As Government makes further investment in training and pushes to develop the local animation industry, several experts in the field and many talented youths in western Jamaica are expressing optimism at the country’s ability to establish itself as a major brand and earn a profitable share of the lucrative market. In welcoming the government’s support, animator, Maurice Brown, says for...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says that the Ministry is engaged in a process of curriculum review, which will involve improvements in the alignment and content of all foreign language studies. “New assessments will be based on new attainment targets, which will involve speaking, reading, writing and listening with understanding. We will soon be able to dream in Spanish...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has praised the persons and organizations extending support to bereaved students and staff at Holmwood Technical High School in Christiana, Manchester. The support was extended to help them come to terms with last Wednesday’s (September 25) tragic road accident in the parish which claimed the lives of four of the institution’s students and injured...

Talented young people in western Jamaica are being invited to come out and view the animation showcase, which will be held as part of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Expo 2013 next month. Director of the Chamber, Dr. Luz Longsworth, who is also Director for the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Western Jamaica campus, said that...

Principal of Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester, Paul Bailey, says the institution’s management will be moving to expand the bus service currently provided for students. This, he contends, is necessary in light of Wednesday’s (September 25) traffic accident in the parish, which claimed the lives of four of the school’s students and injured approximately 30 others. The four, three...

Thirty residents of the Rae Town community in Kingston have benefitted from a skills training and entrepreneurship programme that was undertaken at a cost of approximately $1.3 million. The Rae Town Employment Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Development Programme was implemented by the Morris Entrepreneurship Centre of Northern Caribbean University (NCU), in association with the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), with...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley, says the government is continuing its efforts towards reducing the country’s food import bill by US$300 million per year. Speaking at the annual Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) Customs seminar September 26, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, Mr. Dalley said this is being done...