Prime Minister, the Most Hon Portia Simpson Miller, has lauded her alma mater, Union Institute and University, in the United States, for being transformational in its provision of tertiary education. Mrs. Simpson Miller, who holds a degree in Public Administration from the institution, says she and other alumni have all been beneficiaries of Union Institute’s “long term vision” for tertiary...

The curriculum at Sydney Pagon Agricultural High School in St. Elizabeth is being revised to incorporate the delivery of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programmes. The transition at the parish’s sole agricultural high school to a more STEM-oriented focus, the first such undertaking at the secondary level, is slated to take effect at the start of the 2014/15 academic...

As part of the government’s coordinated effort to enhance emergency planning and strengthen the nation’s overall level of preparedness, the National Emergency Response Geographic Information Systems Team (NERGIST) was officially launched on June 19 at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge & Conference Centre at the University of the West Indies, Mona with a graduation exercise for 15 of its volunteers. NERGIST...

The Government will be spending $120 million to transform the facility in Montpelier, St. James, where Haitian refugees were housed, into a second campus for Anchovy High School. Education Minister, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites in addressing a ceremony at the Montpelier site where the announcement was made on Friday, June 20, said the upgrading work is to be completed in...

TransJamaican Highway Limited (THL), builders of Highway 2000 East –West, was awarded a certificate of conformity to the ISO: 9001 2008 standard from the National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ) on June 19. Managing Director of TransJamaican Highway Limited, Guillaume Allain, said an important aspect of the ISO: 9001 2008 certification is that it speaks to ongoing improvement. “This certification...

The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) is reassuring sporting interests that all is on track for the completion of the much anticipated installation of floodlights at Sabina Park. In an interview with the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), General Manager of the UDC, Desmond Malcolm, reiterated that “the public can expect the lights by the end of July.” Mr. Malcolm added that...

The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is urging parents, especially fathers, to protect their boys from exposure to pornography at an early age. Chairman of the NFPB, Dr. Sandra Knight, said research has been emerging which shows the negative effect that pornography is having on proper brain development in boys. According to the findings, boys who are exposed to pornography...