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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), is accompanied by Chairman, Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC), Professor Orlando Patterson (right), the Education Ministry’s Regional Director for Kingston and St. Andrew, Dasmine Kennedy (left), and Kingston College Principal, Dave Myrie, when she visited the school recently. The visit was facilitated to garner relevant stakeholder feedback on recommendations contained in the JETC report that was released in January.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), is accompanied by Chairman, Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC), Professor Orlando Patterson (right), the Education Ministry’s Regional Director for Kingston and St. Andrew, Dasmine Kennedy (left), and Kingston College Principal, Dave Myrie, when she visited the school recently. The visit was facilitated to garner relevant stakeholder feedback on recommendations contained in the JETC report that was released in January.

More Partnerships With Early Childhood Institutions Being Considered

More partnerships with Early Childhood Institutions (ECIs) are being considered, as the Ministry of Education and Youth develops an implementation plan for the Jamaica Education Transformation Commission’s (JETC) recommendations to advance the education sector. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, shared...
Sorted waste collected from a beach in Montego Bay. WPM Waste Management Limited will be joining forces with Recycling Partners of Jamaica in cleaning the Montego Bay Fishing Beach on World Oceans Day, being observed on Wednesday (June 8). A recycling bin will be installed at the complex to facilitate garbage separation, for the collection of plastic containers.
Sorted waste collected from a beach in Montego Bay. WPM Waste Management Limited will be joining forces with Recycling Partners of Jamaica in cleaning the Montego Bay Fishing Beach on World Oceans Day, being observed on Wednesday (June 8). A recycling bin will be installed at the complex to facilitate garbage separation, for the collection of plastic containers.

Big Clean-Up For Fisherman’s Beach On World Oceans Day
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), presents the keys for a three-bedroom house to Ewarton St. Catherine, resident, Ivy Smith (second left). Others (from left) are Chairperson, Oversight Committee, New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), Judith Robb Walters, and Member of Parliament for St. Catherine North West, Hugh Graham.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), presents the keys for a three-bedroom house to Ewarton St. Catherine, resident, Ivy Smith (second left). Others (from left) are Chairperson, Oversight Committee, New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), Judith Robb Walters, and Member of Parliament for St. Catherine North West, Hugh Graham.

Number of New Social Housing Programme Units Delivered Being Increased
Chairman of the Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC), Professor Orlando Patterson, addresses students at Dinthill Technical High School in St. Catherine, during a visit to the institution on June 6. R. Fraser Photos
Chairman of the Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC), Professor Orlando Patterson, addresses students at Dinthill Technical High School in St. Catherine, during a visit to the institution on June 6. R. Fraser Photos

PHOTOS: Professor Orlando Patterson At Dinthill Technical
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), is hugged by Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, after she presented a maquette of one of Jamaica’s pioneer female labour rights activists, Agnes “Aggie” Bernard, during the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Labour Relations Awards Banquet, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, recently.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), is hugged by Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, after she presented a maquette of one of Jamaica’s pioneer female labour rights activists, Agnes “Aggie” Bernard, during the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Labour Relations Awards Banquet, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, recently.

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Senior Director for Research and Measurement at the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC), Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), Mikhail-Ann Urquhart.
Labour

JPC Invites Businesses/Organisations To Enter Its Productivity Innovator Competition

The Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) is inviting businesses/organisations to enter its Productivity Innovator of the Year 2022 competition. The competition is the precursor to World Productivity Day, which will be observed on June 20, under the theme ‘Productivity in a Digitized World’. Senior Director for Research and Measurement at the JPC, Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), Mikhail-Ann Urquhart,...
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Senior Archivist, Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD), Racquel Innerarity, examines one of the many records that make up the collection at JARD.
Information

Work of Archivists to be Highlighted June 6-10

The Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD) will be using International Archives Week, June 6 to 10, to highlight the work of its archivists, through a series of daily social media posts. The posts will be shared on JARD’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube platforms. Being celebrated under the theme #ArchivesAreYou, the Week also coincides with the celebration of the...
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Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon.
CommunityIndependenceJIS Think TankLocal Government

Clean-Up Programme for Jamaica 60 Celebrations

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) will be part of a massive clean-up programme for Jamaica 60th celebrations. Jamaica’s 60th year of Independence is being celebrated under the theme ‘Re-igniting a Nation for Greatness’. Speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, the agency’s Executive Director, Audley Gordon, said that announcements for a massive clean-up programme will be made in...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith (right), and State Minister in the Ministry, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell, peruse a document, during Friday’s (June 3) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.
Senate

Senate Pays Tribute To Late Arthur Ziadie

The Senate, on Friday (June 3), paid tribute to late former member, Herbert Arthur ‘Turo’ Ziadie, during its sitting at Gordon House. Mr. Ziadie, who served in the Upper House from 1983 to 1989, passed away on June 2 at age 87. Government and Opposition members, at the invitation of Senate President, Senator the Hon. Tom Tavares-Finson, paid their respects...
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Minister of Tourism , Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right) welcomes passengers arriving on the American Airlines inaugural flight from Austin ,Texas in the United States at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay on Saturday (June 4).
Tourism

Record Arrivals For Summer – Minister Bartlett

Jamaica’s tourism sector is on track for record arrivals this summer, surpassing 2019 levels, when the country had the highest number of visitors ever seen for the summer months. Jamaica welcomed approximately 250,584 visitors in July 2019. “Summer 2022 will be the strongest summer that Jamaica’s tourism has ever seen”, said Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. “All the bookings...
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