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Professor Shirley Outlines Imperatives for Logistics Hub Project

Chief Executive Officer of the Port Authority of Jamaica and Chairman of the National Task Force for the Logistics Hub Initiative, Professor Gordon Shirley, has outlined four imperatives for the maritime sector that must be in place by July 2014,...

Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, addresses journalists during Tuesday’s (Nov. 19) quarterly media briefing at the BoJ’s downtown Kingston offices. Listening at left is Deputy Governors, John Robinson.

BOJ Projects Moderate Inflation for Last Quarter

Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter (centre), responds to a question posed during Tuesday’s (Nov. 19) quarterly media briefing at the BoJ’s downtown Kingston offices. Flanking him are Deputy Governors, John Robinson (left); and Myrtle Halsall.

BOJ Reports Just Under One Per Cent Growth Third Quarter

Programmes Manager of the National Youth Service (NYS), Naketa West (right), assists NYS Graduate Work Experience Programme Intern, Cecelia Samuels, while on the job at the NYS head office in Kingston.

Graduate Work Experience Pilot Gets High Marks

Executive Director of the NYS, Melvin Smith.

NYS Rolls Out Graduate Work Experience Programme

Acting Executive Director of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Michelle Campbell

12 years ago EducationJIS Think Tank

Non-Compliant Early Childhood Institutions Urged To Register

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is urging all operators of unregistered early childhood institutions (ECI) across the island, to become fully compliant with the agency. Acting Executive Director, ECC, Michelle Campbell, tells JIS News that it is important that all ECIs are registered with the Commission and have permits to operate in Jamaica. There are currently some 2,660 early childhood...

12 years ago Commerce

Exporters Urged to Seek New Opportunities

President of the Jamaica Exporters Association (JEA), Andrew Collins, is urging exporters to continue searching for more opportunities in new and existing markets. “We recognize that the best way to compete in an increasingly competitive international marketplace is by maintaining a competitive edge through innovation and diversification. So, we continue to encourage product and market diversification, especially in South America,...

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

BOJ Reports just under one per cent Growth for July to September

The Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) is reporting growth of just under one per cent for the period July to September. Central Bank Governor, Brian Wynter, who made the disclosure during the BoJ’s quarterly media briefing held in the institution’s auditorium, downtown Kingston, on Tuesday (Nov. 19), attributed the second quarter growth to, among other things, the response of Jamaican businesses...

12 years ago Education

ECC Seeks Increased Funding for Early Childhood Education

Acting Executive Director of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Michelle Campbell, is calling on members of the public and private sectors to explore ways of increasing support to early childhood development in Jamaica. Speaking to JIS News in an interview recently, Mrs. Campbell says that while the Commission remains resolute in fulfilling its mandate to improve and develop the early...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), emphasizes a point while in discussion with (from second left) President of the Rotary Club of Trafalgar New Heights, Marcus Irons; President of the Rotary Club of Kingston East and Port Royal, Dr. Howard Haughton; member of the Rotary Club of Trafalgar New Heights, Renée Johnson; and member of the Rotary Club of Kingston East and Port Royal, Atasha Bernard. Occasion was a joint meeting between both service clubs at the Eden Gardens Hotel in Kingston, on November 18.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Ban on Smoking Most Far-Reaching Health Policy in Decades

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the Public Health (Tobacco Control) Regulations 2013, which had provisions for the imposition of a ban on smoking in specified public places, is the most far-reaching public health policy in decades. “I know that what I am doing is good for Jamaica. In the next couple of years, when you see less...

Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Antony Anderson (right), makes a presentation to President of the Republic of Haiti, His Excellency Michel Martelly, as Minister of National Security, Hon Peter Bunting (right), applauds, during the President’s State Visit last week.

12 years ago Foreign Affairs

Relations between Jamaica and Haiti to be Strengthened

Bilateral relations between Haiti and Jamaica are expected to improve, following the State Visit of the President of that country, His Excellency Michel Martelly and his delegation, last week. Speaking with JIS News, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, said the visit was timely and would strengthen the co-operation and friendly...

Minister of Youth & Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna.

12 years ago Culture

Jamaica takes World Heritage seat

Jamaica has been elected to the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, for the first time. At the elections in Paris today (Tuesday), Jamaica received more votes than Angola for a seat on the important Committee which decides whether a property is inscribed on the World Heritage List. The Minister of Youth and Culture the Honourable Lisa Lisa Hanna, MP -...