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Director and Curator of Liberty Hall, Dr. Donna McFarlane, speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Several Activities to Celebrate 100th Anniversary of UNIA

The life and work of Jamaica’s first National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Garvey, will be the main focus of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). Mr. Garvey founded the UNIA on July 20, 1914,...

Savanna-La-Mar Mayor Welcomes $35M Waste Transfer Station

State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (right), discusses some of the features of one of the computers acquired under the Government’s $1.4 billion Tablets in Schools pilot project, with Head of Business Services, Digicel Jamaica, Mark Green. The tablets were presented during a symbolic handing over ceremony at Convent of Mercy (Alpha Academy), South Camp Road, Kingston on July 21. A total of 184 tablets were presented to teachers at seven of the participating pilot institutions islandwide.

Teachers Receive First Set of Computers Under Tablets in Schools Project

Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency, Stephen Vasciannie (seventh left), displays the citation presented by President General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) Senghor Baye (fifth right), and Assistant President General, Akili Nkrumah (sixth left), in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the UNIA at a reception held at the Embassy of Jamaica on Thursday, July 17, 2014.

Embassy Commemorates 100th Anniversary of UNIA

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, addresses the 55th National Conference of the Association of Methodist Men’s Fellowship, Jamaica District on Sunday, July 20, at St John’s Methodist Church in Montego Bay.

Government Will Not Allow Abuse of Rights Under Flexi-Work Week

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford, says stakeholders supporting establishment of entertainment zones.

12 years ago Tourism

Stakeholders Supporting Move to Establish Entertainment Zones

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford, said the proposal for the establishment of entertainment zones across the island has been gaining traction among the players in the sector. In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Crawford said meetings have been convened with representatives of a number of state agencies during which the issue...

Minster of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (centre), and State Minister, Hon. Colin Fagan (left), look on as Chief Executive Officer and Director of National Safety Limited, Julian Templer, demonstrates the use of a device on one of three new fire trucks provided to the Jamaica Fire Brigade. The trucks were handed over at the Portmore Fire Station in St. Catherine last Friday (July 18).

12 years ago Local Government

Government to Enforce Law Against Lighting Fires

Persons, who continue to light fires indiscriminately, may soon face prosecution. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, says that lighting fires is an illegal activity and the Government will now look at enforcing the law to curtail this practice. The move comes against recent incidents of bush fires in St. Elizabeth, where farmers have been using...

Executive Director of the St. Catherine Development Agency (SACDA), Nellie Richards (right), is in discussion with President of the Giblatore Community Disaster Response Team, Leighton Lee (left); and Disaster risk management specialists with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Eduardo Gutierrez and Yvonne Mullings, during a visit to the Giblatore Basic School in St. Catherine on July 15. Ten schools and four community centres in the parish are to benefit from water tanks under a $3 million project being funded by the USAID.

12 years ago Local Government

Drought-Affected Schools in St. Catherine to Get Water Tanks

Ten schools and four community centres located in drought-affected areas of St. Catherine are to benefit from a rainwater harvesting project being undertaken through some $3 million in funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Under the project, which was officially launched on July 15, 1,000-gallon plastic water tanks will be supplied to the institutions to enable...

Director General in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Dianne McIntosh, addressing the opening session of the pilot for the Public Financial Management (PFM) Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Project, at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) in Kingston, on July 21. Public sector employees are benefitting from a series of courses under the project, aimed at increasing the understanding of PFM challenges, and creating tools and approaches to help the administration to adopt improved PFM practices.

12 years ago ExecutiveFinance & Public Service

Workers to Benefit from Public Financial Management Courses

Twenty-two public sector employees are to benefit from a series of courses, aimed at increasing the understanding of Public Financial Management (PFM) challenges, and creating tools and approaches to help the administration adopt improved PFM practices. The objective of the training is to build the PFM knowledge, skills and performance of mid-level staff across government, who are responsible for: Financial...

Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna. (FILE)

12 years ago Culture

Minister Hanna appoints Children’s Home Review Committee

The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna, MP has appointed a committee to review the operations of children’s homes in light of the unauthorised implementation of sexual education programmes in six privately-operated residential care facilities by the group Jamaicans for Justice. The Review Committee will be led by Chair of the Child Development Agency Advisory Board, Mrs...

Executive Director of the National Youth Service (NYS), Melvin Smith, telling JIS News about a book drive to assist children’s homes.

12 years ago Culture

NYS Begins Book Drive for Children’s Homes

The National Youth Service (NYS) has partnered with several entities to begin a book drive, which involves the collection and donation of books to libraries and reading rooms in children’s homes. Persons are being encouraged to participate in the project by donating new and gently used books suitable for children between 3 and 18 years of age. The books should...

Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Services, Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse, providing an update on the measures being undertaken to prevent the spread of the Chikungunya virus, while addressing a Jamaica Information Service a (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s head office, in St. Andrew, on July 18.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Ministry Heightens Chikungunya Response

Having confirmed Jamaica’s first imported case of the Chikungunya virus, the Ministry of Health has further heightened its response to prevent the disease from spreading across the country. “Public education is being stepped up right across the island through our vast network of healthcare workers,” stated the Ministry’s Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Services, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse,...