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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (January 5). (FILE)

Tablets Being Procured For 2022 Population And Housing Census

A total of 7,525 tablets are being procured for use in conducting the 2022 Population and Housing Census. This is the first time the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) will be using tablets to carry out this exercise. Making the...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a recent meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation.

Six Additional Social Housing Solutions For Westmoreland

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness

Families Must Protect Most Vulnerable Members From Covid – PM

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (January 5).

Selected NHT Contributors To Benefit From Housing Solutions In St. James

Grade One Teacher at Rock Hall Primary School in St. Andrew, Ms. Sonia Wilks (right), listens as one of her students reads a book at a recent ceremony.

Education Minister Encourages Parents And Students To Get Vaccinated

4 years ago National Security and PeacePrime Minister

Gov’t Bolstering Capacity To Secure Borders

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is bolstering its capacity to control the country’s territorial waters in order to curtail the entry of illegal firearms. The Prime Minister was addressing the National Day of Prayer event held at the Power of Faith Ministries in Portmore, St. Catherine on January 5, where he decried the recent spate...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (Jan. 5).

4 years ago CabinetCoronavirusEducationInformationYouth

Education Minister Reports Smooth Start To Easter School Term

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the new school term, which began on Monday (January 3), got off to a good start with lessons being delivered via online and face-to-face learning modalities. She informed that the Easter term commenced with 608 schools opening for face-to-face classes. Of this number, 568 are primary, 10 infant and 30...

Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Network, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, addresses a JIS Think Tank on January 5.

4 years ago CommerceHealth & WellnessIndustryJIS Think Tank

CARPIN Hails Move To Protect Jamaicans From Lead Paint Exposure

Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN), Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, says the Government’s move towards protecting the Jamaican population from exposure to lead in paint, is a step in the right direction. She was addressing a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (January 5), where she gave an update on the Draft Jamaican Standard for Specification for the Limit...

Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, the Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), and Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), hands over a cartridge-free Epson printer to the Acting Principal of Rock Hall Primary School, Keisha Mehabear, during a visit to the school in rural St. Andrew on Tuesday (January 4). The printer, along with printing paper, was donated by the Usain Bolt Foundation.

4 years ago CoronavirusEducationTechnologyYouth

Rock Hall Primary Gets Printer From Usain Bolt Foundation

Rock Hall Primary School in rural St. Andrew has benefited from a donation of cartridge-free printer and printing paper by the Usain Bolt Foundation, which will better enable the institution to meet the learning needs of students during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams, participated in the handover of the supplies at...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, CD, MP

4 years ago Gender Affairs

Statement from the Honorable Audley Shaw on the passing of James Moss-Solomon

It is with deep sadness that I learned of the unexpected passing of James Moss-Solomon, businessman extraordinaire and a true son of Jamaica. Jimmy’s contribution to the Jamaican business landscape spanned several decades, some of them the most unpredictable in Jamaica’s history. His continued success is testament to his exceptional business acumen and understanding of the local and global marketplace,...

The Belle Tierre Reservoir in St. Ann that was constructed by Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners at a cost of US$800,000 for road wetting activities.

4 years ago Water

Noranda Constructs Reservoir To Provide Water To Wet Roads

Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, on December 21, officially commissioned into service the Belle Tierre Reservoir in St. Ann, which was constructed by Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners, at a cost of US$800,000. The rainwater harvesting facility is situated on Noranda’s mining lands and can hold approximately 17 million gallons of water to be used to wet the roads...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (left), displays a sample of the national identification system (NIDS) card, which was printed at the NIDS card centre at the Post and Telecommunication Department on South Camp Road in Kingston on January 4. Among those looking on are Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, Audrey Sewell (centre), and Project Manager, PBS Consortium, Jorge Rueda (right).

4 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

NIDS Will Be Fully Operational This Year – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the national identification system (NIDS) will be fully operational this year. “I’m hoping that by the end of the year, we will have a significant portion, if not the majority of the population properly identified in the national identification system,” Mr. Holness said. He was speaking during a tour of the NIDS...