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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right) and Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey address journalists at a recent press conference. (FILE)

CDA Report says Children’s Homes had No Authority to Allow JFJ’s Sexual Education Programme

The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna, MP has received an interim report from the Child Development Agency surrounding the circumstances under which the group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) implemented its unauthorised sexual education programme in six privately-operated children’s homes. Minister...

Minister of Industry Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (right) discusses aspects of the just launched United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2014 with (from left): Chairman, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Milton Samuda; JAMPRO’s President, Diane Edwards; and Head, Institute for Sustainable Development, University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Anthony Clayton. The report was launched locally on Tuesday, June 24, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

Country Records 13.6 Per Cent Increase in FDI Inflows Over 2012

Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral Peter Brady.

Seafarers Hailed for Contribution

Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley (right), makes her presentation in the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 24. At left is Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna.

Implementation of Athletes Insurance Plan This Fiscal Year

Minister of State in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon Ian Hayles, delivers his address at the opening plenary of the Fifth Climate Investment Fund (CIF) Partnership Forum at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on Monday, June 23. Mr. Hayles spoke of the need for stakeholders to join with governments in finding solutions to Climate Change and its attendant issues.

Climate Change Strategy Yielding Results

Minister with Responsibility for Sport, the Hon. Natalie Neita Headley. (FILE)

12 years ago ParliamentSectoral Debate 2014/2015Sport

Contribution to the 2014/2015 Sectoral Debate by the Hon. Natalie Neita Headley

Mr. Speaker, governments exist for a purpose of good and form part of the divine order. it was God himself who established this divine institution of governance for the maintenance of order and for improving the quality of life. Allow me to quote from the Scripture, Romans 13, which reads “for there is no authority except from God and those...

Chief Strategic Planner, Carrington Morgan (left), outlining details of Gas Products Limited’s (GASPRO) ‘Street Style Cook-Up’ Initiative. Listening keenly is Community Renewal Programme (CRP) Socio-economic Development Technical Specialist at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Charmaine Brimm.

12 years ago CommunityEnergyFinance & Public ServiceVision 2030

PIOJ Partners with GASPRO to Uplift Inner-City Communities

The overwhelming response to the first ‘Street Style Cook-Up’ initiative in Kingston earlier this year, sponsored by cooking gas company, Gas Products Limited (GASPRO), bodes well for other sections of the island being targeted over the next four years. This unique project, being implemented in partnership with the Community Renewal Programme (CRP) of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and...

Registrar of the Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.

12 years ago Culture

OCR Congratulates GSAT Awardees

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) wishes to congratulate all students who successfully completed their Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) and have been awarded places in various schools across the island. The OCR is also urging parents to be mindful of their reactions to the performance of their children following the recent release of the GSAT results and the...

12 years ago Environment

State Minister Cites Challenge for Climate Change Agenda

Minister of State in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Ian Hayles, has cited the challenge governments face in attracting the involvement of stakeholders, while advancing their climate change agenda. “Jamaica has been taking the lead in terms of (our partnership with) the Climate Investment Fund (CIF), and of trying to find a way to bring...

State Minister in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (left), in discussion with Project Engineer for Renewable Energy at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Shane Silvera (right), while attending the a two-day PCJ Alternative energy Expo, held on Monday, June 23, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston. Others (from left) are: Consul of Ecuador to Jamaica, Cletia Barreto; Permanent Secretary in the Energy Ministry, Hilary Alexander, and Senior Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Nerine Small.

12 years ago Technology

Further Expansion of Wigton Windfarm

The Government is to undertake further expansion of the Wigton Windfarm in Rose Hill, Manchester, which should result in the reduction of 37,100 barrels of imported oil, and savings of $400 million. Making the announcement, State Minister in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Mining and Energy, Hon. Julian Robinson, said along with the reduction in oil consumption, the expanded facility...

Special Projects Officer at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Christine Ade-Gold, assists six year-old student of St. John’s Primary School, Zakiya Wilson to read one of the publications that were being distributed during Kitson Town All Age School’s Career Day on Friday, June 13. The event was held under the theme, “Preparing our Students for the 21st Century.”

12 years ago CommunityEducation

Kitson Town All Age Forging Partnerships for Development

The administrators, teachers, volunteers and stakeholders of Kitson Town All-Age School are forming useful partnerships aimed at further developing the institution. These partnerships involve infrastructure improvement and the establishment of support organisations. “Support is not all where we want it to be, but where we can partner we do that,” Principal of the St. Catherine-based school, Nerica Powell-Hay, told JIS...

Education Minister Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites makes a point during an interview with JIS News in St. James recently. The Minister said Private secondary schools still have a role to play in Jamaica’s education system.

12 years ago Education

Private Schools a Vibrant Part of Education System – Minister Thwaites

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites says private schools remain a vibrant part of the education system, despite the Government’s decision not to this year place any of the students who sat the Grade Six Achievement Test, (GSAT) at these institutions. He says the Government will realise some $15 million in savings based partially on this decision. The funds will...