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Chief Education Officer (CEO) in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean (right), responds to a question during a forum hosted by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) on Wednesday (December 4), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston. CXC officials pictured (from left) are: Acting Pro Registrar, Western Zone Office, Carol Granston; and Senior Assistant Registrar, Measurement and Assessment, Charles Mayenga.

Principals Voice Concerns to CXC

Principals from secondary schools across the island got an opportunity to air concerns regarding the administration of Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) tests in Jamaica, during a forum held on Wednesday (December 4), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston....

Head of the Police Traffic Division, Senior Superintendent Calvin Allen, addresses a JIS Think Tank.

Police Issue 408,000 Tickets for Traffic Offences Since January

Head of the Police Traffic Division, Senior Superintendent Calvin Allen, urges pedestrians to use the roads with care during his address at a JIS Think Tank held on December 2.

Pedestrians Urged to Exercise Care on the Roads

Managing Director of the Transport Authority of Jamaica, Donald Foster, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held yesterday (Dec. 3), at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

Transport Authority Using Technology to Improve Customer Service

The installation of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lights along the corridor between Rockfort and Port Royal, East Kingston, has improved night-time visibility along the roadway. The project involves the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining; Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI); and Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) at a cost of $5.1 million.

LED Street Lights Installed Along Palisadoes Roadway

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), reads from the book, ‘A History of the Caribbean Examination Council, 1973-2013,’ the launch of the publication yesterday (December 2) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Listening (from left) are: Author, Professor Patrick Bryan; Former CXC Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Didacus Jules; Executive Director of the Jamaica Diaspora Institute, Professor Neville Ying; and former Governor-General, the Most Hon. Sir Kenneth Hall.

12 years ago Education

CXC Records Rich History in New Book

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has chronicled its rich 40-year history in a book written by Historian Professor Patrick Bryan, which has been endorsed by Minister of Education, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. Titled ‘A History of the Caribbean Examinations Council, 1973-2013,’ the publication details the evolution of the CXC and the contributions of regional leaders who, prior to Independence,...

Young people of Steer Town in St. Ann receive support from the police as they march against drug abuse, gang violence and other social ills last Saturday (November 29).

12 years ago National Security and Peace

Steer Town Residents March Against Drug Abuse, Crime

Approximately 50 placard-bearing young people and adults from Steer Town and adjoining communities in St. Ann staged a march against drug abuse, gang violence and other social challenges affecting the once serene area of the garden parish. The march commenced at the Steer Town Square and proceeded through the seven districts of the community, namely Dam Head, Godsto, True Street,...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks, brings greetings at the National Church Service launching Disabilities Awareness Week 2014, at Calvary Baptist Church Montego Bay on Sunday, November 30. (File photo)

12 years ago Labour

Passage of Disabilities Act Most Significant Achievement – JCPD

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks, is hailing the passage of the Disabilities Act 2014 as the most significant achievement in the Council’s 40-year history. “The most impactful achievement is the fact that finally, the Disabilities Act has been passed in the Parliament…. the Act is here as our reality, and consultations are...

Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable
Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.

12 years ago ParliamentPrime Minister

Prime Minister Simpson Miller Addresses NHT Questions in Parliament

Question 1 Will the Prime Minister state whether she received correspondence or information from a Mr. Lennie Little-White or any party, within or external to the Government offering for sale or advising of the acquisition of lands and/or other assets related to the Outameni Experience, and if so when did she receive such correspondence or information? Answer Upon review of...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (right), points out something of interest during a tour of sections of the McGregor Gardens community in Kingston today (Dec. 2), where electricity regularization work in underway. Others (from left) are: Regional Director, Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company, Omar Sweeny; and President, Youth With Vision Community Club, Ramon Reid.

12 years ago Technology

Work Underway To Regularize Electricity In McGregor Gardens

Work is underway on the re-wiring of houses and installation of several streetlights in McGregor Gardens, Kingston, as the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) moves to regularize electricity in the area. This is being done through the ‘Project Step Up,’ which is a $30 million partnership between the JPS and the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). It aims to tackle...

Montego Bay’s Mayor, Councillor Glendon Harris, says the time has come for Jamaica to be rid of the “informer fi dead culture”.

12 years ago Local GovernmentNational Security and Peace

Jamaicans Must Become Crime Informers

Mayor of Montego Bay, Glendon Harris, is calling for Jamaicans to become “informers” in the fight against crime. He said Jamaica is being held ransom by what he calls “modern day black heart men,” who drive fear into its citizens and efforts must be made to speak out against them. Mayor Harris, who was addressing the Lay Magistrates Association of...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, addressing an information and communication technology (ICT) seminar, held at the University of Technology (UTech) on December 2. The seminar was held under the theme: ‘Regulating the ICT industry and its effects on growth and development’.

12 years ago Technology

Minister Reaffirms Commitment to Implement Number Portability By May 31, 2015

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, has reaffirmed Government’s commitment to implement number portability in Jamaica by May 31, next year. “We have now gazetted all the rules dealing with number portability and I have mandated the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) and all the providers that come May 31, 2015, we will have full portability,”...