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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre) signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), aimed at enhancing the Ananda Alert System through a multisectoral approach, at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in Kingston on May 14, 2014. Others (from left) are: Director, National Intelligence Bureau, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Superintendent Kirk Ricketts; Registrar, Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith; former OCR Child Ambassador - Region One, Ashlie Barrett; and Special Projects Manager, Jamaica Information Service, Andrine Davidson.

Ananda Alert System…Working To Keep Children Safe

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) is reporting a drop in the number of children reported missing in 2014. Registrar of the OCR, Greig Smith, tells JIS News that there has been a 10 per cent decline in the...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce , Hon Anthony Hylton (left), is in discussion with Scotiabank Jamaica Group President and Chief Executive Officer, Jacqueline Sharp, at a luncheon hosted by the Scotiabank Group during the recently concluded two-day Jamaica Investment Forum, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.

Jamaica Investment Forum a Success – Minister Hylton

JIS Head Office, 58A Half Way Tree Road, Kingston 10

JIS Receives Budgetary Allocation to Relocate TV Department

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), speaking with Marketing and Communications Manager, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Limited, Clinton Clark (centre) and Mr. James Wood of National Outdoor Advertising Limited, James Wood, at the showcasing of bus wraps as part of the Ebola communications campaign, at the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre, in Kingston, today (March 17).

Health Ministry’s Public Education Campaign in High Gear

President of the United States of America, Barack Obama.

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller Announces Visit By United States President Barack Obama

Director of Alumni and Development at the Mico University College, Sharon Wolfe (centre), provides details of activities for the institution’s Research Day 2015, slated for March 24 to 25, while addressing a JIS Think Tank on March 17. Listening are Acting Dean of the Faculty of Education, Mico University College, Rudolph Sewell (left); and Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Professor Bermadee Briscoe.

11 years ago EducationJIS Think TankVision 2030

Mico University to Share New Trends in Mathematics Education

The Mico University College will be presenting new techniques and developments in mathematics education at its annual Research Day slated for March 24 to 25 at the institution’s Kingston campus. The move is in keeping with the Ministry of Education’s focus on improving student achievement in mathematics as a critical part of the development process. Director of Alumni and Development...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second right), along with Speaker of the House and Member of Parliament for South Manchester, Hon. Michael Peart (left), and Managing Director, National Education Trust, Yvonne Clarke (right), look on, as Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Takase ( third right), presents a cheque for approximately $12 million to Board Chairman of the Campbell’s Castle All Age School in South Manchester, Carmen Ward, following the signing of a contract for renovation works at the school, during a ceremony at the Japanese Embassy on Oxford Road, in Kingston, on March 17.

11 years ago Education

All Age School in South Manchester to Benefit from $12 Million Grant

The Campbell’s Castle All Age School in South Manchester is to benefit from rehabilitation works, as a result of a $12 million grant being provided by the Government of Japan. Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Takase and Chairman of the school Board, Carmen Ward, signed the contract for the upgrading, on March 17, during a ceremony at the...

Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna. (FILE)

11 years ago Culture

Hanna Directs CDA to Intensify Community Interventions

The Ministry of Youth and Culture is reporting that the Office of the Children’s Registry receives approximately two hundred and twenty reports of child abuse per week; 11, 440 per year. The parishes accounting for the majority of the abuses are Westmoreland, KSA, St Catherine and St James. The OCR assesses these reports and then forwards them to the CDA....

Students of the Lethe Primary and Infant School in Southern St. James at a ceremony recently, when computer tablets were presented to the students by past students of the school.

11 years ago Education

Lethe Primary Gets Computer Tablets from Past Students

Two hundred students and teachers of the Lethe Primary and Infant School, in Southern St. James, are to receive new computer tablets, courtesy of past students, Mr. and Mrs. Joel Webbe, through their company, Caribbean e-Book Limited. The first set of 50 tablets were presented to the school by the Webbes during the official launch of the progamme at the...

Sections of the Riverton Disposal Site being covered with soil transported from a nearby Quarry, on Monday (March 16).

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ODPEM Reports Continued Progress in Fighting Riverton Fire

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is reporting continued progress in the fire-fighting efforts at the Riverton Disposal site. The agency said that smoke emission, which is the main area of concern, has reduced significantly, as the operators of trucks and tractors work to transport cover material to the site. Up to 10 trucks were utilised from...

Director. Road Safety Unit, Ministry of Transport, Works, and Housing, Kenute Hare, addressing the recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.

11 years ago Transport

Speeding Cited as a Major Factor Causing Road Fatalities

Speeding remains a major factor contributing to incidence of motor vehicle accidents and fatalities on the nation’s roads. Director of the Road Safety Unit, Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Kenute Hare, says 14 of the 62 traffic crashes that occurred since the start of the year resulted from excessive speeding by motorists. Speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service...

Chief Education Officer at the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean, makes a point during a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

11 years ago Education

Education Ministry to Address Male Learning Trend

Local and international partnerships are being utilized by the Ministry of Education to address the continuing trend of females outperforming males in the classroom. Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean, in an interview with JIS News, said the Ministry has partnered with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Commonwealth Secretariat to...