The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has mobilised educational institutions across the island to participate in the National Dengue Clean-up. The three-day exercise is being held from Friday (January 24) to Sunday (January 26). Schools are among the entities that will be the focus of the first day of activities on Friday. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on...

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is urging Jamaicans to treat the three-day national dengue cleanup exercise, which gets under way on Friday (January 24), as one step in their approach to eradicating mosquitoes transmitting this and other diseases, over the long-term. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the Agency’s Head Office in...

The Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ) is positioning local technology focused micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to maximise on their niche for growth in the global services sector (GSS). “We see where business process outsourcing (BPO) is growing steadily, and global analysts project that it will continue to grow at about four per cent per annum,” said GSAJ...

A new provision in the Road Traffic Act (2018) that requires a potential learner driver to successfully complete the Road Code Test before being granted a provisional drivers’ licence has been fast-tracked to improve road-safety outcomes. This was disclosed by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Dr. Alwin Hales, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on January 17....

The Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), formerly the Business Process Industry Association, is diversifying its portfolio to show a shift from being a largely business process outsourcing (BPO) based sector. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank held on January 16, President of the GSAJ, Gloria Henry said the decision was made last year to rebrand the organisation, to make...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is advising that the last day to obtain a Provisional Driver’s Licence without being required to first pass the Road Code Test is January 24, 2020. The new application regime comes against the background of changes in the legislative framework under Section 23 (1) of the Road Traffic Act, which was passed in both houses of...

The Mico University College is moving ahead with plans to expose its student teachers to the microscience approach for teaching science. Microscience education is a practical approach to experiencing science that was made popular under the UNESCO Global Microscience Project. The Mico University College was one of seven teachers’ colleges that participated in a three-day hands-on workshop in September 2019....