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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 Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, is calling for banks to lower interest rates to single digit, in order to boost production and growth within the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector. He cited agriculture...

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.

Justice Ministry Hosts Sensitisation Session for Community Leaders

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.

20 New Cuban Teachers to Serve in Schools

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.

National Labour Day Project Completed in Time for Opening of School

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

Strategies to Improve Math Results

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...

Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Cliff Riley, cuts the ribbon to open a science laboratory at the Windsor Castle All-Age School in Portland on August 30. Looking on is Senior Vice Principal, Beverley Clarke. The lab was provided under the European Union (EU)-funded Improving Innovation Capacities in the Caribbean Project (INVOCAB).

10 years ago EducationTechnology

Windsor Castle All-Age and Horace Clarke High get fully Equipped Science Labs

Students at the Windsor Castle All-Age School in Portland and Horace Clarke High in St. Mary will enter the 2016/17 academic year with newly outfitted science laboratories. The facilities were provided under the European Union (EU)-funded Improving Innovation Capacities in the Caribbean (INVOCAB) Project, which is managed by the Scientific Research Council (SRC). They are equipped with burettes, microscopes, flasks,...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), and Programme Director for the Agricultural Competitiveness Programme (ACP), Petronia Colley, listen attentively to a presentation at the two-day training seminar on ‘Farm Enterprise Management’, held at the Hyatt Ziva/Zilara Rose Hall hotel, Montego Bay, St. James, on August 29.

10 years ago Agriculture

Jamaican Producers Benefit from Globalisation – Head of the Agricultural Competitiveness Programme (ACP)

Director of the Agricultural Competitiveness Programme (ACP), Petronia Colley, says globalisation and expanding international trade have made it easier for Jamaican producers to find an opening in emerging markets overseas. Ms. Colley, who was speaking at the two-day training seminar on ‘Farm Enterprise Management’, at the Hyatt Ziva/Zilara Rose Hall hotel, St. James, on August 29, said it is important...

Operations Manager of the World Bank, Asha Johnson, brings greetings at the closing ceremony for the Integrated Community Development Programme’s (ICDP) 2016 summer camps held on August 30 at Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston.

10 years ago Youth

2,130 Youth Benefit from JSIF Summer Camp

A total of 2,130 young people from vulnerable communities across the island benefited from a series of summer camps staged by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) under its World Bank-funded Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP). Twenty-four camps were held in 18 project communities in the parishes of Kingston and St. Andrew, St. Catherine, Clarendon, St. James, and Westmoreland. The...

10 years ago Education

Gov’t Provides Budgetary Support for All School Operations

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Government has provided budgetary support for all operational costs in schools. He added that to ensure that all schools are equipped to deliver quality education in the absence of mandatory auxiliary fees, the Ministry has increased funding in several areas. The overall allocation for the sector has...