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Acting Deputy Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Michelle Edwards

ODPEM to Stage More Earthquake Drills

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will be conducting more regular earthquake drills as part of its national strategic response. The simulation exercises will assist persons to be better prepared and help to ease anxiety about earthquakes...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), with Youth Mayors from Jamaica’s 14 Municipal Corporations during the Local Government & Community Month 2023 Youth Mayors’ Forum, held at the Grand Bahia Principe Hotel in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, on Thursday, November 16.

Young Leaders from Municipal Corporations Take Part in Youth Mayors’ Forum

Information Commissioner, Office of the Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay.

Registration of Data Controllers Begins Dec. 1

Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth North Eastern, Delroy Slowley, makes his contribution to the 2023/24 State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (November 15).

Roses Valley Primary School in St. Elizabeth to Get Improved Water Supply

Director for Training Infrastructure Development at the HEART NSTA/Trust, Dwayne Bent, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

HEART Trust Improving Workforce Skills

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.

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Trade and Investment Most Sustainable Avenue for Growth – PM

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, responds to questions during yesterday’s (November 15) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.

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Deputy PM Says Government Will Equip Police Force to Effectively Perform Duties

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...

Minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon.

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Policy Supporting Gov’t’s Private Cloud Platform to Be Established

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...

Senior Director, Children’s Affairs and Policy Division in the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY), Hyacinth Blair (centre); Director of Children and Family Programmes, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Dr. Warren Thompson and Chair, Violence Prevention Alliance, Dr. Elizabeth Ward, peruse the MOEY’s National Plan of Action for an Integrated Response to Children and Violence (NPACV). Occasion was a JIS Think Tank today (November 16).

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Jamaica in Global Partnership to End All Forms of Violence, Abuse and Exploitation of Children

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,...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses Wednesday’s (November 15) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

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21,701 Students Enrolled in Sixth-Form Pathways

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...

The Grove Town Primary and Infant School team raise the winning trophy in the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) inaugural Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics STEM Olympiad. Members of the SRC visited the institution in Manchester recently to make the presentation.

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Rural Schools Cop SRC’s Inaugural Stem Olympiad

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...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.

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Trauma Response Strategies Formulated to Support Students and Staff

Trauma response strategies have been formulated by the Guidance and Counselling Unit, Ministry of Education and Youth, to provide support for students, faculty and staff who may have experienced emotional distress as a result of the reported bomb threats. The intervention protocol, dubbed ‘Response to Trauma Events’, was done in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Wellness and other...