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Albert Town High School Teacher and 2016 Prime Minister Medal of Appreciation awardee, Ivorine Pitters (centre) shares in conversation with students at the institution. Ms. Pitters has been teaching at Albert Town High since 1979.

Albert Town High School Teacher Grateful for Recognition

Having served the teaching profession for over 37 years, Ivorine Pauline Pitters views her nomination for the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for service to education as a highlight of her career. Ms. Pitters is a teacher of Home Economics,...

Managing Director of JSIF, Omar Sweeney (Left), Senior Advisor to the Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Robert Miller (Center) and Head of Co-operation, European Union Delegation, Jésus Baguena (Left) interact with children of the Jones Town Church of God Basic School in St. Andrew after a handing over ceremony at the Jones Town Church of God on June 17.

Jones Town Church of God Basic School Refurbished

Lead Planning Officer for Phase 2 of the United States Southern Command (US SOUTHCOMM)-led multinational security training initiative, ‘Exercise Tradewinds’, Lieutenant Colonel Mahatma Williams (right) of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), along with local and visiting programme participants at Monday’s (June 20) launch at the JDF’s headquarters at Up Park Camp in Kingston. From left are: Canadian armed forces Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kerber; Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Jamaica, Brigadier Rocky Meade; Deputy Chief of Staff of the US Marine Corps Forces, Colonel David Carbonero; Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Jamaica, Major General Antony Anderson; US SOUTHCOMM Division Chief in charge Joint Training and Exercises, Colonel Randall Warring; and Executive Director of the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPOACS) and Jamaica’s former Police Commissioner, Francis Forbes.

Participants in Exercise Tradewinds to Clean Beaches

Belizean Nicola Allen, winner of the Women in Maritime Association of the Caribbean (WiMAC) logo competition.

Belizean Wins Women in Maritime Logo Competition

Principal Director, Climate Change Division in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Albert Daley (centre), and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Lt. Colonel (Ret’d) Oral Khan (left) peruse a document at the opening of a three-day Climate Finance Readiness Training workshop for government entities at the Hotel Four Seasons in St. Andrew on June 20. Looking on is climate finance expert, Dr. Jason Yapp. (File photo)

Jamaica Eyes Multi-billion Dollar Climate Change Fund

Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Antony Anderson (right), listens to a point from United States Southern Command (US SOUTHCOMM) Division Chief in charge of Joint Training and Exercises, Colonel Randall Warring, just before the launch of phase two of Exercise Tradewinds at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) headquarters at Up Park Camp in Kingston on Monday (June 20).

10 years ago National Security and PeaceOffice of the Prime Minister

Foreign Police, Military in Jamaica for Security Exercise

More than 1,300 military and police personnel from the Caribbean, United States (US), Canada, Britain, France, and Mexico, are in Jamaica for Exercise Tradewinds 2016. The nine-day exercise, from June 20 to 28, is focused on training in maritime and land operations. It is phase two of the multinational security training initiative led by US Southern Command (US SOUTHCOMM). Chief...

Immediate Past President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association, (JHTA), Nicola Madden Greig.

10 years ago Tourism

Jamaica’s Tourism Product Best in Region – JHTA Past President

Immediate past president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Nicola Madden-Greig, says Jamaica’s tourism sector has all the ingredients to continue to grow and command a greater share of the world travel market. “There is really no country in the region that has the quality tourism product that we have,” she told JIS News in a recent interview....

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), makes a presentation to St. Ann Parish Dental Surgeon, Dr. Wendy Chuck Francis. Occasion was the St. Ann Health Department’s Staff Recognition Award Ceremony at the Sandcastles Resort, St. Ann, on June 17.

10 years ago Health & WellnessLabour

Labour Minister Hails Country’s Workers

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, has hailed the patriotism and professionalism of Jamaica’s workers. She noted that their determination and steel-like resolve are critical to the country’s economic growth and prosperity. “There is no better service than giving back to one’s country and I see that every day with our workers,” Mrs. Robinson said. “The greater...

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, offers words of comfort to Mrs. Marie Sinclair, widow of the late Gleaner journalist Glenroy Sinclair, at his Thanksgiving Service, held at the New Haven Seventh-Day Adventist Church, in Kingston, on June 19.

10 years ago Gender Affairs

Minister Pays Tribute to Late Journalist

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, says she will cherish the memories of the late Gleaner journalist, Glenroy Sinclair. Miss Grange, who knew Mr. Sinclair, affectionately called ‘Sinco’, during his days in Central Kingston, noted that he never once lost the “common touch”. “He walked with power brokers, but he never forgot his duty to...

President of the Jamaica Association of Medical Technicians (JAEMT), Garth Richards (centre), addresses the launch of the association at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) on June 20. Others (from left) are Parish Coordinator, Basil Ferguson; Assistant Executive Secretary, Dami Niue Sudden and Parish Coordinator, Natassja Jones.

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaica Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (JAEMT) Launched

President of the Jamaica Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (JAEMT), Garth Richards, says the association is aiming to develop and establish a formal Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system in Jamaica. Mr. Richards noted that the organisation also plans, as one of its main objectives, “to educate and sensitise the public” about the importance of having a functional EMS as well...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses a JIS Think Tank on June 16.

10 years ago JIS Think TankYouth

NYS Invites Partnership for Summer Work Programme

Businesses across the island are being invited to partner with the National Youth Service (NYS) in providing meaningful work experience for the country’s youth under the Summer Employment Programme. The annual programme exposes young people, ages 17 to 24, to employability and personal development skills by working at public- and private-sector entities. This year, 6,000 students will be placed, up...

Executive Director of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), Anne-Marie Bonner (right), presents St. Hugh’s High School with the Best Overall Trophy in the IOJ’s 2015/2016 Art and Craft in Schools Competition. The award ceremony was held on June 15 at the IOJ Lecture Hall, downtown Kingston. At 2nd right is St. Hugh’s High School teacher, Kimberlee Meir.

10 years ago Education

St. Hugh’s High Cops IOJ Art and Craft Competition

St. Hugh’s High School has copped the Institute of Jamaica’s (IOJ) 2015/2016 Art and Craft in Schools Competition. The Kingston-based institution was presented with the Best Overall trophy at the award ceremony held on June 15 at the IOJ Lecture Hall, East Street in downtown Kingston. St. Hugh’s also won a gift certificate valued at $15,000 from the Art Centre;...