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

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...

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.

Senior Police Officer Lauds Partnership

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.

More Time to Consider Concerns of Flexi Work Arrangements

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.

Centenarian Receives Gifts from Social Security Ministry

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

Workshops for Energy Services Companies

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...

Principal of the Montego Bay Community College in St. James, Dr. Angela Harris (right), peruses reading material at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) booth, during a book fair held on September 4, on the grounds of the institution. Assisting her are Administrative Assistant at the JIS Regional Office, Ann Marie Whittingham (centre) and Technician, Avair Nembhard.

12 years ago Information

JIS Supports Montego Bay Community College’s Book Fair

The Montego Bay Regional Office of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), participated in the Montego Bay Community College’s annual book fair on September 4, which attracted hundreds of shoppers in search of mainly tertiary literature. The book fair, which was held on the campus of the community college, gave the JIS an opportunity to highlight some of its services as...

Technical Specialist at Tax Administration of Jamaica (TAJ), Monica Walker (2nd left), engages in discussion with (from left): Director of Tax Policy at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Ian Scarlette; President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Loven McCook; and Tax Education Manager at the Mandeville Branch of TAJ, Andrew Hyman. Occasion was a meeting with members of the Manchester chamber held on September 5, at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Fiscal Incentives Regime to Boost Business

Director of Tax Policy at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Ian Scarlette, says that the Government’s new fiscal incentives regime is aimed at fostering the development of business in Jamaica. “The rollout of all those tax incentives… is to cause new businesses to be created, to cause existing businesses to become sustainable and move them to a state of...

Retired educator, Yvonne “Miss Mackie” Francis (centre), is surrounded by community members and students of the Kitson Town Seventh Day Evening Institute in St. Catherine, which she regularly visits to provide advice to the students.

12 years ago Community

Retired Educator is a Community Treasure

Retired educator, Yvonne Francis, is a treasure in her Kitson Town community in rural St. Catherine. Every day, the 75-year-old gets up at 5:00 a.m. to tend to her small herd of goats and her backyard plot of cassava and gungo peas, before opening her doors to community members seeking advice or assistance to fill out application forms for jobs,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes (seated left), looks on as Executive Director, HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (seated centre) and 2nd Vice President, Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF), Raymond Eytle (seated right), sign a Memorandum of Understanding at the JEF’s headquarters in Kingston, on September 5. Others (standing from left) are: Senior Director, Workforce Development and Employment at HEART Trust/NTA, Denworth Finnikin; Chief Executive Officer, JEF, Brenda Cuthbert; and Senior Manager, Learning, HRD and Workplace Solutions, Yvonne Davis. The signing signals the renewal of a partnership between the HEART Trust/NTA and the JEF, which will, among other things, develop programmes to benefit the Jamaican workforce.

12 years ago Education

HEART TRUST/NTA Partners with JEF

The Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF) and the HEART Trust/NTA have renewed their partnership agreement to develop training programmes to benefit the Jamaican workforce and companies. Speaking with JIS News, following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the official launch of National Employers’ Month celebrations, at the JEF’s headquarters, in Kingston, on September 5, Chief Executive Officer of...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre), stands behind representational cheque for $250,000, which was presented to the Lupus Foundation of Jamaica by the Wisynco Group during a ceremony at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), on September 5. Others (from left) are: Chairman of the Wisynco Group, William Mahfood; Vice President, Membership Administration, Lupus Foundation of Jamaica, Sybil McLean; spokesperson for the Foundation, who is living with the disease, Shoyea-Gaye Grant; Chief Executive Officer of KPH, Beulah Stevens; Head of the Foundation, Dr. Desiree Tulloch-Reid; and Senior Medical Officer, KPH, Dr. Natalie Whylie.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Minister Commends WISYNCO for Donation

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has praised the Wisynco Group for its monetary donation of $250,000 to the Lupus Foundation of Jamaica, which will help to bolster activities of the entity, while increasing awareness about the auto-immune disease in the country. The presentation was made during a ceremony at the Kingston Public Hospital, on September 5. “I’m very...