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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.

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...

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.

Students Encouraged To Focus On School Work

A view of the Princess Margaret Hospital in Morant Bay, St. Thomas.

Princess Margaret Hospital – A Beacon of High Quality Health Care Delivery

Minister without Portfolio (Housing) in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, addressing participants in the just concluded 24th Regional Meeting of Ministers and High Level Authorities on Housing and Urbanization in Latin America and the Caribbean Region (MINURVI XXIV), in Montego Bay. The meeting was held from August 27 to 28, at Secrets Resorts and Spa.

Regional Conference on Housing and Urbanization a Success – Dr. Guy

Former Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Public Relations Officer, and 2015 United Kingdom Chevening Scholarship awardee, Oroyo Eubanks (right, seated), interacts with youngsters from a 4H Club Summer Camp, who visited the agency’s head office, in Kingston, in July.

Jamaica Information Service Officer Awarded UK Chevening Scholarship

Custos Rotulorum for St. Andrew and Director, Justice Reform Implementation Unit (JRIU), Hon. Donna Parchment-Brown.

11 years ago Justice

Justice Reform – A Process Of Major Transformation

Process, people, and technology are the targets of the reform process currently being undertaken within the justice sector islandwide. Justice Minister, Senator the Mark Golding, tells JIS News that “a modern justice system which facilitates the rule of law, social and economic stability, trust, and confidence, requires substantial investment of ideas, action, and resources.” As such, the Justice Reform Implementation...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. (FILE)

11 years ago Education

Education Minister Praises East Rural St Andrew Education Programme

MINISTER OF EDUCATION, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has congratulated 32 young adults from East Rural St. Andrew on achieving Grades One and Two for Principles of Business (POB) in the June 2015 sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination. The students were participants in a night-school programme initiated last year by State Minister for Tourism and Entertainment and...

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), addresses farm workers at the M.G. Hurd Farm in Hudson Valley, New York, during his recent visit and tour of the facility. At third right is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts-Risden, who accompanied the Minister.

11 years ago Agriculture

Long-Serving Farm Workers Receive PM’s Length of Service Certificate

Ninety Jamaicans, who have participated in the United States (US) Farm Work Programme for several years, have been presented with the Prime Minister’s Length of Service Certificate. The workers are from farms in Hudson Valley in New York, which is the second largest apple growing area in the US, and were recognised for service ranging from 15 years to over 30...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), shares a light moment with founder of the Maia Chung Autism and Disabilities Foundation, Maia Chung and Director of Down 2 Earth Productions, Shauna Fung Yee. Occasion was the launch of the foundation’s scholarship programme on August 26 at the Ministry in Kingston.

11 years ago Education

Education Ministry Takes Action to Identify Autism Early

The Ministry of Education is taking steps to facilitate the diagnosis of autism at the early childhood level, and to apply the appropriate responses. “We have, in conjunction with the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), reformed and reopened the Voluntary Organization for the Upliftment of Children (VOUCH) centre at West Race Course, in Kingston, with a particular focus on the diagnosis...

Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable
Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.

11 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterSport

Prime Minister Simpson Miller Hails Relay Teams for Golden 100 Metre Runs

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has hailed the Jamaican male and female relay teams for adding two more gold medals from the 4x100 metres events to the country’s tally which now stands at 11 medals with 6 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze. “I congratulate both the women and men squads most sincerely for their absolutely brilliant relay runs that...

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Simpson Miller sends condolence message to Dominica after deaths and damage related to tropical storm Erika

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has expressed deepest sympathy on behalf of the Government and people of Jamaica to the Government and people of Dominica on the tragic loss of lives, injuries, as well as significant damage to property and public infrastructure throughout the Caribbean Community member State as a result of the recent torrential rains and high winds associated...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), presents Lorna Marshall with her plaque for dedicated service to the St. Thomas Health Services. Occasion was an awards banquet at the Knutsford Court Hotel on August 27, hosted by the St. Thomas Health Services for persons who retired from the Princess Margaret Hospital and the St. Thomas Health Department during the period January 2009 to May 2015. At centre is British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton.

11 years ago Health & WellnessVision 2030

Retired Health Workers in St. Thomas Honoured

More than 50 retired health workers have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to the health sector in St. Thomas. At an awards banquet held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in Kingston, on August 27, the St. Thomas Health Services honoured persons who retired from the Princess Margaret Hospital and the St. Thomas Health Department during the period January 2009...