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Students of the St. Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) in rapt attention as Civil Servant of the Year for 2013, Enthrose Campbell teaches a lesson in Spanish at the school on Monday, March 24. Miss Campbell, who is a past student of the institution and is currently the Director of Production at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), is volunteering her service as part of initiatives to highlight the positive image of civil servants.
Students of the St. Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) in rapt attention as Civil Servant of the Year for 2013, Enthrose Campbell teaches a lesson in Spanish at the school on Monday, March 24. Miss Campbell, who is a past student of the institution and is currently the Director of Production at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), is volunteering her service as part of initiatives to highlight the positive image of civil servants.

2013 Civil Servant Helping to Prepare Students for CSEC Exams

Eleven students of St. Andrew Technical High School (STATHS), who will be sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations in Spanish next month, are more confident of success due to the assistance of 2013 Civil Servant of the Year,...
Citizen, Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) participant Trudy-Ann Salmon receives a certificate of completion from CSJP Senior Community Action Officer, Denise Adams. Trudy-Ann participated in remedial classes offered by the CSJP, in partnership with the Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) and Operation Friendship. A graduation ceremony was held on March 12 at the JFLL’s head office on South Camp Road in Kingston.
Citizen, Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) participant Trudy-Ann Salmon receives a certificate of completion from CSJP Senior Community Action Officer, Denise Adams. Trudy-Ann participated in remedial classes offered by the CSJP, in partnership with the Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) and Operation Friendship. A graduation ceremony was held on March 12 at the JFLL’s head office on South Camp Road in Kingston.

Youth Benefitting from CSJP Intervention
Dr. Tanya Foster, Medical Internist and Consultant Physician at National Chest Hospital.
Dr. Tanya Foster, Medical Internist and Consultant Physician at National Chest Hospital.

Tuberculosis Infection Rates Down
Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (left), presents principal of Vauxhall High School, Angela Chaplain, with the Unite for Change pledge. The Minister was visiting the school’s Windward Road location in Kingston on March 21, as part of a series of islandwide school tours under the Unite for Change initiative, which is a public education and behaviour change programme, aimed at tackling the nation’s crime problem. The pledge invites persons to communicate better, to solve problems peacefully, to ‘reason it out’ and not ‘fight it out’. Students across the island are being asked to adopt the pledge, committing to play their part in the prevention of violence.
Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (left), presents principal of Vauxhall High School, Angela Chaplain, with the Unite for Change pledge. The Minister was visiting the school’s Windward Road location in Kingston on March 21, as part of a series of islandwide school tours under the Unite for Change initiative, which is a public education and behaviour change programme, aimed at tackling the nation’s crime problem. The pledge invites persons to communicate better, to solve problems peacefully, to ‘reason it out’ and not ‘fight it out’. Students across the island are being asked to adopt the pledge, committing to play their part in the prevention of violence.

Youth Encouraged to Become Peace Agents
Charge d’Affairs, Embassy of Japan in Jamaica, Koji Tomita (right), addressing Monday’s (March 24) $8 million (US$81,010) grant agreement signing ceremony at the Japanese Embassy in Kingston, for Government of Japan’s provision of two ambulances and two fire trucks to the Westmoreland Parish Council. The units’ provision is being facilitated under Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots and Human Security Project (GGP) in partnership with the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Diplomacy (SPJD). Listening keenly, from left, are: Councillor for the Westmoreland Parish Council’s Bethel Town Division and Savanna-la-Mar Deputy Mayor, Danree Delancy; Councillor for the Savanna-la-Mar Division, Milton Miles; and Westmoreland Parish Council Chairman and Savanna-la-Mar Mayor, Councillor Bertel Moore.
Charge d’Affairs, Embassy of Japan in Jamaica, Koji Tomita (right), addressing Monday’s (March 24) $8 million (US$81,010) grant agreement signing ceremony at the Japanese Embassy in Kingston, for Government of Japan’s provision of two ambulances and two fire trucks to the Westmoreland Parish Council. The units’ provision is being facilitated under Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots and Human Security Project (GGP) in partnership with the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Diplomacy (SPJD). Listening keenly, from left, are: Councillor for the Westmoreland Parish Council’s Bethel Town Division and Savanna-la-Mar Deputy Mayor, Danree Delancy; Councillor for the Savanna-la-Mar Division, Milton Miles; and Westmoreland Parish Council Chairman and Savanna-la-Mar Mayor, Councillor Bertel Moore.

Japan Continues Support for Small Local Government Projects

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Charge d’Affairs, Embassy of Japan in Jamaica, Koji Tomita (2nd right), presents and Westmoreland Parish Council Chairman and Savanna-la-Mar Mayor, Councillor Bertel Moore (2nd left), with a copy of the $8 million (US$81,010) grant agreement for Government of Japan’s provision of two ambulances and two fire trucks to the Council, following Monday’s (March 24) signing ceremony at the Embassy’s New Kingston offices. The units’ provision is being facilitated under Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots and Human Security Project (GGP) in partnership with the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Diplomacy (SPJD). Looking on are: Councillors for the Westmoreland Parish Council’s Savanna-la-Mar and Bethel Town Divisions respectively, Milton Miles (left); and Danree Delancy, who is also Savanna-la-Mar’s Deputy Mayor.
Local Government

Westmoreland PC Receives Emergency Vehicles from Japanese Government

The Westmoreland Parish Council is to receive two ambulances and two fire trucks, valued at $8 million (US$81,010), from the Government of Japan. Provision of the units is being facilitated under Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots and Human Security Project (GGP), in partnership with the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Diplomacy (SPJD). The units, which are due in the...
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Norman Manley International Airport Fire Services Team participating in an airport emergency simulation exercise at the airport in April 2013.
Transport

Jamaica and Region Should Examine Best Practices – JCAA Head

Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Leroy Lindsay, says it is now an opportune time for Jamaica and the region to examine their best practices and standards in Emergency Response Management and Airport Security. In an interview with JIS News, following the disappearance of a Malaysian Airlines aircraft over the South China Sea on March 8, Mr....
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Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (centre), presents a set of keys to Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington (right), after handing over 13 motorcycles and two pick-ups at the Commissioner’s Old Hope Road offices, in Kingston, on Monday, March 24. At left is Managing Director for the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), Ivan Anderson. His company donated the pick-ups.
National Security and Peace

JCF Gets More Motorcycles and Pick-Ups

The operational capacity of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has been bolstered, with the acquisition of 13 motorcycles and two pick-up vans to its fleet. The motorcycles will be deployed to the JCF’s traffic division in the parishes of Kingston, St. James, Manchester, Clarendon, St. Elizabeth, St. Ann and St. Catherine, while the pick-ups will be used to patrol the...
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Mona Heights Primary School student, Emily Williams’ rendition of the poem “ Jackfruit” brings smiles to the faces of Principal of Shortwood Teachers’ College, Dr. Christopher Clarke (left), and the National Youth Ambassador, Paul McFarlane (centre) at the recently held St. Andrew 4-H Clubs Parish Achievement Day at the Shortwood Teachers’ College in St. Andrew. Partially hidden is Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Board, Clifton Grant.
Education

4-H Clubs Promote Sustainable Agriculture

Students and teachers from various schools across Kingston and St. Andrew recently participated in the St. Andrew 4-H Clubs Parish Achievement Day held on the grounds of the Shortwood Teachers’ College, under the theme: ‘Promoting Sustainable Agriculture - Impacting Climate Change’. The participants received prizes for: animal care, food preparation, public speaking, and crop rearing, among other achievements. The schools...
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St. Andrew 4-H Club Girl of the Year, Jessica Gentles of Stella Maris Preparatory (second left), Boy of the Year, Nicholas Juruba of Oberlin High School, with, Parish Development Officer, St. Andrew 4-H Clubs, Demoy Nash (left) and Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Ronald Blake (right).
Education

School Leaders Urged to Get Involved in 4-H Clubs

Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Ronald Blake, says teachers can use their involvement in the movement as leverage, when seeking employment in the school system. “When practising teachers go for interviews as teachers, they can use their engagement in the 4-H Clubs to their advantage, and convince the leaders of the educational institution that you can add your...
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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (centre); poses with students of Westwood High School, winners of a World Water Day Competition, during the opening ceremony of an exhibition on the environment at Devon House, St. Andrew. The event was part of activities to mark the International Day of Forests, and World Water Day, observed across the globe on March 22; and ahead of World Meteorological Day March 23.
Environment

Minister Pickersgill Calls for Balance in Development Process

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, has called for balance in the development process as one way of managing the effects of Climate Change. The Minister said creative ways must be found to pursue economic development while minimizing risks to the environment and natural resources. He argued that this can be done through building awareness...
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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left); is greeted by Director, Family Life Ministries, Dr. Barry Davidson, following the official launch of ‘Parenting Jamaica’ at King’s House on Friday, March 21. The initiative is a new multimedia campaign aimed at transmitting positive, values-based parenting messages, in an effort to improve the skills of the nation’s parents and caregivers.
Governor General

GG Promotes Good Parenting to Address Social Problems

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, says good parenting must become a national priority, if the country is to rid itself of many of its current social problems. “There is general agreement that many of the problems we face in our nation have their roots in weak parenting,” the Governor-General remarked. He argued that since the family...
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