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Senior Corporate Relations Manager at Digicel, Tricia Williams-Singh (2nd left), along with Civil Servant of the Year, Miss Enthrose Campbell (right), observe while children familiarize themselves with one of five computers donated by Digicel to the Treadways Gospel Assembly, in St. Catherine, for a community homework centre. The computers, which were acquired through the lobbying efforts of Miss Campbell, were handed over on August 26.

Church Gets Help from Civil Servant of the Year to Set Up Homework Centre

Plans by the Treadways Gospel Assembly to establish a homework centre for the community, has been bolstered by the gift of four computers, a printer and one month free Internet service from Digicel, made possible through the lobbying efforts of...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Cancer Society, Yulit Gordon, addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on August 26. She is urging companies to encourage men to do screening for prostate cancer.

JCS Calls for Stronger Action to Address Prostate Cancer

Executive Director of the Jamaica Cancer Society, Yulit Gordon (left) addresses a Think Tank to launch Prostate Cancer Awareness Month on July 26 at the offices of the JIS. Also pictured are Dr. Audley Betton, General Practitioner and Prostate Cancer Survivor and Dr. Belinda Morrison, Consultant Urologist at the University Hospital of the West Indies and Lecturer and Head of Urology at the University of the West Indies.

Companies Urged to Encourage Men to Do Screening for Prostate Cancer

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean, addressing education stakeholders at the pilot launch of the Ministry’s early Detection, Support and Intervention (EDSI) programme, at the Riu Hotel in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on August 26. The programme is being rolled out in 56 schools across the island.

Education Ministry Ready for New School Year

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Milverton Reynolds (right), hold the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), that will see the distribution of more than 2,000 titles to land owners under the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP). At centre is Director of Communication in the Ministry, Winsome Vanhorne-Christie. The signing was held on August 26, at the Ministry’s head offices in New Kingston.

More Than 2,000 Landowners to Get Help to Acquire Titles

12 years ago Education

Chief Education Officer Calls for Full Support of EDSI

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean, is calling for full support of the Ministry’s Early Detection, Support and Intervention (EDSI) programme in the schools. Speaking at the launch of the pilot for the programme in 56 Primary and High Schools at the Rui Hotel, in St. Ann, on August 26, Dr. McLean said the project...

State Minister in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (right), and President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards (2nd right), converse with graduates of the Jamaican Girls Coding 2014 Summer Camp, Nastacia Virgo (left), and Nastassia Walters, during a graduation ceremony for the programme held on August 22 at the JAMPRO headquarters in New Kingston.

12 years ago Technology

Training of Young Persons in South East St. Andrew

Training programmes targeting young persons have been introduced in South East St. Andrew, in a bid to empower them to become more productive citizens. The two programmes will focus on basic introduction to animation, and capitalising on legitimate business opportunities available on the internet. Member of Parliament for the area and Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology,...

Graduate of the Jamaican Girls Coding 2014 Summer Camp, Aleeka Cherrington (left), is presented with a certificate of achievement and a tablet, by Director of GSW Animation Studio, Lorna Green (centre), and General Manager, Productive Business Solutions (PBS), Michael Lewis. Occasion was the graduation ceremony for the programme held on August 22, at the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) headquarters in New Kingston.

12 years ago Technology

Jamaican Girls Learn to Code

Twenty girls, age 12 to 14 years, from schools across the Corporate Area, have been exposed to the exciting world of computer programming, following their participation in the inaugural Jamaican Girls Coding 2014 summer camp. The programme, which ran for one month, not only sought to expose girls to the “fun side” of coding, but also aimed to address the...

Custos Rotolorum of St. Andrew, Marigold Harding (right), enjoys a light moment with Chief Executive Officer, Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Jennifer McDonald. Occasion was a luncheon to mark the culmination of a two-day training programme for senior executives of PICA, held on August 22 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

12 years ago Executive

Senior Executives at PICA Benefit from Protocol Training

Twenty-five senior executives of the Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) have benefitted from training in protocol and professional etiquette. The two-day training course, which culminated on August 22, was aimed at equipping the participants to more effectively lead their teams to manage relations with the public, both at the passport office and at the island’s air and sea ports....

Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites (2nd right), shares a moment with members of the East Central St. James Education Trust during a luncheon on Friday, August 22, at the Sunset Beach Resort in Montego Bay. They are (from left): Member of Parliament for East Central St. James, Edmund Bartlett; Chairman of the Education Council, Yvonne Miller Wisdom; and Principal of Buckingham Primary School, Marcia Findlator Dixon.

12 years ago Education

Education Ministry Working to Address Needs in East Central St. James

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Ministry will continue to work with stakeholders in East Central St. James to address needs at the primary and secondary levels. He was speaking after a tour of primary schools in the constituency on Monday, August 25, with Member of Parliament, Edmund Bartlett. Minister Thwaites, said he is aware of the challenges...

Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ), Brian Wynter (centre) fields questions from journalists during the BoJ’s quarterly media briefing on August 25, at the Bank’s downtown Kingston offices. Mr. Wynter is flanked by BoJ executives (from left) Deputy Governor, Gayon Hosin (not shown); and Senior Deputy Governor, John Robinson.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Fourth Consecutive Quarter of Growth

Bank of Jamaica Governor, Brian Wynter, says that economic recovery continued in the June quarter, with real activity estimated to have expanded in the range of one to two per cent during the period. Mr. Wynter, who was addressing the quarterly press briefing at his Nethersole Place offices downtown Kingston on Monday, August 25, said that this represents the fourth...

Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ), Brian Wynter, highlights a point while addressing the BoJ’s quarterly media briefing, held at its downtown Kingston offices, on August 25.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Inflation Under Control at 8%

Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ), Brian Wynter, is reporting that despite significant economic shocks over the past two years, inflation remains in single-digit, at 8 per cent, and has trended down between September last year and the end of June this year. This, he said, has resulted from the transformation taking place under the Government’s economic reform programme...