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Newly installed Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Errol Mowatt.

New Jamaica Fire Brigade Commissioner Appointed

The Board of Directors of the Jamaica Fire Brigade is pleased to announce the promotion of Deputy Commissioner, Errol Mowatt to the Rank of Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade with effect from 7th October, 2014. Commissioner Errol Mowatt joined...

Principal of New Day Primary and Junior High School, in Kingston, Mr. Garfield McDonald, is confident the school will achieve its Literacy target.

Principal Confident New Day Primary Will Achieve Target

Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Western Hemisphere Department, Aleandro Werner.

IMF Director Says High Level Meeting a Success

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, presents the insignia of the Order of Distinction to Nurse Ancylin Morgan, at the National Honours and Awards ceremony held on October 20 at King’s House.

Veteran Nurse Living Childhood Dream

Mr. Lloyd Wilks as Jamaica’s new Consul General to Toronto, Canada.

Missions Abroad Protecting the Rights of Jamaican Nationals

Acting Public Defender, Matondo Mukulu (left), presents Rhameish Smith of DeCarteret College in Manchester, with a certificate of participation, at the Office of the Public Defender’s Nationwide Essay Competition award ceremony held on October 23, at Ministry of Finance and Planning in Kingston. Rhameish placed third in the 13 to 17 age category of the competition.

12 years ago Justice

Acting Public Defender Hails Response to Inaugural Essay Competition

Acting Public Defender, Matondo Mukulu, is hailing the tremendous response of young Jamaicans to the Office of the Public Defender’s inaugural Nationwide Essay Competition. The initiative, launched in July and concluded with the award ceremony on October 23, was aimed at increasing young people’s awareness of their fundamental rights as well as the newly passed Disabilities Act. It had two...

Grade three teacher at the Sir Clifford Campbell Primary School, Karine McIndoe (left), assists two of her students as they familiarize themselves with the new tablet computers that they received during a distribution exercise on October 24, at the school in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland.

12 years ago Education

613 Tablets Distributed At Sir Clifford Campbell Primary School

Distribution of devices under the Government’s ‘Tablets in Schools’ pilot programme continued on October 24, with 613 students of the Sir Clifford Campbell Primary School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland receiving tablet computers. The programme is being implemented by E-Learning Jamaica, an agency of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining. Implementation Officer with E-Learning Jamaica, Catherina Patterson, told JIS News...

Professor of Economics and International Business at New York University (NYU) in the Unites States, Nouriel Roubini, addresses participants in a breakfast session held during the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) High-Level Caribbean Forum at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James on Friday, October 24.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

NYU Professor Makes Case for Deepening Regional Integration

Professor of Economics and International Business at New York University (NYU) in the Unites States, Nouriel Roubini, says the Caribbean’s best prospect for sustained macro-economic growth lies in deepening levels of financial sector congruity and trade integration. “There are plenty of challenges in this part of the world and a lot needs to be done. A lot of the work...

Public Relations Officer at the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Emilio Ebanks.

12 years ago Local Government

Fire Safety Week October 26 to November 1

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) will be observing Fire Safety Awareness Week 2014 from October 26 to November 1, under the theme: ‘Community in Action...Supporting Fire Prevention’. Speaking with JIS News, Public Relations Office of the JFB, Emeleo Ebanks, said the theme is to highlight the importance of community involvement in preventing fires. He said the focus will be year...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, addresses the press launch of Local Government and Community Month 2014, at the Ministry’s Hagley Park Road headquarters, in Kingston, on October 23.

12 years ago Local Government

Jamaicans Urged To Pay Outstanding Property Taxes

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, is appealing to Jamaicans to pay over the $2.8 billion in outstanding property taxes for the current fiscal year. This will ensure that the target of $7.26 billion for the financial year is met, the Minister said. “I am making a special appeal for this gap to be filled. The...

Jamaican Ambassador to Brazil, Her Excellency Alison Stone Roofe.

12 years ago Foreign Affairs

Embassy in Brazil Prepares for Road to Rio 2016

Jamaican Ambassador to Brazil, Her Excellency Alison Stone Roofe, says her embassy staff has already started preparations to capitalise on the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. “We are starting early to put plans in place, both logistics and cultural, and to be available for any initiative which the government has in relation to the Road to Rio in 2016....

Minister of Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right), having a light discussion with President of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Dr. Trevor Gardner (left), prior to the start of the institution’s Honours Convocation ceremony on October 23, at its location in Mandeville, Manchester. Looking on at centre is the university’s Vice President for Academic Administration, Dr. Marilyn Anderson.

12 years ago Information

Information Minister Lauds NCU

Minister of Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, has lauded the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) for continuing to produce high academic achievers, who have made their mark worldwide. “Grounded in Christian values, NCU has developed and expanded its reach at an extraordinary rate. Its graduates, well equipped in various disciplines, are to be found making productive contributions here in Jamaica,...