speaking at a news conference in Montego Bay, St. James, on September 25. He said the police will not relent in their efforts to capture those involved in criminal activities in St. James.

10 years ago National Security and Peace

Commissioner Says Police Will Not Relent

Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams, says the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be unrelenting in its efforts to find and bring to book those involved in criminal acts in St. James. Speaking at a news conference in Montego Bay, St. James, on September 25, Commissioner Williams said the police have already reaped some success in their search, with a number...

Senior Legal Officer in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) with interim oversight responsibility for the Access to Information Unit, Shereika Hemmings-Allison, speaking during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank forum.

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

The Access to Information Unit – Guaranteeing the Right to Know

The ‘Right to Know… Power to Change’ is the mantra guiding the operations of the Access to Information Unit, a department under the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). It is mandated to monitor the implementation and application of the Access to Information (ATI) Act’s provisions across all government entities. The Unit’s primary functions include providing guidance and training for...

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), and Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, examine one of two wood chipper machines which, along with 30 bins, were handed over to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) by JSIF for use in a waste separation and compost project to be jointly undertaken by the agencies in collaboration with Recycling Partners of Jamaica.

10 years ago CommunityLabourLocal Government

JSIF, NSWMA Embarking on Waste Separation Project

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has provided just over 2,000 bins and two wood-chipping machines, valuing nearly $22 million, to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA). These will be used to assist in improving garbage collection and disposal in 30 communities islandwide under a waste-separation and compost project being jointly undertaken by the agencies with input from the...

Director of Non-Communicable Disease and Injuries Prevention in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Tamu Davidson-Sadler.

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Ministry to Gather Data on Cancers Islandwide

The Ministry of Health is expanding the reach of the National Cancer Registry (NCR) to the entire island, to facilitate gathering data on every type of cancer in Jamaica. Director of Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries Prevention in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Tamu Davidson-Sadler, told JIS News that the registry information will allow the Ministry to plan and project how...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Reginald Budhan, addresses the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Regional Agri-Value Chain Financing Forum, held at the Courtleigh Hotel & Suites on September 26.

10 years ago Agriculture

Innovative Ways Must be Found to Attract Agricultural Investors – PS

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Reginald Budhan, says innovative ways need to be found to secure financing and attract investors in agriculture. He said the perception of serious lending risk and high cost of service delivery, among other limitations, are well-known barriers to the financing of smallholders (small family farms). “These barriers make it...

National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, emphasises a point while addressing the commissioning of a Cessna aeroplane for the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF), at the Caribbean Aviation Training Centre situated at the Tinson Pen Aerodrome in Kingston on Friday, September 23. (FILE)

10 years ago National Security and Peace

More Positive Influences Needed for Youth – Montague

National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, says the country’s young people need more positive influences, such as those offered through the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force’s (JCCF) programmes, to steer them away from illicit activities. Mr. Montague noted that the JCCF, which is celebrating 74 years of service to Jamaica this year, offers high-school students an avenue for discipline, leadership, commitment...