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Executive Director Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Maria Thompson Walters. addresses a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s head office in Kingston. Photo: Yhomo Hutchinson
Executive Director Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Maria Thompson Walters. addresses a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s head office in Kingston. Photo: Yhomo Hutchinson

TIU Seeks Cabinet Approval To Establish Shared Corporate Services Department

The Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU) will be seeking Cabinet approval for the establishment of the Shared Corporate Services Department, following the successful pilots of Human Resource (HR) Management and Internal Audit Shared Services. This was revealed by the Executive Director,...
Minister of Education, Youth, and Information, Hon Fayval Williams (centre, joins Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (third left); and Chief Executive Officer of the Toll Authority, Lerone Laing (left), in presenting tablets to benefit students from rural schools. The devices, donated by the Toll Authority, were handed over at the Ministry of Transport and Mining in Kingston on Tuesday (November 30). Receiving the tablets are students from Iona High School in St. Ann, Anastacia Henry (second left) and Tewalie Reid (third right); principal of St. Ann’s Bay Primary, Trevor Cole (second right); and Guidance Counsellor at Iona High School, Kareen Purcell Bourne.
Minister of Education, Youth, and Information, Hon Fayval Williams (centre, joins Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (third left); and Chief Executive Officer of the Toll Authority, Lerone Laing (left), in presenting tablets to benefit students from rural schools. The devices, donated by the Toll Authority, were handed over at the Ministry of Transport and Mining in Kingston on Tuesday (November 30). Receiving the tablets are students from Iona High School in St. Ann, Anastacia Henry (second left) and Tewalie Reid (third right); principal of St. Ann’s Bay Primary, Trevor Cole (second right); and Guidance Counsellor at Iona High School, Kareen Purcell Bourne.

Toll Authority Donates 100 Tablets For Rural Students
Director, Corruption Prevention, Stakeholder Engagement and Anti-Corruption Strategy at the Integrity Commission, Ryan Evans (centre, standing), addresses participants in the Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Sensitisation Workshop, held recently, at the offices of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) in Kingston.
Director, Corruption Prevention, Stakeholder Engagement and Anti-Corruption Strategy at the Integrity Commission, Ryan Evans (centre, standing), addresses participants in the Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Sensitisation Workshop, held recently, at the offices of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) in Kingston.

Gaming Commissions Take Steps To Combat Corruption, Strengthen Integrity And Good Governance
Newly installed Custos of St. Catherine, Hon. Icylin M. Golding (second left) with (from left) Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck; immediate former Custos of the parish, Reverend Jeffrey McKenzie, and Custos of Clarendon, Hon. William Shagoury, after her recent installation, held at the National Police College of Jamaica in Twickenham Park in the parish.
Newly installed Custos of St. Catherine, Hon. Icylin M. Golding (second left) with (from left) Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck; immediate former Custos of the parish, Reverend Jeffrey McKenzie, and Custos of Clarendon, Hon. William Shagoury, after her recent installation, held at the National Police College of Jamaica in Twickenham Park in the parish.

New Custos Welcomed By Justice Minister
Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen. (JIS File Photo - Adrian Walker Photo)
Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen. (JIS File Photo - Adrian Walker Photo)

National Prayer Vigil Project To Address Domestic Violence, Parenting In 18 Manchester Communities

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Director, Office of Citizen Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Shannon Stone.
Community

Communities To Benefit From USAID Positive Pathways Initiative

Several communities are to benefit from social and behavioural intervention, thanks to 12 small grants that were awarded through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Positive Pathways activity. The grants, totalling J$21 million, were awarded under three categories – Community Peacebuilding, Social and Behavioural Science, and Positive Youth Development. Under the Peacebuilding Grant award, the Peace and Love...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), is in discussion with Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes, during the ceremony for the handing over of laptops to top performing Primary Exit Profile (PEP) students by the USF, at the Altamont Court Hotel in New Kingston on November 30.
Technology

Gov’t Presses Ahead With National Broadband Plan

The Government is pressing ahead with the National Broadband Initiative, which aims to have every household and every community connected to the Internet. The initiative forms part of the Government’s goal of having a truly digital society by 2030. “We are aiming to provide last-mile connectivity to all Jamaicans by 2025,” said  Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl...
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Director of Enabling Environment and Human Rights at the National Family Planning Board, Devon Gabourel, addresses recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. Director of Enabling Environment and Human Rights at the National Family Planning Board, Devon Gabourel, addresses recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Health & WellnessJIS Think Tank

NFPB Stages Event For World AIDS Day Dec. 1

The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) will be observing World AIDS Day (WAD) on Wednesday, December 1, with an event, titled, ‘Pon di Ground’, at the Maxfield Park Health Centre in St. Andrew, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, Director of Enabling Environment and Human Rights at the NFPB,  Devon Gabourel, explained that...
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Destination Manager of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Kenya Keddo-Laing, addresses the St. James Municipal Corporation’s Multisectoral Forum, held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre on Monday (November 29).
Tourism

TPDCo Pleased With Return Of Cruise Vessel To Second City

Destination Manager of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Kenya Keddo-Laing, says the agency is pleased with  the resumption of cruise shipping to Montego Bay since the halt of cruise operations, due to the coronavirus (COVD-19) outbreak. "After 20 months of not seeing a cruise vessel in our port, we are to receive our first vessel for the 2021/2022 cruise...
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The Carnival Glory will be calling on the Port of Montego Bay on December 1.
Tourism

Montego Bay Welcomes First Vessel Since Cruise Resumption

The city of Montego Bay in St. James will on Wednesday (December 1), welcome the Carnival Glory, its first vessel since the resumption of cruise shipping to Jamaica four months ago. The passengers and crew of the mega vessel, a Conquest-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line, will be calling on the tourism capital, ensuring that all Jamaican cruise...
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