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St Catherine High School sixth form students attentively watch a video addressing human rights issues in Jamaica last Friday (November 27) in their auditorium during the final Rights Awareness Programme (RAP) youth forum on human rights.

More Young People Aware Of Human Rights Issues

More than 1,300 young people have received training to improve their awareness of human rights issues and democracy, through the Rights Awareness Programme (RAP). The RAP is a European Union (EU) funded initiative, which seeks to raise youth awareness of...

Deputy Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Richard Lumsden (right), views the online dashboard of indicators for the Vision 2030 Jamaica – National Development Plan, at the PIOJ’s offices in New Kingston, on Monday, November 30. Also viewing the platform, from left, are: Programme Director, Vision 2030 Secretariat, Elizabeth Emanuel; and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist in Jamaica, Donneth Edmonson.

Vision 2030 Jamaica Tracking Tool Updated

State Minister in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford (left), confers with Permanent Secretary, Jennifer Griffith (centre) and Senior Director in the Entertainment Division, Gillian Wilkinson McDaniel, during a press conference at the offices of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) in Kingston on Monday, November 30.

Nearly 400 Practitioners Already Listed on National Entertainment Registry

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Dr. Angela Brown Burke (right), exchanges warm greetings with Member of Parliament, Western Kingston, and former Mayor of Kingston, Desmond McKenzie (second right). Occasion was the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation’s (KSAC) inaugural civic and community awards ceremony at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston on November 27. Others sharing in the moment (from left) are: Assistant Inspector of the Poor and Homeless Coordinator, KSAC, Cyprian Lewis; and Deputy Mayor, KSAC, Andrew Swaby. Messrs McKenzie, Lewis and Swaby were among 78 awardees for sterling contribution to the KSAC and the city.

KSAC Honours 78 Outstanding Councillors, Staff and Citizens

Chairman of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Advisory Board, Ms. Fae Ellington (left) and Chief Executive Officer of the JIS, Mrs. Donna-Marie Rowe (right), present trophies to 11-year-old, Jhanel Lalor, for taking home the top prize in the Essay component of the JIS Heritage Essay and Poster Competitions, at the Awards Ceremony, held on November 27, at King’s House. Jhanel is a student of the George Headley Primary School.

George Headley Primary and Anchovy High Students Win JIS Heritage and Poster Competitions

11 years ago Health & Wellness

NHF Extends Opening Hours

The National Health Fund (NHF) has extended its opening hours in order to facilitate longer hours of interface with its customers, beneficiaries and providers. As of Monday, November 30, the Customer Care Department at the NHF’s Dominica Drive headquarters will open from 7:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Thursday, and 7:00 am to 3:30 pm on Friday. Speaking in...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), engages in a light conversation with President of the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), Hugh Johnson, during the 40th anniversary banquet of the SBAJ, held last evening (November 28), at the Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

11 years ago CommerceOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Gov’t Committed to Supporting Growth of MSMES – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the Government will continue to put supportive mechanisms in place to facilitate the growth and development of the micro small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) sector. “I give my commitment that we (the Government) will continue to engage micro, small, and medium-sized businesses. We will continue to create more opportunities for their...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd right), breaks ground for the $64 million expansion and rehabilitation of the Mandeville Primary and Junior High School in Central Manchester on Friday, November 27. Others (from left), are: Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; the School Board’s Chairman, Dr. Lloyd Quarrie; National Security Minister and Central Manchester Member of Parliament, Hon. Peter Bunting; Councillor for the Mandeville Division of the Manchester Parish Council, Jones Oliphant; and Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.

11 years ago EducationOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

$347 Million Spent on Secondary School Upgrading in Manchester and St. Elizabeth

The Government has spent approximately $347 million, since January, to develop over 2,000 additional classrooms at secondary schools in Manchester and St. Elizabeth. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, made the disclosure in Manchester on Friday, November 27, where she opened newly constructed facilities at McIntosh Memorial and Zion Hill primary schools, and signed contracts to undertake expansion...

11 years ago EducationOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Signs Contract For $64 Million Expansion Of Mandeville Primary And Junior High

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, on Friday, November 27, signed contracts valued at $64 million for expansion and rehabilitation of the Mandeville Primary and Junior High School in Central Manchester. The project, being jointly funded by the Government of Jamaica and the Caribbean Development Bank, will entail construction of a 12-classroom block with new bathrooms, and facilities...

11 years ago Transport

Engineer Creates First Local Organic Bamboo Kiln

Jamaica’s emerging bamboo industry has been further boosted with the creation of the first locally manufactured organic bamboo charcoal kiln. The furnace was designed and developed at a cost of $1.4 million by Jamaican engineer, Gentle Wallace, a member of the Bamboo and Indigenous Materials Advisory Committee (BIMAC), in support of the multimillion dollar Peckham Bamboo Project, being implemented in...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), shares a light moment with Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, and Member of Parliament for South St. Andrew, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies (left). Occasion was the official opening of the Trench Town Polytechnic College in South St. Andrew on November 17. Others sharing the moment are Tosshell Small; and Director, Region 1, Ministry of Education, Patrice Supria.

11 years ago Education

Trench Town Polytechnic College Providing Training For The Labour Market

The recently established Trench Town Polytechnic College has commenced training its first cohort of 381 students in a range of technical and vocational skills. Principal of the college, Dosseth Edwards-Watson, tells JIS News that the institution, located at Eight Street in the South St. Andrew community, is focussed on preparing young people in areas that are in high demand in...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Noel Arscott (2nd right), listens to comments from Interim Executive Director at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Colonel Daniel Pryce (left), at the launch of the Riverton City Access Road project on Friday (Nov. 27) at the project site in St. Andrew. Others (from 2nd left) are: Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, and Member of Parliament for Western St. Andrew, Hon. Anthony Hylton; and Mexican Ambassador, Cecilia Jaber.

11 years ago Local GovernmentRiverton Landfill

Work Commences On Riverton City Access Road

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, yesterday (Nov. 27) launched work on the US$1.8 million project for the rehabilitation of the access road to the Riverton City disposal site. The one-year road construction project, slated to be completed in September 2016, is being undertaken through grant funding from the Mexican government. The contract for the undertaking...