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KINGSTON — The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) opened its doors recently to a group of American Peace Corps volunteers, who wanted to get as much information as possible, to assist them in their preparation to teach and work in schools and institutions across rural Jamaica for the next two years. Programming and Training Specialist for Numeracy and Literacy at the...

KINGSTON — The Mount Olivet Boys' Home was abuzz with activity recently, when the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) hosted a career day at the Manchester-based home. On hand were representatives of a number of organisations and agencies, and experts in a range of fields, who engaged the boys in discussion on various career paths, with some incorporating video clips of...

Nearly three quarters of Jamaican youths are logging on to the Internet to find information and to interact with their friends on social networks. This was revealed in the 2010 Jamaica National Youth Survey released in June, which stated that almost 74 per cent of young people between 15 and 24 years reported that they have access to computers, while...

The Stepney Primary and Junior High School in St. Ann is the latest institution to benefit from the donation of publications on the country's heritage from the Jamaica Information Service (JIS). On Wednesday (October 13), the agency's Acting Special Projects Manager, Latoya Crossman, travelled to the school, where she handed over posters of the national heroes and heroine, and the...

Preparations are being made for a head count of all Jamaicans, by way of the Jamaica Population and Housing Census, which will begin on April 5, 2011. Speaking at a JIS 'Think Tank', on July 6, Acting Director, Social Policy, Planning and Research Division of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Easton Williams said that census data is extensively used...

Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) Lt. Col. Oscar Derby has said that his organisation is aimed to position the aviation industry as a greater contributor to the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Addressing a JIS Think Tank on Friday (June 18), Lt. Derby noted that this was in keeping with the aspects of the Vision 2030...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade,Dr. Ronald Robinson, will address a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (February 2) on issues relating to the Diaspora, including plans for the upcoming Diaspora Conference. Recently, a Joint Select Committee of Parliament, charged with the responsibility of overseeing Diaspora matters, heard submissions from a Diaspora Advisory Board calling...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture (MYSC), Faith Innerarity, emphasises the importance of the first Forum of Ministers Responsible for Social and Sustainable Development in the Caribbean that will be hosted at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel from January 24 - 26, 2010. The occasion was a JIS Think Tank session today (Jan. 19) at the agency's...

Sustainable Development Specialist at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Elizabeth Emanuel, is assuring environmentalists and the Jamaican public, that environmental preservation will play a pivotal role in the Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan. "There is recognition worldwide that you cannot have socio-economic development with an unhealthy environment. The very basis of economic growth and development is your environment...

The Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan, which sets out a framework for the country to achieve developed status by the year 2030, is ready for implementation, the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has said. Economic Specialist at the PIOJ, Richard Lumsden, speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (Sept.1), informed that the Prime Minister, in his budget presentation...

Jamaica's 2030 Vision, which aims to catapult the island into developed country status by that year, is driven by a plan and an approach that is unique in Jamaica's history of developmental planning. This is the view being expressed by the Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wesley Hughes. Dr Hughes was speaking recently at a...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) is reporting a huge success from its recent Overseas Outreach Programme in North America, having successfully processed 204 of approximately 238 applications from the Jamaican Diaspora. The two-week mission conducted from July 12 to 24, was a vast improvement from last year's programme, which received fewer than 100 applications. This year's outreach also saw the...