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Vice President of the Institute of Educational Administration and Leadership -Jamaica (IEAL-J), Dr. Carmen Roofe addresses a JIS Think Tank today (Aug. 11) ), to provide details about the upcoming Educational Leadership and Management Conference. Looking on is President of the Catholic College of Mandeville in Mandeville, Dr. Laurette Bristol.

Educational Leadership and Management Conference from August 20-21

Leaders from all levels of the education system are set to participate in the inaugural educational leadership and management conference from August 20-21. The two-day event, under the theme: ‘Education Leadership and Management in Jamaica: from nursery to university,’ will...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.

Remarks by the Prime Minister at the Signing of Heads of Agreement with the JCTU

Principal of Maldon High School in St. James, Mrs. Janet Manning, informs JIS News that come September, the school will be operating a single shift.

Single Shift At Maldon High Come September

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Dr. Angela Brown Burke, speaking at the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) monthly council meeting, held on August 11 at the KSAC, downtown Kingston.

226 Vendors Register Under KSAC Drive

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, examines a sugar cane grinder and water wheel which are among the artefacts on the Frome Sugar Estate. Dr. McNeill led a fact-finding tour of heritage sites in Westmoreland on August 5 with representatives of stakeholder organizations, including the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), the Westmoreland Parish Development Committee (WPDC) and the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings (SCJH). Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore, is in the background.

Historical Sites In Westmoreland To Be Developed

Reporting and Monitoring Officer for the Ministry of labour and Social Security’s Steps-To-Work Summer Camp 2015, Jody McIntyre (left), speaking to campers during the camp’s opening ceremony, held on August 10 at the YWCA on Arnold Road, in Kingston. The camp, which is organized by the Ministry, will see 200 young persons currently enrolled in the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) participating in various activities that will prepare them to be reintegrated into the formal education system and the labour market.

11 years ago Labour

Young Persons Attend Steps-To-Work Summer Camp

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security continues to invest in the nation’s most vulnerable youth, providing some $10 million for its annually staged Steps-To-Work Summer Camp. Slated to last for three weeks, the camp will see some 200 young persons across the island participating in various camp activities, aimed at preparing them to be reintegrated into the formal education...

11 years ago Environment

NWC Institutes New Restrictions on Hope and Mona Systems

National Water Commission (NWC) Acting President, Mr. Mark Barnett, today (August 10, 2015) announced new water supply restrictions for Corporate Area customers served by the Hope and Mona Water Supply Systems. At a press conference called immediately following a weekly drought management review meeting this morning, Mr. Barnett announced that the Commission is forced to further restrict the supply of water to many...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (second left), fields questions from journalists during a press conference held at his National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston, today (August 10) to provide details on the debt buy-back arrangement between Jamaica and Venezuela. Also pictured (from left) are: Chief Executive Officer of the PetroCaribe Development Fund, Dr. Wesley Hughes; Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell; and Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Brian Wynter.

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

Services Provided By Government Will Improve Due To Debt Buy-Back

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says the debt buy-back arrangement with Venezuela under the PetroCaribe Energy Co-operation Agreement, was undertaken for the benefit of all Jamaicans and will serve to improve the services the Government provides. The transaction, which was completed last week, is expected to save the country hundreds of millions in debt payment...

‘Spirit of Independence’ awardee, Howard Deers, JP, with his wife Lorna (2nd left) and his granddaughters Kaci Robinson (left) and Renae Deers (right), after he collected his award on Independence Day, August 6, in Sam Sharpe Square.

11 years ago Local Government

Howard Deers Has The City At Heart

Montego Bay businessman, Howard Deers, JP, who was presented with the ‘Spirit of Independence’ award on August 6, by the St. James Parish Council, is widely regarded in St. James as a man from the “heart of the city” with the “city at heart”. Mr. Deers, who is a product of the volatile Montego Bay inner city of Railway Gardens,...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing and Member of Parliament for South St. Andrew, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies (left) interacts with President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Mrs. Kelly Tomblin and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (right) at a handing over ceremony for a solar-powered street light on Fourth Street in Trench Town, St. Andrew on August 7.

11 years ago CommunityTransport

Street Lights Installed In Trench Town

Residents of Fourth Street in Trench Town are delighted to receive a new solar street light installed in the community, through the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development. The solar-powered light panel was handed over to the community at a meeting along the roadway on Friday (Aug. 7). Nine Jamaica Public Service (JPS) street lights were also installed along...

11 years ago Agriculture

National Farm Queen to Focus on Youth in Agriculture

Twenty-five year old, 2015 National Farm Queen Peta-Gaye Stewart has a vision for agriculture in Jamaica and that is to see more young people getting involved in the sector. She said Jamaica’s aging farming population will likely impact the country’s food security in the next few decades, and is calling for youth to join her in preventing this outcome. “The...

A view of the Harbour Bridge in Pear Tree River, St. Thomas, which the Transport, Works, and Housing Ministry is slated to replace with a new structure to be built at a cost of approximately $49.5 million, over the next six months.

11 years ago CommunityWorks / Construction

$49.5 Million to Construct Bridge at Pear Tree River

The Transport, Works, and Housing Ministry is slated construct a new two-lane bridge at Pear Tree River in Eastern St. Thomas, at a cost of approximately $49.5 million. The new structure, to be built over the next six months, will replace the existing Harbour Head Bridge, which was erected in 1889, and has fallen into disrepair. Its replacement, to be...