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Minister of Education, Youth, and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaking during last Wednesday’s (September 22) Post-Cabinet digital media briefing.

Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting Postponed To 2025

Jamaica’s hosting of the 10th Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting is being pushed back from 2021 to 2025. Cabinet has approved Jamaica’s request for the deferral, consequent on the coronavirus (CoVID-19) pandemic and requirements for the event to be held face-to-face....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left, standing), engages with public health nurses, during a coronavirus (CoVID-19) vaccination blitz at the Pembroke Hall community centre in St. Andrew Northwest on Friday (September 24). He was accompanied by Minister of Finance and the Public Service and St. Andrew Northwest Member of Parliament, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre, standing); and Councillor for the Chancery Hall Division, Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, Dwayne Smith. In the background is Commanding Officer for the Duhaney Park Police Station, Deputy Superintendent Coleridge Minto.

Vaccination Jamaica’s Way Out Of Pandemic – PM

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr Wayne Henry.

Young People Must Be Included In Youth Crime Solutions – Dr. Henry

Director Principal at the Justice Training Institute (JTI), Karen Campbell-Bascoe, is encouraging Jamaicans both within and outside of the Justice Sector to consider online programmes with the JTI

JTI Adjusts Assessments To Meet Students’ Needs

Accountant General’s Department Modernising the Management of Public Funds

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Hon. Matthew Samuda, emphasises a point while making his contribution to the 2021/22 State of the Nation Debate in the Upper House on Friday (Sept. 24).

4 years ago National Security and Peace

Additional psychiatrist to be hired for the prisons

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has been authorised to hire an additional consultant forensic psychiatrist who will design and oversee a Forensic Mental Healthcare Programme. This was stated by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Hon. Matthew Samuda during his contribution to the 2021/22 State of the Nation Debate in the Upper House on Friday...

Head, Special Projects Unit, Surveys Division, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Philone Mantock

4 years ago Community

STATIN interviewers trained to handle hesitancy

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) says its interviewers are trained to deal with hesitancy when conducting surveys. The comment was made by Head of the Special Projects Unit, Surveys Division at STATIN, Philone Mantock at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ in Kingston where the 2021 Reproductive Health Survey (RHS) was being discussed. “In terms of hesitancy,...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking during a coronavirus (CoVID-19) vaccination blitz at the Pembroke Hall community centre in St. Andrew on Friday (Sept. 24).

4 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessPrime Minister

Correcting Misinformation Is Costly – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the government will have to carefully explore how best to treat with coronavirus (CoVID-19) misinformation circulating across Jamaica. Speaking during a CoVID-19 vaccination blitz at the Pembroke Hall community centre in St. Andrew on Friday (September 24), Mr. Holness said the “pandemic” of CoVID-19 misinformation posed a distraction to the government, in...

Chief Executive Officer of JANAAC, Sharonmae Shirley.

4 years ago Education

JANAAC Seeking FDA Approval as a Third-party Accreditation Body

The Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) has announced that it will be seeking United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval as a third-party accreditation body. “We are again in expansion mode, adding new programmes in support of trade facilitation. Later this year we will be audited by the FDA in our quest to become a recognised FDA...

4 years ago Education

JTI Improving Support to Students Doing Online Classes

The Justice Training Institute (JTI) has been working to improve support provided to students doing online classes. With primary operations now done online, the JTI moved away from the original ‘pull system’, where students would initially reach out for support. Director Principal at the JTI , Karen Campbell-Bascoe, speaking in a recent interview with JIS News, said the Institute has...

4 years ago Education

JTI Invites Persons to Apply for Diploma Programme in Court Reporting

The Justice Training Institute (JTI) is inviting interested persons to submit applications for its Diploma Programme in Court Reporting. The renewed call comes after the JTI paused the programme’s delivery for the last three years to improve the offerings of the course. Director Principal at the JTI, Karen Campbell Bascoe, says Court Reporting is a skill that can be used...

4 years ago Education

Jamaicans Encouraged to Try Online Training Courses

Jamaicans are being encouraged to learn new skills with the offerings available at the Justice Training Institute(JTI). The JTI, which is the training arm of the Justice Ministry, offers courses and programmes to persons working in the sector as well as the wider public. Director Principal at the JTI, Karen Campbell-Bascoe, said although the pandemic has brought many challenges, the...