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Acting Senior Director, Modernization Programme Implementation Unit, Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Programme, Cabinet Office, Michele Gordon-Somers, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held today (September 2), at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

Six Entities Shortlisted For Public Sector Awards

Six public sector organisations have been shortlisted for awards in the 2015 Public Sector Customer Service Competition of the Office of the Cabinet. They are: National Health Fund (NHF), Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA), National...

Member of Parliament for East St. Andrew, Andre Hylton, makes his presentation in the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representative on Tuesday, September 1. Seated at left is Member of Parliament for St. Mary South East, Dr. Winston Green.

3,000 Scholarships and Grants Presented To Students In Eastern St. Andrew

National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, answers questions about the Firearm Licensing Agency, posed by Opposition Spokesperson on National Security, Derrick Smith, during a sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, September 1.

Backlog Reduced At Firearm Licensing Agency

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, in discussion with Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Marion Bullock-DuCasse, ahead of a press briefing at the Pegasus Hotel on September 2, to discuss strategies being put in place to address the findings of an audit done on the island’s four regional health authorities. The audit was done in May to determine inadequacies in the delivery of adequate health care services.

10-Year Strategic Plan for Health Ministry

Member of Parliament for North West Manchester, Mikael Phillips, makes his contribution to the first ever State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representative, on Tuesday, September 1.

Funding For Community Tourism In North West Manchester

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday, September 1 at Gordon House. She congratulated the Jamaican athletes who participated in the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Beijing, China. At left is Minister of Water, Land, Environment & Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill.

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Prime Minister Congratulates Athletes

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has commended Jamaica’s sportsmen and sportswomen for their dedication and outstanding representation at the recently concluded 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China. “The country’s athletes across various sporting disciplines continue to give of their best. They embody the hopes, dreams and aspirations of the nation and represent the very best of...

Inspector Natalie Palmer-Mair (left) of the Community Safety and Security Branch (CSSB), presents a launch certificate to members of the Clarke Castle Uprising Police Youth Club in St. Mary.

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Youngsters Urged To Join Police Youth Clubs

The country’s young people are being encouraged to get involved in police youth clubs in order to bring about meaningful change in their lives and contribute to the progress of their communities. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in charge of the Community Safety and Security Branch (CSSB), Bishop Dr. Gary Welsh, says the clubs serve a positive purpose, by impacting...

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (2nd right), signs a certificate of collaboration with Food for the Poor, for the donation of hand tractors to farmers under the Government of Jamaica/Adaptation Fund Programme (GoJ/AFP). Occasion was the handing over of the tractors at the Ministry’s Old Hope Road offices today (Sept. 1). Others (from left) are: Programme Manager, GoJ/AFP, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Sheila McDonald Miller; Senior Director, Food for the Poor, Ron Burgess; and State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Luther Buchanan. Observing in the background is Programme Manager, GoJ/AFP, I. W. Wilson.

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Farmers Benefit from $92 Million in Support under Adaptation Fund Programme

Approximately 2, 100 farmers in some 50 communities across the island have benefited from $92 million in support over the last two years under the Government of Jamaica/Adaptation Fund Programme (GoJ/AFP). This was disclosed by Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier today (Sept. 1), during the presentation of hand tractors to farmers groups benefiting under the...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, and Member of Parliament for East Kingston and Port Royal, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), makes a presentation to student Tashna-Gaye Gordon (centre), while Mayor of Kingston, Senator Dr. Angela Brown Burke, shares the moment. Occasion was East Kingston and Port Royal’s annul scholarship presentation ceremony, held recently, at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica offices in New Kingston.

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700 Tablets for Schools in East Kingston and Port Royal

Hundreds of students attending primary schools in East Kingston and Port Royal are to receive tablet computers in the new school year. The gadgets are being provided under a $23.8 million back-to-school education programme being implemented in the constituency by Member of Parliament and Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell. The money was raised through the...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), exchanges pleasantries with (from left): Pastor, May Pen Seventh Day Adventist Church in Clarendon, Rev. Barrington McLean, and Principal of Glenmuir High School, also situated in May Pen, Dr. Marsha Smalling, during the institution’s annual academic conference, Colloquium 2015, which was held at its campus on Tuesday, September 1, under the theme: ‘Flagrans Fire: Blazing the Flame of Excellence’. Rev. Thwaites was the guest speaker.

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Education Minister Emphasises Importance of Strengthening Social Skills of Youth

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the school remains one of the most influential and important institutions for strengthening the social skills of Jamaica’s youth. In this regard, he is urging school administrators and educators, particularly at the secondary level, to undertake intervention methods, where necessary, during the course of the 2015/16 academic year. The Minister was speaking at...

Principal Director of the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), Dr. Maurice Smith, makes a motivational presentation to a group of Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) awardees, at a ceremony hosted by Manpower & Maintenance Services (MMS) Ltd, at its head office in Kingston on August 28.

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National College for Educational Leadership Announces New Programmes

The National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL) has announced a series of new programmes to come on stream over the next few months, aimed at building the professional capacity of educational leaders at different levels of the sector. Principal Director of NCEL, Dr. Maurice Smith, in an interview with JIS News, said the agency, which is operated under the Ministry...

Principal Director of the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), Dr. Maurice Smith (centre), and Chief Executive Officer of Manpower & Maintenance Services (MMS) Ltd., Audrey Hinchcliffe (seventh left), cut a cake with Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) awardees, during a function held on August 28, at the MMS head office in Kingston.

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Students Encouraged To Focus On School Work

Several students, who will be attending traditional and non-traditional high schools in September, have been urged to remain focused on their academic pursuits and to form friendships with others, who will encourage and motivate them to do well. The words of advice came from Principal Director of the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), Dr. Maurice Smith, while addressing a...