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Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster-Allen (right), is greeted by Interim President, Mico University College, Professor Carol Clarke, at the International Literacy Day symposium and expo on September 8, at Mico’s Marescaux Road campus in Kingston.

Education Ministry Optimistic of Achieving Primary Literacy Target

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster-Allen, says the Ministry is optimistic that the literacy rate among students at the grade four level will reach the 85 per cent target by 2015. This, she said, is based on...

Senior Acting Programmes Director in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Miguel Williams (left), is in discussion with Chairman of the Possibility Programme, Robert Gibbs; and Director of the Possibility Programme, Lolita Phillips (right), at the opening of a reading room at the Goodwin Park Boys Hostel on South Camp Road on September 8. The books were collected through the National Youth Service’s (NYS) Summer Programme book drive.

Goodwin Park Boys Hostel Gets Reading Room

Ground Broken for Auditorium at Wolmer’s Boys’ School

Clowns Without Borders for Therapy Workshops

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Carl Williams (left foreground), listens to a comment from Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer, at the opening ceremony for a trafficking in persons training forum at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Hotel in Ocho Rios, St. Ann on January 30. In the background, Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding , speaks with Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn.

Carl Williams Appointed Commissioner of Police

Students of the Marlie Mount Primary and Infant school in St. Catherine participate in a reading exercise, recently.

12 years ago Education

National Literacy Coordinator Confident of Achieving Target

National Literacy Coordinator, Dr. Andre Hill, is confident that the country will attain its target of 85 per cent literacy at the primary level by next year. He informs JIS News that overall students’ performance has been steadily improving since the Grade Four Literacy Test was first administered nationally in 2009. The Ministry of Education uses the Grade Four Literacy...

Outgoing Head of the Manchester Police Division, Senior Superintendent Marlon Nesbeth, addressing the monthly meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, held on September 4 at the Golf View Hotel, in Mandeville.

12 years ago National Security and Peace

Senior Police Officer Lauds Partnership

Outgoing Head of the Manchester Police Division, Senior Superintendent Marlon Nesbeth, has lauded the partnership between citizens and the police in the parish. In an interview with JIS News, at the monthly meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, held at the Golf View Hotel, in Mandeville, on September 4, Mr. Nesbeth noted that this cooperation resulted in the recent...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), addresses public consultation on Flexi Work Arrangements, held in Montego Bay on September 4. Seated at left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Alvin McIntosh.

12 years ago Labour

More Time to Consider Concerns of Flexi Work Arrangements

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, says he is to take steps to delay full enactment of the Flexi Work legislation, in order to consider new concerns raised by the public. Mr. Kellier, who made the comment at a public consultation on the legislation in Montego Bay, on September 4, said concerns raised by the Jamaica Umbrella...

Centenarian, Mrs. Estella Thelwell (seated), receives a birthday gift and a kiss from Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, who visited her at her home in Spanish Hill, Lucea, Hanover, on Friday, September 5. Mr. Kellier praised Mrs. Thelwell for her contribution to nation building and for taking good care of herself. Mrs. Thelwell is 103 years old. Sharing the moment are Mrs. Thelwell’s daughters, Joyce Essue (partly hidden) and Mable Pearce, as well as newly installed Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Wynter McIntosh.

12 years ago Labour

Centenarian Receives Gifts from Social Security Ministry

Centenarian, Estella Thelwell, of Spanish Hill, in Hanover, was presented with gifts by Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, who visited her at home on Friday, September 5. Mrs. Thelwell, who celebrated her 103rd birthday earlier this year, was congratulated by Minister Kellier. “The Bible speaks of allowing people to live three scores and ten years…however you have...

ESCO Project Manager at the Jamaica Productivity Centre, Marjorie Stair.

12 years ago Labour

Workshops for Energy Services Companies

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security, through the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC), is seeking to provide more support to the Energy Services Companies (ESCOs), with workshops that are expected to build the technical capacity of energy providers. The workshops, which form one component of the wider European Union (EU) ESCO project, jointly funded by the African, Caribbean and Pacific...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), escorts Acting Manager of the Trelawny office, Ms. Danlene Earle (left), into the new office, which was officially opened by on September 4, in Falmouth.

12 years ago Labour

Labour Minister Highlights Calm Industrial Climate

Jamaica’s industrial climate is the calmest it has ever been since the sugar riots of 1938, says Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier. Addressing employees at the Hanover parish office of the Ministry in Lucea, during a tour on September 5, Mr. Kellier said the achievement is due mainly to the work of the Ministry, which has expertly...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), and Executive Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (left), converse with auto-mechanics (from left): Sykana Stennett; Jason Bernard; and Angadeika Tooke. Occasion was the launch of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s (JUTC)/HEART Trust/NTA Heavy Duty Vehicle Repair Training Programme on September 4, at the bus company’s Lyndhurst Road depot in Kingston.

12 years ago Education

Jamaica to Establish First Class Heavy Duty Vehicle Repair and Training Facility

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) and the HEART Trust/NTA will spend a combined total of $284 million to establish a world-class heavy duty vehicle repair and training facility at the bus company’s Lyndhurst Road depot. Under the partnership, auto-mechanics will be trained by the HEART Trust/NTA’s Jamaican-German Automotive School (JAGAS), to rehabilitate defunct buses owned by the JUTC. Chairman...