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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), is escorted to the Edith Dalton James High School auditorium by Principal, Ray Howell, for Thursday’s (October 30) dedication and formal opening ceremony for five new classrooms and a library resource centre, at the institution’s Duhaney Park campus in St. Andrew. Rev. Thwaites was the guest speaker.

Major Upgrading at Edith Dalton James High

Major renovations at Edith Dalton James High School in Western St. Andrew, over the last seven years, enabled the administration to replace the double shift system for students, with an extended day format, at the start of the 2014/15 academic...

More Water for Residents in St. Elizabeth

Jamaican Ambassador to Brazil, Her Excellency Alison Stone Roofe.

Jamaicans in Brazil Encouraged to Register on Diaspora Mapping Project

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ on October 30 about updating the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy. At left is Director General of the National Commission on Science and Technology, Professor Errol Morrison.

Committee Established to Upgrade STI Policy

Vice President, Tax and Accounting Business at Thomson Reuters, Donald Peele (left), addresses a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (October 29) at the JIS’ head office at 58A Half-Way Tree Road. Listening are Chief Executive Officer, National Land Agency Elizabeth Stair (centre); and Acting Director/Registrar of Titles, Cheriese Walcott.

Thomson Reuters Hails NLA as Leader in Customer Service

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (second left), is assisted by Canadian High Commissioner, His Excellency Robert Ready (second right), in unveiling the plaque at the official opening of the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency’s (MOCA) polygraph centre at the National Police College of Jamaica in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, on Thursday (October 30). Also sharing in the moment (from left) are: Charge d’Affaires, United States Embassy, Elizabeth Lee Martinez; and Director General, MOCA, Desmond Edwards.

12 years ago National Security and Peace

MOCA Gets Polygraph Centre

Jamaica’s crime fighting efforts have been significantly bolstered with the official opening of the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency’s (MOCA) polygraph centre. The facility, which was constructed and equipped at a cost of more than US$1 million, with funding support from the United States and Canadian Governments, is located on the grounds of the National Police College of Jamaica,...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (at podium), delivers a lecture entitled, ‘Jamaica’s Path to Prosperity’, at the CIN 10th Annual Lecture Series, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem New York, on October 29.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Country More Ready to Secure Sustained Economic Growth – Finance Minister

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says Jamaica is now more poised than it has ever been to secure sustained economic growth. Dr. Phillips, who delivered a lecture entitled, ‘Jamaica’s Path to Prosperity’, at CIN 10th Annual Lecture Series at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, New York, on October 29, pointed out that...

Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Denise Herbol (left), has the keen attention of (from right): Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor E. Nigel Harris; Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna; Arnett Gardens resident, Jasmine Barnes; Chairman of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Children’s Advisory Panel, Charles Young; and Executive Director of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey. They were at the launch of the Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care Project, at the UWI on October 30. The project is being implemented by the UWI Open Campus Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC), in partnership with the Child Development Agency. It is being funded by the USAID at a cost of US$1.3 million.

12 years ago Culture

Girls in State Care to Benefit from Transitional Living Arrangements

Forty girls in Government-run homes are to benefit from transitional living arrangements under a US$1.3 million programme, which was launched on Thursday, October 30, under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) grants initiative. This programme is expected to impact and improve the lives of up to 400 children. The project is being implemented by the UWI Open Campus...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (at podium), addresses a symposium on developing a framework for media self-regulation, held on October 29 at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), University of the West Indies, Mona campus. Also pictured at left is Education Committee member, Association of Caribbean Mediaworkers (ACM) and Immediate Past President of the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ), Byron Buckley.

12 years ago Information

Minister Falconer Reiterates Call For Media Self-Regulation

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, has reiterated her call for the media to establish its own self-regulatory body. “The media already have a set of shared values and ethics underpinning the profession and how it operates. Those are important prerequisites to self-regulation and I don’t believe it will be difficult to take that next important...

Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) personnel utilize heavy-duty vehicles in the clearing of a gully in West Kingston on October 30. The work forms part of the national health emergency vector control clean-up campaign aimed at destroying mosquito breeding sites.

12 years ago Health & WellnessOffice of the Prime Minister

Major CHIKV Clean-Up in West Kingston

The National Health Emergency Vector Control Clean Up campaign moved into the West Kingston community this week as the Government continues to take steps to contain the transmission of the Chikungunya Virus (CHIKV). On Thursday, October 30, members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), went into the area with heavy duty equipment to clear...

United States Congresswoman representing New York’s ninth Congressional District, Yvette Clarke, greets Minister of Finance and Planning, Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips, as he arrived at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem New York on Wednesday, October 29, to deliver the Caribbean International Network (CIN) lecture on ‘Jamaica’s Path to Prosperity’.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

US and JAMAICA Could Partner on Renewable Energy Projects – Congresswoman Clarke

United States (US) Congresswoman, Yvette Clarke, says the American Government could benefit from a partnership with Jamaica on alternative energy projects. “Jamaica has become a leader in the development of alternative energy resources and I’m hopeful that the US will learn from their example and partner with them in becoming leaders in sustainable energy in this region,” she said. Congresswoman...

President, Medical Association of Jamaica, Dr. Shane Alexis (left), along with Advisor, Disease Prevention and Control, Pan American Health Organisation, Dr. Kam Suan Mung and Acting Director, Emergency, Disaster Preparedness and Special Services, Ministry of Health, Dr. Sonia Copeland, engage in a light conversation at the media sensitization forum on Ebola, held on October 30 at the Pan American Health Organisation offices at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Ministry Aims to Train 1,000 Health Care Workers for Ebola Response

Acting Director, Emergency, Disaster Preparedness and Special Services at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sonia Copeland, says the Ministry will be aiming to train 1,000 health care workers as part of the Ebola emergency response. “We hope from that, we will have 200 who have volunteered for the drills and for the simulation exercises that will take place at Up...