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The Ministry of Education and Youth is to establish student assessment centres throughout its regional offices, in order to expand and improve the quality of psychological assessment services offered to students with disabilities. This is being done in keeping with the Ministry's mandate to transform the education system. Speaking at a JIS 'Think Tank' on March 21, Education Officer in...

A Coroner's inquest with a jury into the murder of Bob Woolmer is to be held. Following discussions with Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mark Shields this morning, the Coroner directed that the inquest be held as soon as practical. He also ordered that Mr. Woolmer's body remain within his jurisdiction until the inquest has been completed. Mr. Woolmer's widow, Gill...

The success of the partnership between the Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board and the Northeast United States (US) Education Sector, launched at the St. James High School in Montego Bay some time ago, has resulted in a call to replicate the model across the country. This was among the highlights of a recent meeting of the Education Sector, held at the...

Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator A.J. Nicholson, has said that several measures would be implemented within the court system to make it more efficient. "The ability of the justice system to meet the future needs of Jamaicans will, to a large extent, depend on our ability to be constantly in reform mode and to be in a position...

Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of crime, Mark Shields, is appealing to persons to come forward with any information that might lead to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Robert Woolmer, Coach of the Pakistan Cricket team. Mr. Woolmer was found unconscious in his hotel room at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston...

A decision has been taken to undertake work on the Solas and Church Lane roads in Sandy Bay, Hanover, to prevent flooding in the area. This follows recent heavy rains, which caused flooding in the Sandy Bay area of the parish. Disaster Preparedness Co-ordinator in the Hanover Parish Council, Olga Headley told JIS News that following a tour of the...

Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator A.J. Nicholson, has said that the reform of the justice system in Jamaica is within the broad context of the nation's quest for economic and social development. Senator Nicholson, who was making a statement in the Upper House yesterday (March 22) on the status of justice reform in Jamaica, said that "we are...

The lyrical genius of the late Robert Nesta 'Bob' Marley will be discussed at a forum being staged by the Centre for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York and the National Black Writers Conference. This forum takes place on Saturday, March 31, beginning at 2:00 p.m. It is titled, 'Redemption Song', and will examine the impact...

Over the 13-year period, 1992 to 2005, the National Water Commission (NWC) has implemented over 560 water supply projects at a cost of approximately $10 billion. As a result, hundreds of communities with thousands of beneficiaries, have either received water supply services for the first time or have had significant improvements to their water supply service. According to NWC Vice...

State Minister for Education and Youth, Senator Noel Monteith has said that priority attention is being given to sanitary conveniences in schools across the island. Addressing the Senate yesterday (March 22), he said that "especially since we started the transformation of the education system, we have done critical repairs to some 270 odd schools and we have identified 300 schools...

Chief Executive Officer of the ICC Cricket World Cup, Malcolm Speed has said that it is too soon to link the murder of the Pakistani Cricket Coach, Bob Woolmer, to corruption. "We cannot leap to that conclusion and I am sure Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mark Shields, would support me on this. We do not know whether this is corruption...

The ICC Chief Executive Officer, Malcolm Speed is insisting that the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 will go on, despite new revelations about the cause of death of the coach of Pakistan, Robert 'Bob' Woolmer. His statement comes in the wake of speculation that as a result of the news of Mr. Woolmer's death being treated as a murder,...