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Director of Safety and Security in Schools at the Ministry of Education, Sergeant Coolridge Minto (right), offers congratulations to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-Vocational Education (UNESCO-UNEVOC) Skills in Action awardee, Alia Wedderburn (left), at the 2nd International Conference on Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Caribbean, held recently at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel and Spa, in St James.

School Security and Safety Policy Guidelines Revised

Revision of the Education Ministry’s School Security and Safety Policy Guidelines has been completed and the document is expected to be ready for distribution by the start of the new academic year in September 2015. Director of Safety and Security...

Chief Executive Officer of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Jennifer McDonald.

PICA Reaches Quota – Customers Invited to Come Back May 21

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is surrounded by excited students of the Liberty Academy at the Priory in St. Andrew, who clamoured to greet her following her address at the institution’s ‘Girls Day’ event on May 19.

PM Pledges to Punish Child Abusers

A section of the St. Elizabeth Parish Council’s building in Black River, which is currently under construction.

St. Elizabeth Parish Council Building to Cost $50 Million

Minister with responsibility for the Public Service in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (standing 5th right), and Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse (standing 3rd left), poses with members of the visiting Chinese ophthalmology team, at a welcome ceremony on Monday (May 18), at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH). Others (standing from 4th left) are: Deputy Director General, Beijing Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China, Mao Yu; Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Dong Xiaojun; and President of the Beijing Tongren Hospital, Dr. Wu Jixiang.

200 Cataract Patients to Receive Free Eye Surgery

Registrar, Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith. (FILE)

11 years ago Culture

OCR Clarifies Management of Toll Free Child Abuse Reporting Number ‘1-888-PROTECT’

The Office of the Children’s Registry, OCR, an agency of the Ministry of Youth and Culture, wishes to advise the public that the toll free number 1-888-PROTECT which is used for the reporting of known or suspected child abuse cases is effectively managed by the agency. The OCR also wishes to advise that our call centre is open to receive...

11 years ago National Security and Peace

PICA Increases Work Stations to Cope With Persons Applying for Passports

To cope with the number of persons applying for passports, the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) has had to increase the number of work stations from 27 to 39 across its offices islandwide. In addition, the agency halted its receipt of applications much earlier than intended at some of its offices, as the number of customers swelled beyond capacity....

Director of Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Robert Chung, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on May 19.

11 years ago Labour

Labour Ministry Hosts ‘Snapshot’ at Portmore Shopping Centre May 20

Sensitisation sessions on occupational safety and health are being planned by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), as part of activities for Workers’ Week 2015. Workers’ Week, which began on Sunday, May 17, gives recognition to the workers of Jamaica for their contribution to nation-building. Beginning on Wednesday, May 20, a session, dubbed ‘Snapshot’ will be held at...

11 years ago National Security and Peace

Persons Reminded to Pick Up Passports at Police Officers’ Club

The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), is reminding persons who are scheduled to pick up their passports between May 20 and 22 to do so at the Police Officers’ Club on Hope Road, instead of the agency’s head office on Constant Spring Road. “We anticipate a rush, so just for this week we are asking persons to only visit...

President of JAMPRO, Diane Edwards, addressing participants at a business franchising seminar, held today (May 19), at the Terra Nova Hotel, in St. Andrew.

11 years ago Commerce

JAMPRO Head Says Opportunities Abound in Franchising

President of JAMPRO, Diane Edwards, says business opportunities abound locally and at the global level in franchise arrangements, and urged entrepreneurs to explore the US$300 to $350 billion market. “The benefits in franchising are vast at the macro level, as they strengthen the potential of home-grown productive capacity and aid to improve international competitiveness,” she said, while addressing a franchising...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), greets Patron of the United Theological College of the West Indies (UTCWI) 50th Anniversary Celebrations, Lady Rheima Hall, wife of former Governor-General, His Excellency Professor Sir Kenneth Hall. Occasion was the institution’s launch of its Distance Education Programme, on May 18. Looking on at centre is Chairman of the College’s Foundation, Reynold Scott.

11 years ago Education

Religious Community Urged to Impart Values of the Church

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has invited the religious community to impart the values of the church to arrest the perverted attitudes among the youth population. The Minister said the importance of applying the sanctuary to the society is paramount, as a counter culture exists in many aspects of entertainment, and “habits of perverse values and attitudes create...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey (left) and Miniser of Heath, Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right) participate in the 68th World Health Assembly being held in Geneva, Switzerland from May 18 -23, 2015.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaicans Urged to Destroy Mosquito Breeding Sites Amidst Zika virus Outbreak in Brazil

Following meetings at the World Health Assembly now taking place in Geneva, Switzerland and subsequent to a warning issued by the Pan American Health Organization regarding an outbreak of the Zika virus in Brazil and the potential of the virus to spread to other countries, Permanent Secretary, Dr. Kevin Harvey is urging persons to take the necessary precautions to rid...