Film Commissioner, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Renée Robinson, is reporting “exceptional” performance by the local film industry for the 2018/19 financial year, with a record $2.3 billion in film production expenditure to the local economy and 2,677 jobs generated. She said that the production expenditure, which relates to the value of the production budget that comes into the island to...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is preparing for the administration of the 2021 Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA). PISA is a triennial study of education systems, which is organised by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). It involves administering a non-curriculum based assessment to 15year-old students to generate comparable data on educational systems across the...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is assuring consumers that local foods are safe for consumption and are produced in keeping with international pesticide standards. Principal Director for Technical Services at RADA, Marina Young, saidthe training programmes and surveys conducted by the agency,and its ongoing collaboration with various stakeholders,have ensured the continued proper use of pesticides by persons in the...

The Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III is optimistic that the youth summer camps being funded under the programme will assist in improving relations between the police and citizens. The CSJP III is supporting six residential and non-residential camps between July and August, targeted at young people in communities across the island in which it operates. Speaking at a...

Parents and principals will be required to complete a survey instrument as part of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). High schools across the island will participate in PISA for the first time in 2021. Speaking at a recent JIS News Think Tank, National Programme Manager for PISA, Marjorianna Clarke, said that the purpose of the principals survey is...

Employers and training institutions are being encouraged to partner with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, through the Labour Market Information System (LMIS), to build Jamaica’s workforce. The Ministry’s LMIS is a web-based driven job-matching facility that pairs jobseekers and employers. Senior Labour Market Analyst in the Planning, Research and Monitoring Unit at the Ministry, Shane Palmer, said part...

More than 80 young people are benefiting from a 10-day summer camp being staged by the St. Andrew South Police Division at the Tapioca Village in St. Mary from July 16 to 26. The annual camp is engaging youngsters aged 10 to 17 who display behavioural problems. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Sergeant Alexander Bloomfield, who is responsible...