The HEART NSTA/Trust is looking to revamp and introduce new programmes that will make Jamaica’s workforce globally competitive. Director for Training Infrastructure Development at HEART, Dwayne Bent, told JIS News that the entity is in a phase of renewal and is creating programmes to enhance workforce skills. “It is important that we zoom in on several sectors. We have our...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica and the wider region see trade and investment as the most sustainable avenue for the region’s growth and development. Speaking today (November 16) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where the inaugural Saudi Arabia-CARICOM Summit is being held, Mr. Holness said that investment is a strategic way of increasing wealth without...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Government remains committed to adequately equipping the police force with resources to effectively carry out its duties. Responding to questions at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, on November 15 regarding a report from the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) about the use of body-worn...

A Cloud Policy that supports the Government of Jamaica’s Private Cloud Platform (GovCloud) is to be established. Minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, underscored that Jamaica cannot have digital transformation to the extent and scale desired, without the widespread adoption of cloud...

As part of its strategies to end violence against children, Jamaica has joined the Global Partnership, which is committed to the implementation of sustainable development goal (SDG) 16.2, which is focused on ending all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation of children. Addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank today (November 16), Senior Director, Children’s Affairs and Policy Division,...

A total of 21,701 students are enrolled in the Sixth-Form Pathways Programme for the current academic year. Making the disclosure during Wednesday’s (November 15) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, said that the programme is being offered in 169 high schools and 40 tertiary or post-secondary centres. “In order to get to...

Manning’s School in Westmoreland and Grove Town Primary and Infant in Manchester are the inaugural winners of the Scientific Research Council (SRC) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Olympiad. The schools copped the top awards for designing solutions focused on mitigating an effect of climate change. For their innovations, the teams and their teachers received gold medals, a cash prize...