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Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), presents a copy of the signed wage agreement to President, Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Norman Allen. The JTA signed a new two-year wage agreement with the Government on Wednesday, August 26 during a ceremony held at Jamaica House today (Aug. 26). Looking on (from left) are: Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites; Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon Peter Phillips; and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley.

PM Says Signing of Wage Agreement with Teachers a Win for Jamaica

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the signing of Wage Agreement between the Government of Jamaica and The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is a win for Jamaica. “Today, it is not the teachers, or the Government, who have won the...

Chief Executive Officer of the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ), Judith Ramlogan.

Thousands Take Advantage of COJ Amnesty

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean.

$4.2 Billion Allocated For School Feeding Programme; More Students to Benefit

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), participates in the cutting of Newport-Fersan Limited’s 10th anniversary cake, during the company’s long service award ceremony held on August 25, at its Wherry Wharf Complex location in Kingston. Others (from left) are: Member of Parliament for Western Kingston, Desmond McKenzie; Managing Director, Newport Fersan (Jamaica), Dennis Valdez; and President and Chief Executive Office, Newport Fersan (Jamaica) Limited, Domingo Viyella.

Gov’t Undertaking Bold Policy Reforms to Boost Productivity – PM

Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Transport, Works, and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (left), shares a joke with (from left): Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Chairman, Rev. Dr. Garnett Roper; University of the West Indies (UWI) Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal of UWI Mona, Professor Archibald McDonald; Mona Campus Registrar, Dr. Camille Bell-Hutchinson; third year student in the Department of Computing, UWI Mona, Oswald Smith; and Department Head, Dr. Ezra Musiga. Occasion was the launch of the JUTC’s Google Transit technology application, developed by Mr. Smith, at the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre on Tuesday (August 25).

Commuters Can Access Information on JUTC Services on Google Transit

11 years ago CultureFinance & Public Service

Youth Ministry Stages ‘Money Talk Hackathon’

The Ministry of Youth and Culture will be hosting a special forum aimed at fostering greater participation and inclusion of the country’s youth in matters pertaining to the economy. The event, dubbed: ‘Money Talk Hackathon’ will be held on Wednesday, August 26, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston beginning at 6:00 p.m. A similar forum is being planned...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science Technology, Energy and Mining (MSTEM), Hon. Julian Robinson, addresses a JIS Think Tank.

11 years ago Technology

Advisory Board Established For Girls Who Code Programme

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson, says an advisory board has been established to guide the activities of the Jamaican Girls Who Code programme. The board, of which Mr. Robinson is the only male, was established earlier this year, and followed the staging of the inaugural Girls Who Code summer camp...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (sixth left), addresses a meeting of heads of agencies and department, held recently, at the Ministry in Kingston.

11 years ago EducationEnvironment

Provision of Water to Schools a Priority – NWC

With the 2015/16 academic year set to get underway in less than two weeks, the National Water Commission (NWC) says it will be treating as priority, the provision of water to schools faced with a shortage of the commodity. NWC President, Mark Barnett, gave the commitment to the Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, while addressing...

Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean (left), in discussion with Dr. Kadene Arboine, who recently completed medical school through assistance from the Ministry of Education. Kadene stopped by the Ministry’s Heroes Circle head office in Kingston on August 12, to express thanks for the help she received.

11 years ago EducationHealth & Wellness

Medical Intern Succeeds With Help from Education Ministry

Twenty-five year-old Kadene Arboine grew up in St. Mary with her grandmother, before moving to live with her mother and four siblings in Bull Bay, St. Andrew. Her mother, the sole breadwinner for the family, is a vendor who sells footwear for babies and children in Downtown, Kingston. During holiday breaks, Kadene would help her mother with the arduous task...

Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on August 25.

11 years ago Education

Phase Two of National Standards Curriculum Pilot to Commence September

The Ministry of Education will commence the second phase of the pilot of the new National Standards Curriculum in 49 schools in the upcoming academic year, in preparation for a full roll-out in the 2016/17 school year. The first phase of the pilot was started last year in selected schools at the grade one to nine levels. Chief Education Officer,...

11 years ago Foreign Affairs

Queen Diamond Jubilee Fund Gives £2 Million to Jamaica

Jamaican charities and youth projects stand to benefit from approximately £2 million or more than J$340 million from the Queen Diamond Jubilee Fund. The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust is a charitable foundation established in 2012 to mark and celebrate the Queen’s 60 years on the Throne and her contribution to the Commonwealth. Its mission is to enrich the lives...

General Manager of the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation (SFJ), Karen Donaldson (left), presents a Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulator valued at over $356,000 to Manager of Physiotherapy Services at Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James, Denise Forsythe (3rd right). Sharing the occasion (from 2nd left) are: Assistant President of the Montego Bay Freezone, Gloria Henry; Gwynne Miller and Juliaire Hall of the Montego Bay Freezone; Administrator at the Cornwall Regional Hospital, Kereisa Bell Cummings; and Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Delroy Fray. The presentation took place at the hospital on Friday (August 21).

11 years ago Health & Wellness

Spanish-Jamaica Foundation Donates Neuromuscular Stimulator to Cornwall Regional

The Spanish-Jamaican Foundation (SFJ), on Friday (August 21), handed over a Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulator to the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James. Donation of the equipment, which is valued at over $356,000, was made in partnership with the Montego Bay Freezone, which adopted the hospital’s Physiotherapy Department as part of its 30th anniversary outreach project this year. “We...