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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange

Grange Praises Diamond League Performers

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has hailed the performance of Elaine Thompson, whom she describes as “an outstanding record-setter” at the Diamond League meet in Zurich, Switzerland on Thursday. Thompson set a new...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (right) and President of the Association of Government Medical Consultants (AGMC), Dr. Konrad Lawson (right), sign the Heads of Agreement for the contract period 2015/2017, at the Ministry in Kingston, on September 2. Overseeing the signing is Senior Industrial Relations Officer in the Ministry, Charmaine Hayman.

Public-Sector Medical Consultants Sign Wage Agreement

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

No Child Must be Kept from School – Education Minister

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague (right), makes a point to Subofficer, Motorcycle Division, Sergeant Uzander McFarlane, as they look at motorcycles that are to be repaired. Occasion was a tour of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Transport and Repairs Division on Tom Redcam Drive in St. Andrew on September 1.

TEF Provides $50 Million for Repair of Police Vehicles

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre), closely examines fibre optic cable at CB Cabling Technologies’ display booth, while Director of Technical Services at the company, Clarence Blake, explains its use. Occasion was the closing ceremony of the 2016 Scotiabank Vision Achiever Programme held at Scotiabank Corporate Learning Centre in Kingston on August 31. At right is Vice President for Marketing, Scotiabank Jamaica, Yanique Forbes.

Samuda Calls for Lowering of Interest Rates on MSME Loans

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addresses a group of community stakeholders at the first of a series of sessions to offer training on justice services and conflict resolution, at the Ministry’s offices on Constant Spring Road in Kingston on September 1. The participants included school administrators, justices of the peace, custodes, and leaders of the church. They were given training in restorative justice, victim support, legal aid and child diversion, as well as how to identify and help fight human trafficking, child abuse, domestic violence and other social ills.

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Justice Ministry Hosts Sensitisation Session for Community Leaders

The Ministry of Justice, yesterday (September 1), hosted the first in a series of sensitisation sessions to equip community leaders with skills to help citizens access justice services, resolve conflicts and prevent crime. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addressing the group at an opening ceremony at the Ministry’s offices on Constant Spring Road, said the project marks a major step...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon Ruel Reid (right), speaks with Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Bernardo Hernandez (left), at an orientation session for Cuban teachers held on August 31 at Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston. Others (from 2nd left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Maurice Smith; and Deputy Chief Education Officer, Schools Operation Unit, Dorrett Campbell.

10 years ago Education

20 New Cuban Teachers to Serve in Schools

Twenty Cuban teachers will be taking up positions in primary, secondary and junior high schools across the island in the new academic term, which commences on September 5. The teachers, who will be providing instruction in Spanish, physics, mathematics, chemistry and physical education for three years, replace their colleagues, whose three-year tenure expired at the end of the 2015/16 academic...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Honourable Olivia Grange gets an update on work being done at the Gregory Park Basic School from President of the Parent Teachers’ Association Dwight Morgan. Also photographed is Caymanas Track Limited representative, Keith Blake.

10 years ago Culture

National Labour Day Project Completed in Time for Opening of School

“We never stopped working,” was the assurance given by the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, as she participated in painting activity on Friday at the Gregory Park Basic School in Portmore, St Catherine. The school was the site of this year’s National Labour Day project. Several volunteers worked at the school on Labour Day...

$Minister of Education, Youth and Information Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left) and State Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, addressing a recent press conference.$

10 years ago Education

Strategies to Improve Math Results

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says a raft of strategies, including the establishment of a Math Consortium, will be rolled out this academic year in a bid to address the declining performance in the subject area at secondary schools. Speaking at a back-to-school press conference at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses a back-to-school press conference at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on August 31.

10 years ago Education

Gov’t Spends $800 Million to Procure Textbooks

The Government has spent $800 million to procure textbooks for the 2016/17 academic year. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, made the disclosure during a back-to-school press conference at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Wednesday (Aug. 31), He informed that the delivery of books to schools has started and will be completed...

Regional Director for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Ken-Garfield Douglas (seated right), shares a photographic moment with children of WRHA staff members, who were presented with $740,000 in book vouchers, during a ceremony held on August 30 at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay. Others (seated from left) are IGL Limited representative Winston Clarke; and WHRA Board Directors, Coleen Rickets-Evans and Sheona Muschett.

10 years ago Education

WRHA Awards $740,000 in Book Grants

The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) has presented book grants valued at $740,000 to children of staff, who will be starting high school on Monday (September 5). The children, who performed well in the 2016 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), received $10,000 each to help in their school preparations. At the presentation ceremony held at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in...

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

10 years ago EducationWorks / Construction

Schools to be Repaired Before New Academic Year

All critical repairs and construction being undertaken at schools will be completed before the start of the new academic year. At a back-to-school press conference at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on August 31, Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid said $750 million is being used to effect repairs at 190 schools. He said $70 million has...