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Executive Director, National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon (left), launches the Plastic Separation Initiative at the Portmore Pines Community Centre in St. Catherine on July 26. Looking on is Immediate Past Vice President, Portmore Pines Citizens’ Association, Earlia Wellington. The NSWMA has partnered with Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) to undertake the project. Portmore Pines consists of 867 housing units with approximately 6,000 residents.
Executive Director, National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon (left), launches the Plastic Separation Initiative at the Portmore Pines Community Centre in St. Catherine on July 26. Looking on is Immediate Past Vice President, Portmore Pines Citizens’ Association, Earlia Wellington. The NSWMA has partnered with Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) to undertake the project. Portmore Pines consists of 867 housing units with approximately 6,000 residents.

PHOTOS: Launch of Portmore Pines Plastic Separation Initiative

 
Acting Chief Education Officer, Dr. Kasan Troupe (left), participates in the signing ceremony for the establishment of a Smart Room at Homestead Primary and Infant School in St. Catherine by the Digicel Foundation. The function was held recently at Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston. The signatories (from second left) are Regional Director in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Sophia Forbes Hall; Senior Operations Manager at the Digicel Foundation, Jodi-Ann McFarlane; Principal of Homestead Primary and Infant Sophia Deer, and Chairman of the school board, Mark McLean.
Acting Chief Education Officer, Dr. Kasan Troupe (left), participates in the signing ceremony for the establishment of a Smart Room at Homestead Primary and Infant School in St. Catherine by the Digicel Foundation. The function was held recently at Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston. The signatories (from second left) are Regional Director in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Sophia Forbes Hall; Senior Operations Manager at the Digicel Foundation, Jodi-Ann McFarlane; Principal of Homestead Primary and Infant Sophia Deer, and Chairman of the school board, Mark McLean.

Homestead Primary and Infant to Get Smart Room
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, addresses Wednesday’s (July 26) post-Cabinet press briefing, at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, addresses Wednesday’s (July 26) post-Cabinet press briefing, at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.

Cabinet Approves Several Contracts for the Provision of Services
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, closing the debate on the Child Care and Protection (Amendment) Act in the House of Representatives on July 25.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, closing the debate on the Child Care and Protection (Amendment) Act in the House of Representatives on July 25.

Law Amended to End Locking Up Children Who Have Not Committed a Criminal Offence
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, addressing Wednesday’s (July 26) post-Cabinet press briefing held at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, addressing Wednesday’s (July 26) post-Cabinet press briefing held at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.

Amendment to CCPA Creates Kinder, Gentler Environment for Children – Minister Williams

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Managing Director of HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton.
DevelopmentTechnology

HEART/NSTA Trust Increasing Instructors to Meet Training Demand

The HEART/NSTA Trust is expanding its pool of instructors to meet the demand brought on by increased enrolment in its programmes. Since April 1, tuition and administrative fees for programmes up to level four (associate degree) have been waived. Managing Director of HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, told JIS News that increasing staff capacity and strengthening the instructor pool, through...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith, addresses the opening of the 36th Caribbean Commandants Conference on July 25 at the Caribbean Military Academy at Up Park Camp, Kingston.
National SecurityYouth

More Young People Urged to Join Cadet Force

State Minister in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith, is touting the cadet force as a valuable institution for character development and is encouraging more young persons to join. She noted that there are more than 4,500 cadets in 125 secondary schools in Jamaica. “The cadet programme provides for them invaluable life skills, instils discipline, teamwork, resilience,...
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Jamaica’s endemic animal species, such as the Coney and the Giant Swallowtail Butterfly, will be on display at King’s House on July 27 as part of the Independence exhibition being mounted by the Natural History Museum of Jamaica.
CultureIndependence

Jamaica 61 Exhibition and Reception at King’s House

An exhibition and reception in celebration of Jamaica’s 61st anniversary of Independence, under the theme ‘Jamaica 61… Proud and Strong’, will be held at King’s House on Thursday, July 27. The exhibition will be held in the Ballroom, while the reception will take place on the King’s House lawns. Titled ‘Journey Through Our Natural Heritage’, the exbibit is being mounted...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, delivers Statement in the House of Representatives on July 25.
EducationTechnology

Cabinet Approves Additional Posts Identified in Post Audit for UTech, Ja.

Cabinet has considered and approved the expanded staff structure consisting of 832 additional posts that were identified in the post audit conducted by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service for the University of Technology, Jamaica (Utech, Ja.). In a Ministerial Statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 25), Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams,...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), leads a ribbon-cutting exercise for phase one of a road rehabilitation project in Bath, St. Thomas, on July 19. Joining him (from left), are Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace; Mayor of Morant Bay, Councillor Hubert Williams; Member of Parliament for St. Thomas Eastern, Dr. Michelle Charles and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith.
TourismWorks / Construction

Bath Fountain Gets Improved Road Access

Visitors to the idyllic Bath Fountain in St. Thomas can now enjoy a smoother journey to the attraction following the completion of phase one of the $45.5-million Bath access road rehabilitation project. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, led a ribbon-cutting exercise to officially opening the new and improved roadway on July 19. The Minister said that the project “is...
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