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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

The Ministry of Health has spent $22 million as part of an ongoing communication and public education campaign on Ebola preparedness, to increase public awareness on the signs, symptoms and modes of transmission of the Ebola virus. The campaign, which...

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.

Mico University to Share New Trends in Mathematics Education

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.

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

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

Hanna Directs CDA to Intensify Community Interventions

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).

11 years ago Local GovernmentRiverton Landfill

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...

11 years ago Local GovernmentRiverton Landfill

Riverton Fire update- Smoke coverage in Portmore

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising residents of Portmore to take precautions to reduce the effects of smoke exposure as a result of the fire at Riverton. An increase in smoke in sections of the Gregory Park, Waterford and Greater Portmore communities and sections of the Toll Road has been observed as of this morning....

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, adds her contribution to a public mural set up at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s JCDC) visual arts exhibition, which opened on Sunday (March 15) at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. The exhibition, which features award winning pieces from the JCDC’s 2014 Visual Arts Competition, will run until March 29.

11 years ago Culture

Next Generation of Artists: Step Forward – Hanna

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, is calling on young Jamaicans to come forward to take their place as the next generation of artists and cultural icons. “We have to spawn the next generation of artists and cultural icons in this country. We want to see more young persons stepping forward to take their place at the table,”...

Information Management and Training Coordinator, Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), Paola Carrera (left), converses with Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Michelle Forbes, during the official launch of the energy statistical capacity building initiative at the Courtleigh Hotel in St. Andrew recently. The initiative will be undertaken in six Caribbean countries.

11 years ago Technology

Jamaica to Benefit from US $500,000 Energy Statistics Project

Jamaica is among six Caribbean countries set to benefit from an energy statistical capacity building initiative that is being spearheaded by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) at a cost of US$500,000. The other territories are: Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti and Suriname. The initiative seeks to provide reliable and up-to-date data for the energy planning process as well as allow...