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Interim Chief Executive Officer of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), André Miller.

Parents Urged to Support Children Awaiting GSAT Results

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) is advising parents of children awaiting the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) results to be keen in offering support to relieve any tension and anxiety. A total of 39, 129, primary-level students across the island...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), is in discussion with Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, during the agency's World Accreditation Day dinner and awards ceremony at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on June 9.

JANAAC wants more Medical Labs to get Accredited

Director of Diaspora And Consular Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Sharon Saunders (left), is greeted by Assistant Speaker Pro Tempore of the New York State Assembly, Jamaican-born Nick Perry (right). The occasion was the opening of the two-day Jamaica Diaspora North East Regional Conference at the Hilton New York JFK Hotel in Queens on June 10. Others sharing the moment (from 2nd left) are: Assistant Director Of Diaspora Affairs in the Ministry, Lincoln Downer; and Immediate Past President of the Union of Jamaican Alumni Associations, Karlene Largie.

Jamaica Values Contribution of Diaspora – Ambassador Saunders

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd (centre), looks on as Mission Director, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Denise Herbol (left); and Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, Dr. Luz Longsworth, shake hands after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care Project (TLP-CSC). The signing took place during a ceremony at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston on June 10.

92 Wards to Benefit from Transitional Housing Project

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

Prime Minister Says Gov’t Working to End Gun Violence – Expresses Condolence to the People of the USA

10 years ago Commerce

National Accreditation Agency Supporting Jamaica’s Export Thrust – Samuda

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the work of the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) is crucial in the national thrust to build an export-driven economy. “This organisation is designed to create a level of branding of the Jamaican products that will make us competitive, not only to satisfy the domestic scrutiny of our...

10 years ago Labour

Jamaican Businesses Urged to Avoid Any Child Labour Linkages in their Supply Chain

The Minister of Labour and Social Security, Honourable Shahine Robinson has called on Jamaican business to become more proactive in verifying their supply chain operations - whether local, regional or international - in order to ensure they are free of any influence of or contact with incidence of child labour. In a Message marking WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR, being...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

10 years ago Health & Wellness

National Public Lab gets Int’l Accreditation

The National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) has been accredited by the Jamaica National Agency of Accreditation (JANAAC). The official documents were presented at the JANAAC awards ceremony held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on June 9. The NPHL was assessed based on the International Standardization Organization (ISO) 15189:2012- medical laboratories requirements for quality and competence. The accreditation...

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left) and Medical Entomologist in the Ministry of Health, Sherine Huntley-Jones (second left), point to mosquito larvae in an abandoned tyre on a vacant lot being used as an illegal garage, in Portland. Looking on are Regional Environmental Health Officer in the Ministry of Health, Karen Brown (second right) and Chief Public Health Inspector, Portland, Lorenzo Hume. Occasion was a recent clean-up exercise in Port Antonio.

10 years ago CommunityLocal Government

Illegal Garages to be Targeted in Clean-Up Drive

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says he will be targeting unregulated garages during the ongoing national clean-up campaign. The Minister also said that owners of land being used as illegal dumps will also be targeted. Speaking with JIS News, Mr. McKenzie noted that unregulated garages, especially those which use adjacent open lots to dump old...

Director of Science and Technology at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Dr. Dwight Ramdon, during an interview with the JIS News on on Wednesday June 8, 2016.

10 years ago Commerce

JANAAC Helping to Facilitate Trade

The Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) is being hailed for facilitating trade between Jamaica and its international partners through the provision of laboratory accreditation services. Director of Science and Technology at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Dr. Dwight Ramdon, said the JANAAC seal “is like a passport” for local goods to enter the export market. “To have the JANAAC...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Lester

10 years ago EducationSectoral Debate 2016/2017

CMI to Offer Degree in Mechatronics in September

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) will begin offering engineering degrees in mechatronics and automation in September next year. This will be facilitated through the establishment of a new School of Engineering at the CMI, at which a state-of-the-art simulation-based training facility is to be established. Making the announcement, Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Michael Henry, said the facility, the...

Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles.

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Revenue Inflows Above Target in April

The Government’s revenue inflows for April totalled $34 billion, approximately $2 million above target. Tax revenues accounted for $33 billion of this sum, which was $3 million more than budgeted, says Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) Co-Chair, Richard Byles. He was speaking at EPOC’s monthly media briefing, at Sagicor Life’s offices in New Kingston, on Thursday, June 9. Mr. Byles...