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The lionfish, seen here at the Discovery Bay Marine Research Laboratory and Observatory in St. Ann, is a voracious predator, believed to have entered Caribbean waters from a protected environment in the United States after a natural disaster in 1992. By 2006, experts said, they could be found on almost every reef in Jamaica.
The lionfish, seen here at the Discovery Bay Marine Research Laboratory and Observatory in St. Ann, is a voracious predator, believed to have entered Caribbean waters from a protected environment in the United States after a natural disaster in 1992. By 2006, experts said, they could be found on almost every reef in Jamaica.

Lionfish Population Down

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is reporting a 66 per cent reduction in sightings of the ferocious Pacific lionfish in Jamaican waters. This is just one of the many successes achieved under the recently concluded Mitigating the Threat...
Programme Manager, Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C), Dr. Natalie Boodram, makes her contribution at the Western Regional consultation on the draft water sector policy and Implementation Plan, held at the Wexford Hotel, in Montego Bay on Thursday April 10. The Montego Bay consultation is the first of four to be held across the island during the month of April.
Programme Manager, Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C), Dr. Natalie Boodram, makes her contribution at the Western Regional consultation on the draft water sector policy and Implementation Plan, held at the Wexford Hotel, in Montego Bay on Thursday April 10. The Montego Bay consultation is the first of four to be held across the island during the month of April.

Water Sector Policy Consultation Kicks Off in Montego Bay
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites emphasises a point while making his presentation, during the dissemination session for the School-to-Work Transition Survey at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston on Friday, April 11.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites emphasises a point while making his presentation, during the dissemination session for the School-to-Work Transition Survey at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston on Friday, April 11.

Government-Assisted Students Urged To Sit CSEC Exams
Guidance Counsellor at Spot Valley High School in St. James, Georgia Spence-Gooden (centre), along with students, Olivia Shaw-Smith (left), and Laveina Lawson, view displays during the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Regional Dissemination Session, which was held at the Wexford Court Hotel in Montego Bay, on April 4, to present the findings and recommendations of a School-to-Work Transition Survey (SWTS).
Guidance Counsellor at Spot Valley High School in St. James, Georgia Spence-Gooden (centre), along with students, Olivia Shaw-Smith (left), and Laveina Lawson, view displays during the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Regional Dissemination Session, which was held at the Wexford Court Hotel in Montego Bay, on April 4, to present the findings and recommendations of a School-to-Work Transition Survey (SWTS).

Students Urged to Include Vocational Training in Their Studies
State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (centre) speaks with President of the Mico University College Alumni Association, Dr. Arthur Geddes (right) while President of the college, Professor Claude Packer looks on. Occasion was the alumni association’s 30th Annual Glen Owen Lecture Series held at the college’s Marescaux Road location in St. Andrew on April 10.
State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (centre) speaks with President of the Mico University College Alumni Association, Dr. Arthur Geddes (right) while President of the college, Professor Claude Packer looks on. Occasion was the alumni association’s 30th Annual Glen Owen Lecture Series held at the college’s Marescaux Road location in St. Andrew on April 10.

‘Start Up Jamaica’ To Be Launched Later This Year

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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commence, Hon. Anthony Hylton (right), along with Managing Director at J. Wray and Nephew, Clement Lawrence, view some of the company’s products at the official opening of its corporate office, in New Kingston, on April 10.
Commerce

Companies Urged to Place More Emphasis on Branding

Companies are being urged to place more emphasis on branding, particularly the goods and services they produce, to achieve large returns. Making the call, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commence, Hon. Anthony Hylton, emphasised that branding should not be an add-on exercise, but a position that involves both leadership and staff. He was delivering the keynote address at the official...
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Tourism

Jamaicans Encouraged to Take Advantage of Discount Packages

Jamaicans are being invited to take advantage of special discount packages being offered by some of the island’s hotels, attractions and other tourism stakeholders, as part of Experience Jamaica 2014. The programme is a marketing thrust which was introduced in 2009 by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) to inspire Jamaicans to vacation at home. The offerings also extend to Jamaicans...
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Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, engages police recruits after the reopening of the refurbished lecture theatre at the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Twickenham Park training academy.
National Security and Peace

ISCF and JCF Merger Proceeding as Planned

The Ministry of National Security is advising that the process of merging the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) into the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is proceeding as planned. The Commissioner of Police began issuing letters of re-assignment to members of the ISCF on Monday April 7, 2014 and it is expected that all members of the ISCF would have received...
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Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips. (FILE)
Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister to Attend IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips left the island on Thursday, April 10 for Washington D.C., to participate in 2014 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (IBRD). The delegation while in Washington will also meet with international development partners, development agencies, and investment banks on the policies that the administration...
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Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), addresses Wednesday’s (November 13) media briefing at the Finance and Planning Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston, where journalists were updated on the results of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Staff Mission Team’s second economic quarterly review under the IMF’s four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF). Listening keenly are: Mission Team Head, Jan Kees Martijn (centre); and IMF Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Bert Van Selm.
Finance & Public Service

Fiscal Rules Will Boost Investor Confidence – Hyman

Financial analyst, Ralston Hyman says the soon to be enacted fiscal rules, which will dictate how the Government spends and borrows, should boost investor confidence. Mr. Hyman who was speaking on the JIS current affairs programme ‘Issues and Answers’ recently, said the fiscal rules, which are to be introduced this financial year, as a requirement of the four-year Extended Fund Facility...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Hon. Julian Robinson.
Technology

Digital Jam 3.0 Mobile Camp April 11-13

The successful staging of the Digital Jam 3.0 Apps competition (Caribbean Edition) in March, has set the stage for the hosting a Mobile Camp. Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (MSTEM), Hon. Julian Robinson, told JIS News that the camp will be held at the Mona School of Business and Management at the University...
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