The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) will host its inaugural Academic Conference during the 2015 observance of Maritime Awareness Week, which runs from September 20-26. The two-day conference, which takes place on Wednesday, September 23 and Thursday, September 24, is being held at the Jamaica Conference Centre under the theme: ‘Last Mile Logistics : Possibilities and Promise for the Caribbean’. In...

Renovation and expansion works totalling over $100 million is being undertaken at the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at the Linstead Hospital, in St. Catherine. Of the sum, $76.4 million will be spent to renovate and expand specific areas, while the remainder of the funds will go toward equipping and installing a heating ventilation and air conditioning system in the...

Senator the Honourable Arnold J. Nicholson, QC, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, leaves the island tomorrow ( Wednesday, September 23) to participate in the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Minister Nicholson heads a delegation which includes Ambassador Sheila Sealy-Monteith, Under Secretary for the Multilateral Affairs Division,...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says tourism continues to be the engine of growth for the economy, and that locals have a responsibility to ensure the sector remains competitive and visitor friendly. Addressing the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX)  Tourism Trade Show at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on September 20, Dr. McNeill said the sector has...

The Institute of Jamaica expresses its deepest regret at the passing of noted Jamaican born novelist, Anthony C. Winkler, who was presented with his Musgrave Gold medal for distinguished eminence in the field of Literature in 2014, ten years after he won the Musgrave Silver Medal in the said category. The Executive Director of the Institute, Anne Marie Bonner said...

A pilot project launched last year to pool the resources of the Paul Bogle, Seaforth and Robert Lightbourne high schools in St. Thomas under a school district arrangement model, has been doing “exceptionally well”. This is according to Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean, at a press conference earlier this month. A National Education Inspectorate...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says Jamaica’s education system  has come a long way with every student now able to access five years of secondary studies. He said that this was not the case roughly 90 years ago as there was little space in secondary schools to accommodate students. After Independence only 15 per cent of the secondary school...