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Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Christine Hendricks.

Public Education Central to Disabilities Act

Public education will play a significant role in getting Jamaicans ready for the full implementation of the National Disabilities Act. Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks, told JIS News that several tactics will...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Roger Clarke. (FILE)

Official Funeral for Roger Clarke; September 13

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

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.

12 years ago Education

Need For Greater Balance Between Skills And Academics – Education Minister

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says there is need for greater balance between skills and academic qualifications, in order to effectively satisfy and compete in the labour market. Delivering the keynote address at the Kiwanis Club of Kingston’s 50th anniversary scholarship presentation meeting, held at the New Kingston Conference Centre, on September 2, Rev. Thwaites said he is...

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.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Dedicated Public Servant Hails Executive Agency Model, Wants More Established

Head of the Executive Agencies Monitoring Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Owen McKnight, says that the Executive Agency model has been very successful and expresses the desire for more to be established. “I believe that Executive Agencies, as a model, are very successful, even if it is from the point that performance targets, in general, are met...

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...