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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).

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...

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’.

Positive Social Influence of Sport Highlighted

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.

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

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.

Past Students Urged to Set Up Education Funds

Permanent Secretaries in the Ministries of Labour and Social Security, Mrs. Colette Roberts Risden (right), and Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Maurice Smith (second right), in conversation with Permanent Secretary from the Ministry of Social Transformation, Local Government and Community Empowerment in St. Lucia, Ms. Juliana Alfred (second left), at the Pegasus Hotel on April 18 . At left is Chief Technical Director, Social Security, Mrs. Dione Jennings. Ms. Alfred is leading a five-member St. Lucian delegation that is studying the Programme of Advancement Though Health and Education (PATH).

Team from St. Lucia Studies PATH Programme

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

10 years ago Tourism

Tourism Minister Hails TPDCo

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has hailed the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) for the crucial role it plays in the growth of the tourism industry by ensuring the integrity of brand Jamaica. The Minister’s remarks came in a message read by Central St. James Member of Parliament, Heroy Clarke, at TPDCo’s 20th anniversary service held on April 17...

In this file photo, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (right); and Negotiating Officer at the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) representing Public Sector Pharmacists, Elvis Lennon (centre); sign the Heads of Agreement for the 2015/2017 contract period.

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Pharmacists Sign Wage Agreement

Public sector pharmacists are the latest group to sign the Heads of Agreement with the Government for the 2015/2017 contract period. At a ceremony held at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service in Kingston yesterday (April 18), the pharmacists signed the two-year wage agreement, under which they will receive a four percent salary increase for year one and three...

Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) Co-Chairman, Richard Byles, addressing EPOC’s monthly media briefing held recently at Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited’s head office in New Kingston,

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Lower Commodity Prices Saved Jamaica US$911 Million Last Year

Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, says lower commodity prices saved the country US$911 million last year. “That is a tremendous number (which has) percolated through to help the current account, the balance of payments, Net International Reserves (NIR), inflation, and really restored some purchasing power in the hands of (Jamaicans),” Mr. Byles said. He was addressing...

Technical Advisor, Investment and Private Sector at the CARICOM Secretariat Office of Trade Negotiations, Joel Richards.

10 years ago EducationForeign Affairs

Cave Hill Students Examine Local Implementation of CSME

Nineteen students from the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Cave Hill campus in Barbados have concluded a week-long study tour in Jamaica, where they examined the extent of the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The tour is a part of a Public Education Programme organised by the CARICOM Secretariat titled: ‘Students Engaging the CARICOM Single...

Telephone Operator at the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Gritley Williams, who is visually impaired, uses the MAGic software, a screen magnification and screen reading solution to improve her efficiency on the job.

10 years ago Technology

JCPD Acquires New Software to Improve Services

The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) has acquired new software to improve services to its blind and visually impaired clients as well as to help staff complete job functions. The Council received two software packages - Job Access With Speech (JAWS) and MAGic - in March, under the recently completed Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Trade and Competitiveness Project. This...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange (third right), along with Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Mrs. Juliet Holness (second left), engage in conversation with students from Mona Preparatory School (from left): Paris Mullings, Annaleese Dallas and Duncan McKenzie. Occasion was the unveiling of a Gateway sign in Papine Square, St. Andrew, leading to the Blue and John Crow Mountains on April 18.

10 years ago Culture

Communities to Benefit from World Heritage Site

Communities within and around the Blue and John Crow Mountains are set to benefit economically from the only mixed World Heritage site within the Caribbean. “I know there are many residents in the over 30 communities scattered in the Blue and John Crow Mountains who already have businesses and business ideas that reflect the rich culture of the area.... that...

Left to right: The Hon. Audley Shaw CD, MP, Minister of Finance and the Public service; Ainsley Powell, Commissioner General, Tax Administration of Jamaica (TAJ); Bevon Sinclair, Technical Specialist-TAJ; Ian Wood, APA expert.

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister wants non-adversarial approach to Transfer Pricing Implementation

Ian Wood, an Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) expert affiliated to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), met with Finance Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw and his technical teams from Tax Administration of Jamaica and the Taxation Policy Division (MoFPS) earlier this week at the Ministry. The discussions centred around possible bi-lateral agreements with agencies of government, and the application...