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Chair of the Electricity Sector Enterprise Team (ESET), Dr. Vincent Lawrence, gives a presentation at a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister on Tuesday, May 31, to provide an update on the country’s electricity generation projects.

Bogue Plant Retrofit to be Completed Soon

Retrofitting of the 120-megawatt Bogue Plant is scheduled to be completed in less than three months, enabling the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Jamaica for the first time. According to the Electricity Sector Enterprise Team (ESET), the project...

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OCR Reports 90% Recovery Rate for Missing Children

Senior Veterinary Officer and Technical Manager in the Veterinary Services Division of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Winthorph Marsden, makes a point during a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on May 31.

Labs Rated Among the Best in Region

Chief Executive Officer of the Micro Investment Development Agency (MIDA), Lanville Henry, highlights initiatives to be undertaken by the agency during a JIS interview.

MIDA to Expand Services

Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (centre), shares a light moment with President of the Jamaica Red Cross, Dr. Dennis Edwards and Custos Rotulorum of Manchester, Hon. Sally Porteous. Occasion was the fundraiser banquet of the Mandeville Red Cross held on Saturday (May 28) at the Golf View Hotel.

Mandeville Red Cross Raising Funds for Wheelchair Service

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses the National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica’s (NPTAJ) Annual General Meeting in Montego Bay on May 28.

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Education Minister Supports St. James Curfew

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Ministry is in full support of the 9:00 p.m. curfew in St. James for all students 17 years and under. He was speaking at the National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica’s (NPTAJ) Annual General Meeting at the Montego Bay High School, St. James, on May 28. The initiative was launched...

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10 years ago Youth

OCR Looks to Extend ‘Break the Silence’ Campaign

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) is looking to extend its ‘Break the Silence’ campaign. The initiative, undertaken from June to November 2015, encouraged adults to report cases of child abuse. It was developed after an islandwide survey showed that for every 10 adults, who admitted that they knew about cases of child abuse, only one was willing to...

Nurse Andrea James (right) of the Kingston and St. Andrew Health Department, applies pressure to the upper arm of 14-year old Garfield James, after administering a vaccine. Looking on is NCMC member, Judith Hunter (File).

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Hundreds of Children Receive Free Health Care

Hundreds of children from Allman Town and communities in the Cross Roads area of Kingston benefited from a health fair organised by the National Child Month Committee (NCMC). The Children’s Health and Wellness Fair, held on May 28 at the Douglas Orane Auditorium, Wolmer’s Boys’ School, was the final event for Child Month 2016. Children received free dental, eye and...

10 years ago Education

Don’t Overburden Parents – Senator Reid

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says school administrators should not overburden parents by asking them to purchase textbooks that will not be used during the school term. “Certainly this year we will be making a list, which will be monitored carefully. We will be asking our school administrators to be very judicious in ensuring...

State Minister in the Finance and Public Service Ministry, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses the Institute of Internal Auditors banquet and awards ceremony, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston, on May 28.

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Internal Auditors Hailed for Helping to Fight Corruption

Minister of State in the Finance and Public Service Ministry, Hon Fayval Williams, has hailed internal auditors for their work in aiding the fight against corruption in many entities. Speaking at the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) anniversary banquet and awards ceremony, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston, on May 28, Mrs. Williams emphasised the costliness of corruption...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (3rd right), greets Cecil Clarke (2nd right) and Paul Lindo while touring the seven-mile Negril beach last month.

10 years ago Tourism

Minister Satisfied with Support for Development in Negril

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says he is satisfied with the level of support which exists in the resort town of Negril to allow for its development. Speaking to JIS News following a tour of several sections of Negril on May 27, Mr. Bartlett said the visit by him and senior technocrats in the Ministry was a fact finding one...

Foreign Affairs Minister of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez (left), displays a book titled, ‘The Jamaica History’, which she accepted from the Bolivarian Society of Jamaica on behalf of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro. Minister Rodriguez accepted the book while at the Simon Bolivar’s monument in Kingston, during the recent one-day working visit to the island by President Maduro. Others (from second left) are: Ambassador of the Republic of Nicaragua, His Excellency David McField and Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Dr. Angella Brown Burke.

10 years ago Foreign Affairs

President Maduro gets Magazine from Bolivarian Society

The Foreign Affairs Minister of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, has accepted a copy of a magazine titled ‘The Jamaican History’ or ‘La historia de Jamaica’, on behalf of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro. Minister Rodriguez accepted the magazine while at the Simon Bolivar’s monument in Kingston recently, during the one-day working visit to the island by President Maduro. The magazine contains articles...