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Deputy Managing Director with responsibility for Operations at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Kirk Finnikin, explains the new arrangements for accessing concessionary fares with the use of Smarter Cards, as of September 1, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on August 19.

Only Smarter Card Can Access Concessionary Fare Come September

As of September 1, 2014, concessionary fares on Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses can only be accessed with the use of a JUTC Smarter Card. This was disclosed by Deputy Managing Director in charge of Operations, Kirk Finnikin, at...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), is in discussion with Senior Director for Workforce Development and Employment at HEART Trust NTA, Denworth Finnikin on Aug.19, during an education symposium at the Sts. Peter and Paul Church Hall in St. Andrew.

Assess Students Entering Grade Seven – Rev. Thwaites

Executive Director of the Growth Secretariat at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Joseph Cox, displays a Financial Information & Real-time Matchmaking (FIRM) brochure at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s headquarters in Kingston, on August 19.

Entrepreneurs Assured of Confidentiality at Matchmaking Expo

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, addresses the launch of the Mapping Jamaica’s Diaspora Project on August 15, at the Island Cuisine Restaurant in Baltimore, Maryland. Seated (l-r) are: Maryland House of Delegates Representative, Shirley Natham-Pulliam; Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Stephen Vasicannie; President of the Jamaican American Bar Association (JABA), Joan Pinnock; and President of the National Association of Jamaican and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO), Rick Nugent.

Jamaicans Urged to Participate in Online Survey for Diaspora Project

Sherine Mullings Hughes (centre), is congratulated by Pastor of the Kitson Town Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Circuit of Churches, Wayne Smikle (2nd right), on her performance in the Caribbean Secondary Education Council (CSEC) tests. Looking on (from left) are: Vice Principals of the Kitson Town SDA Evening Institute, Granville Deleon and Errol Martin; Principal of Westmore College in St. Catherine, Leanora Taylor; and Chairman of the College, Dr. Horace Wright.

Second Chance for High School Dropout

Director and Curator, Jamaica Music Museum, Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), Herbie Miller.

12 years ago Culture

Independence Signature Conversations a Success

After the successful staging of this year’s Independence Signature Conversations, there is a call for the event to be an annual one. ‘Signature Conversations’ was one of the programmes that the Ministry of Youth and Culture introduced for Jamaica Festival 2014 and involved a series of free public discussion sessions during the months of July and August, to inform and...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson.

12 years ago Foreign Affairs

Launch of the Diaspora Mapping Exercise Website

The Government of Jamaica has long declared that its most precious asset is its people and, from as early as the first Biennial Diaspora Conference hosted here in 2004, stated its interest in creating a borderless Jamaica involving all our people, wherever they reside. One of the basic requirements to achieve this ideal is the development of an effective tool...

Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, addressing journalists at the monthly briefing at the Sagicor head office, in New Kingston, on August 14.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Private Sector Concerns Regarding Proposed GCT Changes Addressed

The county’s Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) says it is now satisfied that concerns raised by members of the private sector over amendments to the GCT Act were considered by the relevant parliamentary committee. In its monthly communiqué issued on August 14, EPOC says there were issues in the amendments to the GCT Act that were objected to by the...

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean. (FILE)

12 years ago Education

GSAT Changes Will Ensure Adequate Assessment of Skills and Competencies

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean, says the changes made to the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), will ensure adequate assessment of the skills and competencies that are necessary for students to transition to secondary school. She said the adjustments will also facilitate a more targeted approach to the preparation for the test. The changes,...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon Lisa Hanna, addresses the civic ceremony marking the 127th anniversary of the birth of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Garvey, held at Lawrence Park in St Ann’s Bay on Sunday, August 17. She implored Jamaicans to “ensure that at all times, we remember Garvey.”

12 years ago Culture

Garvey Was Ahead Of His Time

Jamaica’s first National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, has been described as a man ahead of his time, who would have had greater impact on world events, had he been part of this generation. Speaking at the civic ceremony commemorating the 127th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Garvey, and his 50th year as National Hero, at Lawrence...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (at podium), addressing the recent official launch of the Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), held at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), in Kingston. Others (from left) are: Deputy Director General of the PIOJ, Barbara Scott; Deputy Dean at the UWI Faculty of Medical Sciences, Professor Minerva Thame; Head of the European Union (EU) in Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei, and Director General of the PIOJ, Colin Bullock.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

New Project to Improve Care for Expectant Mothers and Newborns

The Government is implementing a health improvement project for expectant mothers and newborns over the next three years, which will see 86 medical personnel receiving specialized training in critical areas relating to the care of children. Under the $3.3 billion European Union (EU) funded initiative, training is being done by the University of the West Indies in a number of...

Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Garth Wilkinson, informing JIS News of a special meeting on August 19 to discuss plans for the development of the town, in Trelawny.

12 years ago Local Government

Development of Falmouth to be Discussed at Special Meeting August 19

Plans for the overall development of Falmouth will be discussed at a special meeting, dubbed ‘The Mayor’s Forum’, to be held at the offices of the Trelawny Parish Council on August 19, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Falmouth’s Mayor, Councillor Garth Wilkinson, said the forum is aimed at getting all stakeholders on board in plans for the development of the historic...