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Community Development Officer at the Social Development Commission in Montego Bay, St. James, Ivel Kerr McLean, who will receive a Badge of Honour for Long and Faithful Service to Community Development on National Heroes Day, Monday, October 15.

National Honour for Transformational Social Worker in St. James

Ivel Kerr Mclean has long been having a positive impact in transforming the lives of residents in volatile and vulnerable communities in St. James, through social services. The affable social worker, who believes serving others is her “calling”, will be...

Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), makes a point at a town hall meeting hosted by the Finance Ministry at the Karl Hendrickson Auditorium, Jamaica College, St. Andrew on Friday (Sept. 21). Listening (from second left) are: Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) Co-chairman, Keith Duncan; Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter; and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief to Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan.

Economic Reform Programme Spurring Improved Living Standards – Dr. Clarke

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre), listens to a point from Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Brian Wynter (right), at a public forum organised by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) on the advantages and disadvantages of the BOJ becoming an independent entity. The event was held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on September 20. Executive Director of CaPRI, Dr. Damien King, listens in.

Business Community Supports Central Bank Independence

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Lester Michael Henry (right), in conversation with Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe, during his tour of the agency’s new television building at 5-9 South Odean Avenue in St. Andrew recently.

Minister Henry Tours JIS Television Dept. New Building

Heavy-duty equipment is employed in the clearing of an illegal dump site at Arnold Road in Kingston on Thursday (September 20). The activity was undertaken by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA).

NSWMA Head Urges Responsible Waste Disposal

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CMU’s Fact Centre Will Meet Demand for Engineers

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the newly launched Festo Authorised and Certified Training (FACT) Centre at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) in Kingston is expected to go a far way in filling Jamaica’s demand for engineers. The facility, which was officially opened by the Prime Minister on Wednesday (September 19), has the capacity to train and certify...

Assistant Superintendent of Police, Coleridge Minto, Director of the Safety and Security Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (September 13).

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Safety and Security Unit of Education Ministry Gets Support of US$3 Million

The Safety and Security Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has been boosted with a US$3 million support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under the Ministry/USAID Partnership For Safe School project. Through the project, the Unit will increase the number of hand held metal detectors to 500, and walk through scanners to 30...

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JANAAC says Accreditation Can Lead to Greater Business Success

Accreditation can lead to greater business success for conformity assessment bodies, as it results in increased client confidence in the standard of operations and personnel. This was noted by Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, who was addressing a Jamaica Information Service ‘Think Tank’ on Wednesday (September 5). She said testimonials from accredited...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), speaking with grade-six students at Excelsior Primary School in St. Andrew, during his visit to the institution on Monday (September 3).

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Education Minister Satisfied With Start of New School Year

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has expressed satisfaction with the start of the 2018/2019 academic year. In an interview with JIS News on Monday (September 3), after visiting three schools in the Corporate Area – Wolmer’s Boys,’ Excelsior Primary and Infant, and Jessie Ripoll Primary – Minister Reid said that operations were off to...

Head of the Area One Police, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Donovan Graham.

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More Police in the West to Deal with Traffic

The police will increase their presence in major towns in western Jamaica, in an effort to deal with the increased traffic that is anticipated when the new school year begins on Monday, September 3. Speaking with JIS News, Head of Area One, which covers Trelawny, St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Donovan Graham, said that beginning...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second left), speaking with (from left) Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Focal Point in Jamaica, Dr. Phylicia Marshall; President, COL, Professor Asha Kanwar and Vice President, COL, Mr. K Balasubramanian, before the start of COL’s Regional Focal Point Meeting for the Caribbean, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (August 30).

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Infants Who Enrol in Brain Builder Centres Stand A Better Chance – Education Minister

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says infants who enrol in Brain Builder Centres will stand a better chance at acquiring National School Leaving Certificates and successfully read for their degrees at the tertiary level. He was speaking at the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Regional Focal Point Meeting for the Caribbean on Thursday (August 30),...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, responds to questions from journalists during a press conference at his National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Thursday (Aug. 30).

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Education Minister Says All In Place for Smooth Start to New School Year

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is assuring that all is in place for a smooth start to the new academic year, which officially begins on Monday (September 3). “As part of our general preparations, school plants have been renovated, furniture and other equipment have been provided and, most important, the first tranche of operational...