Hundreds of educators are expected to participate in The Mico University College’s 2016 Research Day, scheduled for Wednesday, March 16. The annual event will be held at the institution’s Marescaux Road campus in Kingston under the theme: ‘Vision 2030 and Beyond: Implications of the National Education Inspectorate (NEi) Report, 2015’. Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr. Fritz...

The fourth staging of the Ministry of Education’s Mathematics exposition is scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 10. Addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (March 2), National Mathematics Coordinator, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, said thousands of primary, secondary and tertiary level students from across the island will gather on the grounds of the Old Library at the University of West...

The Transport Authoriy (TA) is urging commuters to assist in the fight against illegal taxi operation in Jamaica. “I am soliciting the assistance of Jamaicans to use the technologies and send the Authority photographs and videos of illegal activities in the transportation system anywhere they occur in Jamaica,” Managing Director of TA, Donald Foster, said. Persons are encouraged to send...

The decision taken by the Government to merge some aspects of the National HIV Programme with the National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is being hailed as a critical move in ensuring the sustainability of the country’s sexual and reproductive health response. Executive Director of the NFPB, Dr. Denise Chevannes, made the comment at a Think Tank on Tuesday, October 28,...

The National Irrigation Commission Limited (NIC) is to spend over US$1.8 million to upgrade the irrigation system at the Hill Run Agro Park in Central St. Catherine, where farmers are engaged in commercial fish production. The project will involve civil, mechanical and electrical works, which will expand the irrigable areas to be served by the existing canal network, and result...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says significant strides have been made in securing and preserving Jamaica’s oral and intangible cultural heritage. She pointed out that the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica (ACIJ), an agency under the Ministry of Youth and Culture, has been working to protect the intangible pieces of Jamaican culture. “We got some funds from...

Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to Jamaica, Her Excellency Maria Mendoza Ortega, says the ‘Carta de Jamaica’ or Jamaica Letter, written 200 years ago by Venezuelan Liberator, Simón Bolivar, has strengthened ties between both countries. Simon Bolivar played a key role in Latin America’s independence movement against British rule. He was born on July 24, 1783 in Caracas,...