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Programme Manager, Caricom Single Market and Economy, CARICOM Secretariat, Ivor Carryl (left), addresses members of the public sector during a two-day forum to discuss the findings of a major consultancy on government procurement in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). At right is Deputy Programme Manager, CSME Unit, CARICOM Secretariat, Philip McClauren. The forum is being held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston from September 3 to 4.

Regional Procurement System To Be Established

Jamaica is to benefit from a regional project, aimed at creating a fully functional electronic public procurement system across the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The Regional Integration Electronic Public Procurement System, which is to be implemented across CARICOM...

Registrar, Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith, addressing a press conference, held at the Office of the Prime Minister, on September 3.

Missing Children Down

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (second right), addresses the signing ceremony for three loans totalling US$105 million between Jamaica and the World Bank, at the bank’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., on September 3. Others (from right) are: World Bank Country Director for Jamaica, Sophia Sirtiane; World Bank Alternate Executive Director for Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean, Janet Harris; Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Stephen Vasciannie and Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Brian Wynter.

Jamaica and World Bank Sign US$105 Million Loans

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (at podium), delivers the keynote address at the Kiwanis Club of Kingston’s Club’s 50th anniversary meeting, held on Tuesday, September 2, at the New Kingston Conference Centre. Seated at the head table is President of the Kiwanis Club of Kingston, Charles Simms. Second year Business Administration student at the University of Technology, Joelle Blake, was presented with the first Carlton Levy Memorial Scholarship, at the special meeting.

Need For Greater Balance Between Skills And Academics – Education Minister

Head of the Executive Agencies Monitoring Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Owen McKnight, makes a point during an interview with JIS News. Mr. McKnight has given more than 17 years of selfless service to the public sector, having been serving since 1997.

Dedicated Public Servant Hails Executive Agency Model, Wants More Established

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Christine Hendricks (left), shares experiences from her recent visit to the United States (US) to observe the execution of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as Jamaica prepares to implement its own disabilities legislation. Listening (from 2nd left) are: Transition Officer at the Jamaica Association for the Deaf, Kimberley Sherlock; Head, Physiotherapy Department, South East Regional Health Authority, Suzanne Harris Henry; and Project Coordinator, Junior Achievement Jamaica, Stephanie McIntyre, who also participated in the trip to the US from July 23 to August 9.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaicans Learn Best Practices In Disabilities Policy

Representatives of organisations that provide support to the disabled community recently got the opportunity to learn from best practices in disabilities policy when they travelled to the United States (US) to observe the execution of that country’s disabilities act. The visit was sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s (DOS) International Visitor Leadership Project under the theme: ‘Advocacy and Inclusiveness...

Administrator General, Lonla Brown (centre), shares a moment with students, who were presented with school supplies at a ceremony held on Friday (Aug. 29), at the AGD downtown Kingston offices.

12 years ago Justice

Students Receive School Supplies from Administrator-General’s Department

The Administrator-General’s Department (AGD) has provided educational supplies to 23 deserving students. The students, who performed excellently in this year’s Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), were presented with the items on Friday, August 29, at a function held at the AGD’s downtown Kingston offices. Eighteen of the recipients...

Little Ipaco Campbell (third right), collects a back-to-school package from Chairman of the St. James Peace Management Initiative (PMI), Reverend Everton Jackson, in Montego Bay, recently. Sharing the occasion are other recipients from St. James; Administrator of the PMI, St. James, Garfield McGhie (left); and Social Workers, Rochelle Irving (centre) and Maxine Matthews. The presentation took place at the St. James PMI Offices on Church Street in Montego Bay.

12 years ago Community

Inner City Children In Montego Bay Receive Back-To-School Supplies

The St. James office of the Peace Management Initiative (PMI), recently presented back-to-school supplies to hundreds of children from inner-city communities in Montego Bay. The presentation was made to children from Norwood, Granville, Belmont, Cambridge, Rosemount, Barrett Town, Lilliput, Bogue Hill, Ramble Hill, New Ramble and Catadupa. In an interview with JIS News, Chairman of the PMI St. James, Reverend...

Medical Technician at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Claudia Reid, prepares to do blood sugar, haemoglobin and cholesterol tests on a student of the Annotto Bay High School. Students of the school benefited from health tests recently, under the National Health Fund’s (NHF) School Wellness Programme.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

NHF’s School Wellness Programme Saving Lives

The Government’s School Wellness Programme is being hailed by one grateful school administrator for potentially saving the life of one of her students. Under the initiative administrated by the National Health Fund (NHF), six screening tests are offered at no cost to high school students, who are selected. These tests are blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass index, haemoglobin, blood sugar...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, tries out a bamboo chair on display at the recent Denbigh Agricultural Industrial and Food Show in Clarendon. Looking on is President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant.

12 years ago AgricultureCommunity

Jamaica Embarks On Commercial Bamboo Production

Jamaica is to embark on the large scale production of bamboo for the construction of low-cost houses and value added products such as furniture and charcoal for the export market. The aim is to tap into the lucrative global market for bamboo products, which is estimated at US$10 billion, with potential to reach US$20 billion by next year. The project...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), greets students of Kingston Technical High School during his visit to the institution on Monday (September 1) to observe activities on the first day of the 2014/15 academic year.

12 years ago Education

Education Minister Satisfied With Start of New School Year

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is expressing satisfaction with the level of preparedness of schools for Monday’s (September 1) start of the 2014/15 academic year. Reports from the Ministry indicate that there was a relatively smooth start to the new school year without any major challenges. Speaking with JIS News after visiting nine infant, primary, junior high, and secondary...

Director of Production at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Enthrose Campbell (right) presents a school bag to one of the boys at the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home in Walderston, Manchester last Saturday August 23, 2014 during the Back to School and Work Day visit to the Home. Assistant Director of the Home, Dionne Harriott (centre) looks on. The companies from corporate Jamaica that donated towards the cause were the YB Afraid Foundation/Joseph’s, Sammy’s Shoe Store, Lasco Foods, Fontana Pharmacy, Kingston Bookshop, Ping’s Distributors, Grace Foods, Trade Winds, Edge Chem and Caribbean Broilers.

12 years ago Education

Mount Olivet Boys Decked Out for Back-to-School

When the young men at the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home in Manchester return to school this week, they will have numerous memories to share and new school supplies to show off to their friends, after a fun-filled back-to-school/work day visit from their Jamaica Information Service (JIS) family. The work day on August 23 is one of three visits [per year]...