Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says the Government’s Logistics Hub Initiative is vital in Jamaica’s transition to strengthening economic ties with Brazil. “Without the logistics hub, we will continue to struggle with a small market (Jamaica), looking at a huge market (Brazil), and not being able to compete effectively,” he pointed out. “With the logistics hub,...

Over 600 students and parents from Barrett Town, Rose Hall and adjoining areas of St. James, recently participated in the second back-to-school health and information fair staged by the Spanish-Jamaica Foundation in collaboration with the Social Development Commission (SDC). The event was held at the John Rollins Success Primary School in Rose Hall, and saw students benefitting from counselling services,...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging parents not to buy a large number of text books, when the same material is available through books provided under the book rental scheme and through technology. “The text books are too long. I am in favour of students reading as much as they can, but buying 15 and 16 books...

The Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment is moving ahead with plans to establish an Entertainment Registry, on September 1, 2013. The Registry will certify and register local entertainment practitioners and will be maintained by the Ministry. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Portfolio State Minister, Hon. Damion Crawford, says the registry will provide an information hub for the delivery and...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says some 100 teachers, many from primary schools, have volunteered to be relocated to larger and higher level institutions. Rev. Thwaites, who made the disclosure during a back-to-school press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in Kingston on August 23, said the Ministry has been receiving significant cooperation from teachers to...

Some 22 students from across the island, who excelled academically during the 2012/13 school year, have been awarded scholarships and grants totaling $3.2 million by restaurant franchise, Burger King Jamaica, to offset tuition and other related expenses over the next five years. The scholars, who will be pursuing secondary and tertiary studies beginning the 2013/14 academic year, which starts in...

Effective September 1, the fleet of Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses plying routes across the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR) will increase from 244 to 350. This will be facilitated through the introduction of a number of buses which the state-run entity acquired recently. Managing Director of the JUTC, Colin Campbell, who made the disclosure during a Jamaica Information...

Residents of Orange Hill in St. Ann can now pursue academic and vocational development in their community, as a training centre catering to these provisions has been opened in that district. The Methodist Episcopal Academic School of Learning and Marketable Skills, which opened on August 22, is operated by the Methodist Church in Jamaica. It offers a range of programmes,...

The University of Technology (UTech) has opened its western campus head office at the renovated Baptist Manse in Falmouth, Trelawny. The opening, which took place on August 22, forms part of strategic efforts by the institution and stakeholders in Trelawny to streamline Falmouth’s development and position it as a ‘university town’. Speaking at the ceremony, Acting Principal of the campus,...