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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.
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.

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...
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.
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.

Jamaica Embarks On Commercial Bamboo Production
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.
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.

Education Minister Satisfied With Start of New School Year
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.
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.

Mount Olivet Boys Decked Out for Back-to-School
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Culture, Health, Arts, Education and Sports (CHASE) Fund, W. Billy Heaven (right), listen as Principal, Jamaica College (JC), Senator Ruel Reid, explains the concept behind the recent establishment of a museum at the institution, during the opening ceremony, at 189 Old Hope Road in St. Andrew.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Culture, Health, Arts, Education and Sports (CHASE) Fund, W. Billy Heaven (right), listen as Principal, Jamaica College (JC), Senator Ruel Reid, explains the concept behind the recent establishment of a museum at the institution, during the opening ceremony, at 189 Old Hope Road in St. Andrew.

Preserving rich history of Jamaica College

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Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips.
Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister Leads Delegation to Washington for Talks With US Officials and IMF

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, left the island today (1 September 2014),  for Washington D. C., to engage in a series of discussions with officials from the U.S. Treasury, U.S. State Department, the International Monetary Fund, (IMF), the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), and the World Bank (IBRD). The meetings and technical discussions will focus on the...
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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (File)
Education

Back-to-School Address by Hon Rev Ronald Thwaites, Minister of Education

Good evening fellow Jamaicans. Tomorrow the education system officially opens its doors to more than 600,000 students at all levels for the new school year, providing them with the opportunity to better themselves. Education remains the best vehicle to pull Jamaica out of its prolonged economic depression towards the prospect of growth and development. Last school year the improved results...
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Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Colin Campbell (right), looks on as Manager of the JUTC
Transport

JUTC Rolls Out Vehicle Tracking System Tomorrow

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will roll out its state-of-the-art vehicle tracking system on Monday (September 1), as the state owned bus company continues to put measures in place to create a world class public transportation system. Introduction of the Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL) tracking system will serve to greatly improve fleet management and enhance the company's service to...
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Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites (right) accepts a token from Principal, Jamaica College, Senator Ruel Reid during the official opening of the institution’s state-of-the-art museum on August 28, at its Old Hope Road grounds in St. Andrew.
Education

97 Per Cent of Grade Seven Cohort Placed in High School

Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has informed that 97 per cent of the island’s grade seven cohort have been placed in high schools this year. Minister Thwaites, who was addressing the official opening of Jamaica College’s (JC) state-of-the-art museum on Thursday (Aug. 28), said that there is a place in school for every child from early childhood to...
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Culture

‘An Evening With Miss Lou’ Celebration Set For September 7

A celebration themed, “An Evening With Miss Lou” to honour the life and work of Jamaica’s cultural icon will be held on the 95th anniversary of her birth, Sunday, September 7 at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre, 36 Hope Road in Kingston. Organized by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Youth and Culture, the...
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University of the West Indies (UWI) student, Shereda Mitchell, who holds a BSc in experimental biology with honours, and is presently pursuing a master of science degree in forensic science, addressing her fellow scholars at a forum hosted by the PetroCaribe Development Fund (PDF) to celebrate its Summer Employment Programme/Jamaica 50th Scholarship Programme. The forum was hosted at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on Thursday, August 28.
Finance & Public Service

Beneficiaries of PetroCaribe Scholarships Thankful for Assistance

Awesome and overwhelming were some of the sentiments expressed by beneficiaries of the PetroCaribe Development Fund (PDF) Summer Employment Programme/Jamaica 50th Scholarship, who were recognised and applauded for their outstanding achievements, at a forum on August 28, in Kingston. The forum, which brought beneficiaries of both programmes together, served as a celebration of the success of the initiatives, and gave...
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