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Yohan Blake speaks to JIS News at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on July 6, before he, along with five residents of the Mount Olivet Boys' Home in Manchester, departed the island for a 12-day trip to France. In the background the boys fill out their immigration information.

Yohan Blake Takes Boys’ Home Residents to France

Five residents of the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home in Walderston, Manchester, are on the trip of a lifetime to France funded by sprinter, Yohan Blake through his YB Afraid Foundation and his French sponsor and business partner, Richard Mille. Blake...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), greets Natasha Allen, a participant in the GraceKennedy Birthright Programme, at its media launch on July 11 at GraceKennedy Limited, Harbour Street, downtown Kingston. Others (from second left) are Group Chief Executive Officer at GraceKennedy, Senator Don Wehby, and participants in the programme, Casey Daley, Kimberly Ann Stephenson and Karis Edwards.

Diaspora Students on Internship

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean (right), speaks with graduates of the International Recognised Qualifications (IIRQ) (from left) Tyler Colquhoun, Jodina Crooks,and Raheem Brown, while the Institute’s Director and Principal, Professor Gossett Oliver, looks on. The occasion was the IIRQ's Career Advancement Programme (CAP) graduation ceremony held on July 7, at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge, St. Andrew.

All Students to Sit Technical Subject in June 2017

Chairman of the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons, Carol Palmer, expresses her gratitude to the media for their support in heightening public awareness on human Trafficking, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, recently.

Chair of NATFATIP Lauds Media

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), having a light exchange with World Bank Country Director, Ms. Sophie Sirtaine, ahead of a seminar at Jamaica House on July 12 with international experts and policymakers to discuss best practices and strategies for economic growth and debt management. The seminar is sponsored by the World Bank.

Gov’t Hosts Seminar on Economic Growth and Debt Management

Director of Elections, Orette Fisher, addresses the Caribbean Civil Registration and Identity Management Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on July 8.

10 years ago Health & Wellness

National ID System will Ensure Clean Voters’ List – EOJ

Director of Elections, Orette Fisher, says the implementation of a national registration system will ensure that the names of deceased persons do not appear on the voters’ list. This, he said, will protect the integrity of the electoral system and make it easier to determine the number of eligible voters in the country. Mr. Fisher was addressing the close of...

Leader of the MIS group which conceptualised and produced JAM-CAL, Carlton Ellis.

10 years ago Technology

Final Year MIS Students Launch Application to Improve Tax Calculation

Final-year Management Information System (MIS) students at the Montego Bay Community College, in St. James, have launched an innovative mobile calculator application to improve the calculation of taxes and Grade Point Average (GPA) of students. The application, which is called ‘JAM-CAL’, was launched at the college recently after months of research and work by the six-member group. Leader of the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), having a light exchange with President of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), Hon. Michael Fennell (left), during the JOA’s press conference to announce the athletes going to the Olympics in Brazil. The event was held on July 11 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. At right is Deputy Head of Mission, Brazilian Embassy in Jamaica, Diana Jorge Valle.

10 years ago Sport

Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) Names 63 Athletes for Olympics

The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), on July 11 announced the 63 team members who will represent Jamaica at the upcoming 31st Olympiad, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Heading the list are returning gold medallists Usain Bolt, who will run the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4×100 metres men’s relay; and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who will take part in the 100 metres and...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Norman Grant, addresses recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. He gave details about plans for Denbigh 2016, which will be held from July 30 to August 1 at the Denbigh showground, in Clarendon.

10 years ago CultureEntertainmentJIS Think Tank

Culture Ministry Endorses Denbigh

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, has endorsed this year’s Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, as part of the country’s 54th Independence anniversary and Emancipation celebrations. President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Norman Grant, said the 64th staging of the largest agricultural event in the Western Hemisphere will take place over the Emancipation weekend from July 30...

Director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Cluster Office in the Caribbean, Katherine Grigsby, speaking at the recent UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Conference, held at the Hyatt Ziva Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James.

10 years ago Foreign Affairs

UNESCO Official Says Jamaica Should be Proud of Investment in Education

Director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Cluster Office for the Caribbean, Katherine Grigsby, says Jamaica and other Caribbean states should be proud of the investment they have made in education. Speaking at the recent UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Conference at the Hyatt Ziva Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James, Ms. Grigsby added that significant...

Commonwealth Secretary-General, Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland (at podium), addresses a Town Hall meeting at the Regional Headquarters of the University of the West Indies in St. Andrew on July 8.

10 years ago Foreign Affairs

Youth Urged to Help Commonwealth States Achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Young persons of the Commonwealth are being encouraged to do their part in helping the 53 member states to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set last year. The call comes from the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland, who noted that as future leaders, the youth have a major role to play in this regard. “Make sure those SDGs...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP

10 years ago Gender AffairsNational Security and PeacePrime Minister

PM Commits to Reforms as he Mourns Murder of 3 Year-Old

Prime Minister Andrew Holness today said he is mourning with the nation and keeping a close watch on the investigation into the murder of a three-year-old girl in St Ann. Prime Minister Holness said he has had conversations with the Police Commissioner Dr Karl Williams, who assured him that all is being done to bring the killer or killers of...