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Chairperson of the Access to Information Advisory Stakeholders Committee, Dr. Carolyn Gomes (left), listens attentively to a point from Director of the Access to Information Unit, Damion Cox, at a recent Think Tank at the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) head office in Kingston.
Chairperson of the Access to Information Advisory Stakeholders Committee, Dr. Carolyn Gomes (left), listens attentively to a point from Director of the Access to Information Unit, Damion Cox, at a recent Think Tank at the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) head office in Kingston.

Access to Information Act to be Amended

A Cabinet submission highlighting reforms to the Access to Information Act, is to be presented to Parliament by the end of the third quarter of the financial year. Director of the Access to Information (ATI) Unit at the Office of...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Ian Hayles (right) and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei (left) examine the Rainfall Recorder that has been installed at the Cave Valley Health Centre in Hanover. Others (from second left) are: Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Colin Bullock and Hydrologist, Michael Wilson (second right). Occasion was the commissioning and handing over ceremony for Climate Data Equipment in the Royal Palm Reserve in the Negril area, on September 25.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Ian Hayles (right) and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei (left) examine the Rainfall Recorder that has been installed at the Cave Valley Health Centre in Hanover. Others (from second left) are: Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Colin Bullock and Hydrologist, Michael Wilson (second right). Occasion was the commissioning and handing over ceremony for Climate Data Equipment in the Royal Palm Reserve in the Negril area, on September 25.

Equipment Installed in the West to Boost Climate Change Project
Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna browses through a book with students from Allman Town Primary. The Child Development Agency held a community forum at the school, under the theme:
Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna browses through a book with students from Allman Town Primary. The Child Development Agency held a community forum at the school, under the theme: 'Parenting for Positive Change in Jamaica’.

Parents Urged to Keep Close Tabs on Children
Director of the Mona ICT Policy Centre, and Director of CARIMAC, Professor Hopeton Dunn, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held on September 25, at the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) Half-Way-Tree Road offices in Kingston. Professor Dunn was speaking about the upcoming two-day National Conference on Cyber Security and Digital Forensics to be held from September 30 to October 1, at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters at Mona, St. Andrew.
Director of the Mona ICT Policy Centre, and Director of CARIMAC, Professor Hopeton Dunn, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held on September 25, at the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) Half-Way-Tree Road offices in Kingston. Professor Dunn was speaking about the upcoming two-day National Conference on Cyber Security and Digital Forensics to be held from September 30 to October 1, at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters at Mona, St. Andrew.

Public Invited to Two-Day Cyber Security Conference at Mona
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), joins hands with students and teachers of Holmwood Technical High School in Christiana, Manchester, during Thursday’s (Sept. 26) special devotional exercise at the institution, held in the aftermath of Wednesday’s (Sept. 25) tragic road accident in Chudleigh, in the parish, which claimed the lives of four of the school’s students, and injured several others.
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), joins hands with students and teachers of Holmwood Technical High School in Christiana, Manchester, during Thursday’s (Sept. 26) special devotional exercise at the institution, held in the aftermath of Wednesday’s (Sept. 25) tragic road accident in Chudleigh, in the parish, which claimed the lives of four of the school’s students, and injured several others.

Education Minister Leads Team to Comfort Grieving Students at Holmwood

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Students and staff of Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester, disembarking one of two buses contracted by the institution’s management to provide transportation services for students.
Education

Greater Discipline Needed on the Roads – Rev Thwaites

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says that the fatal motor vehicle accident on September 25, which claimed the lives of four students of Holmwood Technical High School, brings into focus, the need for greater discipline on the nation’s roads among persons operating public passenger vehicles, and especially those carrying children. “It’s important that we use this tragedy to see...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, addresses a forum on ‘Sustainable Transport and Road Safety’ on September 26, as part of the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, currently underway in New York.
Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Says Measures Will Be Put In Place To Deal With Reckless Driving

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the Government is committed to ensuring that all the necessary measures are put in place to address new risks and threats that emerge from reckless driving. Mrs. Simpson Miller, who was addressing a forum on ‘Sustainable Transport and Road Safety’ at the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly in...
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Director, Senior Productivity Specialist in the Technical Assistance Service Unit of the Jamaica Productivity Centre,Tamar Nelson.
Labour

JPC to Host Two Day Productivity Conference

The Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) will host a two-day conference in observance of Productivity Awareness Week, October 7 to 11. To take place at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on October 8 and 9, the conference is to provide learning opportunities and valuable information on productivity for employees at all levels, in private and public sector organizations. The opening...
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Manager for the Export Division at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Marlene Porter.
Commerce

JAMPRO Business Link to Open Opportunities for Local Suppliers

Suppliers in the service and business sectors will show their offerings to local, regional and international buyers at the 2013 JAMPRO two-day Opportunities Jamaica Business Link, slated for the Montego Bay Convention Centre from September 30 to October 1. In an interview with JIS News, Manager for the Export Division at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Marlene Porter, outlined that the event...
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Executive Director of the JPC, Dr. Charles Douglas.
Labour

JPC Intensifies Drive to Improve Productivity

The Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) will be intensifying its drive to inculcate a productivity culture among Jamaicans, during National Productivity Awareness Week from October 7 to 11. Executive Director of the JPC, Dr. Charles Douglas, informed that the fifth annual observance under the theme: ‘Productivity: Pathway to Competitiveness and Growth’ forms part of strategies to heighten awareness of the importance...
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Chief Executive Officer, Creditinfo Jamaica Limited, Megan Deane (left), shares pleasantries with Co-Chairman, Jamaica Bankers Association (JBA) Public Policy and Legislative Committee, Dr. Wayne Henry, during the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) Chairman’s Club breakfast forum at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on September 24, at which she was the guest speaker.
Commerce

Credit Bureau Wants Telecoms and Utility Companies Added to List of Information Providers

The government is being lobbied by the country’s first licensed credit bureau, Creditinfo Jamaica Limited, to sanction the addition of telecommunications and utilities companies to the list of entities designated as credit information providers under the Credit Reporting Act (2010). Creditinfo’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Megan Deane, explained that the lobby is being pursued against the need for information on persons, who...
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President of JAMPRO, Diane Edwards (centre), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Paul Robotham (right), listen as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the LASCO Group, Lascelles Chin, share his experience on the agency’s first ever trade mission to the Dominican Republic earlier this month. JAMPRO provided an update on the successful mission during a press briefing on September 23 at its offices.
Commerce

Dominican Republic an Important Market – JAMPRO Head

President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Dianne Edwards, says the Dominican Republic is an important target market for Jamaica. Ms. Edwards, who was addressing a press briefing on September 23, on the early outcomes of JAMPRO’s first ever trade mission to the Dominican Republic between September 10 and 14, said the agency’s clear intention is to develop this market and...
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