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Grace Smith examines callaloo reaped from her farm in Mafoota, St. James.

Veteran Mafoota Farmer has no Regrets

Mafoota farmer, Grace Smith, has dedicated her life to agriculture. For almost four decades, she has been cultivating crops for the local market on her seven and a half-acre farm located in the quiet community in southern St. James. She...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), responds to questions from members of the pharmaceutical industry, during a ‘Meet the Minister’ luncheon forum, hosted by the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), on April 19, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. Also at the head table are (from left): Chairman of the Pharmaceutical, Medical and Health Committee of the JCC, Dr. the Hon. Glenford Christian; and President of the Jamaica Association of Private Pharmacy Owners, Mrs. Shereen Dawkins Cox.

Minister Commits to Reducing Waiting Time for Registration of Drugs

Research Analyst at the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Uki Atkinson.

Jamaica gets Funding for Drug Prevalence Survey

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (fourth left), makes a point to Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Bernardo Guanche Hernandez (fifth left), at a demonstration of agricultural implements, manufactured in Cuba, at the Bodles Research Station, in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, on April 19. Others (from left) are: Director General in the Ministry, Don McGlashan; Chief Executive Officer at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Dermon Spence; and Principal Research Director at the Ministry, Dr. Lisa Myers-Morgan.

Government to Acquire Farming Equipment from Cuba

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, CD, MP

Finance Minister and GOJ Delegation Return from Annual IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), listens as Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr. Fritz Pinnock, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, yesterday (April 19).

10 years ago Education

Education Minister Endorses ERP System at CMI

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has endorsed the move by the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) to launch an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System online application portal. This will make the CMI the first tertiary institution to use a full scale ERP System to run the entire business processes of the institution. Speaking at a...

State Minister in the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green (left); Chairperson of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings and Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Nari William-Singh display cheque for $500,000, which the JCAA donated to the NCMC, today (April 19), at the Ministry, in Kingston. The money will be used to support National Children’s Day activities on May 13.

10 years ago Youth

JCAA Donates $500,000 to Support Children’s Day Events

The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) has donated $500,000 to the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), to provide support for National Children’s Day activities on May 13. The cheque was handed over at the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, in Kingston, on April 19. State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, said the donation will enable the National Child...

Executive Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (left), listens to Advisor to the Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Sharon Hay Webster, at the agency’s Greening in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) forum, held at the University of the West Indies, Mona, today (April 19).

10 years ago Education

HEART Committed to Integrated Training Programmes

Executive Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley, says the agency is committed to integrating sustainable development principles in its training programmes and policies. “We are committed to equipping learners and workers with the technique, knowledge, skill and attitude to ensure sustainable development through conservation, recycling initiatives and renewable energy,” Dr. Wesley said. He was speaking at the HEART...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the 2016 launch of the National Youth Service (NYS) Summer Programme, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston, today (April 19).

10 years ago Youth

Business Owners Urged To Take More NYS Summer Participants

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, is encouraging business owners to facilitate the placement of more National Youth Service (NYS) Summer Programme participants in their organisations. “I know it is very difficult for small and medium enterprises (to take on these young persons), but the sort of social service that you are doing and the fact...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Alison McLean, speaking at the World Heritage Day symposium at the University of Technology (UTech), on April 18. The day was recognized under the theme: ‘Heritage of Sport’.

10 years ago Sport

Positive Social Influence of Sport Highlighted

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Alison McLean, says the Government recognizes the positive social influence of sport and is committed to its development. “Sport strengthens the core values of dignity, fairness, honesty, integrity and courage. At the same time it promotes positive social values, such as inclusiveness, respect for teamwork, tolerance and peaceful resolution...

Lecturer in the Department of Education, University of the West Indies, Dr. Carol Gentles, addresses a Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) conference on Education, held recently at the Jewel Runaway Bay Resort, in St. Ann.

10 years ago Education

Good Teaching Practices have to be the Standard Going Forward – Dr. Gentles

Lecturer in the Department of Education, University of the West Indies, Dr. Carol Gentles, says good teaching practices have to be the standard going forward, and the country should emulate countries that have prioritized professional learning as key to achieving high performance outcomes. She argued that while access to schooling is extremely important, it is the quality of student learning...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second left) and State Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (third left), having a light exchange with students of Munro College, Owayne Honeyghan (second right) and Mario Plummer Congo-Nyah (right), at the launch of the Munro College Old Boys Association (MCOBA) Education Fund, held on April 15 at the Medallion Hall Hotel, on Hope Road, in Kingston. Others (from left) are: President of MCOBA, Arthur Williams, and donor of the Education Fund and past student of Munro College, William McConnell.

10 years ago Education

Past Students Urged to Set Up Education Funds

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is urging past students of secondary schools across the country to contribute to the development of the current generation by establishing education funds. He was speaking at the official launch of the Munro College Old Boys’ Association’s (MCOBA) Scholarship Fund on April 15 at the Medallion Hall Hotel, St. Andrew....