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Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer.

Information Minister Hails Winston Sill as ‘One Of The Country’s Finest’

It is with deep regret that I note the passing of Gleaner photographer, Winston Sill, one of the country’s finest in the field. Winston Sill had a long and distinguished history in photo journalism, not only having worked at the...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen.

Emancipation Day Message from Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen

The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON., MP., Prime Minister

Emancipation Day Message from Leader of the Opposition Andrew Holness

Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Delroy Gordon, gives details of a Farmers’ Market scheduled to take place at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on Saturday, August 1. He was speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on July 24.

Jamaicans Urged to Share Quality Time on Family Day

New Buses acquired by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) in May 2015 that will be used in Kingston City Tour Service to be launched by the JUTC on August 1.

JUTC To Launch Kingston City Tour Tomorrow

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan (right), addressing members of the Westmoreland office of the Social Development Commission (SDC), during a

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

SDC To Be Strengthened

To further strengthen the Social Development Commission (SDC) to facilitate the economic and social empowerment of communities islandwide, Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan, is on a series of fact-finding visits to all parish offices. Speaking with JIS News at the Westmoreland SDC office in Savanna-La-Mar, on July 29, the State...

Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) President, William Mahfood.

11 years ago Commerce

Public and Private Leaders List Major Achievements Since Independence

Several public and private leaders are of the view that Jamaica has recorded milestone achievements, since gaining Independence in 1962. Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Valerie Veira, tells JIS News that notable achievements have been recorded in the Micro, Small, and Medium-size Enterprise (MSME) and early childhood education sectors, and access to land, three areas she...

11 years ago National Security and Peace

Traffic Plan for Emancipation and Independence Celebrations

TRAFFIC PLAN Independence/Festival Celebrations- 2015 In order to facilitate the smooth staging of these events the following Traffic Management will be put in place. All activities at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre from August 1-6, the management of the traffic will be the same. This year will see a market place established for market vendors on the grounds of the...

Montego Bay Boys and Girls Club’s Director of Programmes, David Earl (4th left), is presented with five saxophones by President of the Rotary Club of Montego Bay East, Marcus McKenzie (right). Also present are (from left): Board Chairman and Music Director, Carl Matthews; Director, Lisa Crichton Watt; Band Director, Patrick Clarke; Band Assistant, Desmond McKnight and members of the band.

11 years ago Culture

New Sound For Youth Marching Band In Montego Bay

The Montego Bay Boys and Girls Club Marching Band, the oldest of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean, plans to show off its new sound over the Emancipation and Independence celebrations, with its significantly boosted woodwind section. The band, which is celebrating its seventy-third anniversary, was recently presented with five new saxophones by the Rotary Club of Montego Bay East....

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (3rd left), plants a tree at the St. Andrew parish office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), to mark the Authority’s 25th anniversary, recently. Others (from left) are: President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant; Chief Technical Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Dermon Spence; Chairman of RADA, Richard Harrison, and Land Husbandry Officer with RADA, Robert Tulloch.

11 years ago Agriculture

RADA Assisting Farmers to Deal With Climate Change

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), is using its 25th anniversary celebrations across the island to equip farmers with skills to deal with climate change, and will showcase this thrust at the 2015 Denbigh Agricultural Show, in May Pen, Clarendon. According to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RADA, Lenworth Fulton, farmers and other interested patrons attending the three-day event, commencing...

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean (right) is in discussion with Dean of Psychology at the International University of the Caribbean, Dr. Margaret Barnett, and Motivational Speaker, Alvin Day, ahead of the fourth public lecture of the Institute for Educational Administration and Leadership-Jamaica, held at the International University of the Caribbean on Old Hope Road, St Andrew on July 28.

11 years ago Education

$150 Million Invested in TVET Education

Since last year, the Government invested more than $150 million in outfitting school laboratories and workshops, and upgrading of teachers in the areas of technical, vocational education and training (TVET). This is keeping with the emphasis on equipping students with the requisite training and skills demanded by the global labour market. “The Government of Jamaica sees TVET as an important...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (centre), speaks with Yanique Watt (left) about her coding design, during a tour of the McGregor Gardens Community Access Point in Kingston on July 29, where girls are being engaged in a coding summer camp. Looking on is camp participant Ashley Wilson.

11 years ago Technology

Girls Learning To Code

Come tomorrow (July 31), some 37 girls from communities in the Corporate Area, will complete two weeks of fun but intensive training in coding. The girls, who are under the age of 18, are participating in coding summer camps at centres on Deanery Road and McGregor Gardens in Kingston. The staging of the two-week camps is in keeping with efforts...