City & Guilds International Limited has been the largest provider of vocational education across 80 countries for 142 years. Locally, it has been a credible option to the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), for students at grades 11, 12 and 13. City & Guilds representative for Jamaica and the Caribbean, Marva Duncanson, tells JIS News that for over 14 decades,...

March 22 is observed annually by the United Nations (UN) as World Water Day. The occasion is used to promote the sustainable management of freshwater resources globally. This year, the day is being observed under the theme: ‘Water and Climate Change’. In Jamaica, the National Water Sector Policy and Implementation Plan 2019 is the document which makes provision for the...

Chris Patrick Stanford is proud of his job as a welder in the Engineering Department of the New Horizons Skills Centre in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. A graduate of the institution, Mr. Stanford credits the Skills Centre for positively changing his life. He is one of approximately 300 youngsters who have received training from the centre over the past six...

The start of the 2018 academic year was a significant one for the Mineral Heights Primary School in Clarendon, Jamaica, as, for the first time, all 1,500 students were accommodated at school on the same shift. On a recent tour of the school, Operations Officer at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Karl Pivott, expressed delight at the success of the...

Three years after removal from the shift system, the Old Harbour Primary School in St. Catherine is seeing positive results across the board. Principal George Goode says the ending of shifts has proven to be a turning point in the life of the institution, so much so that the inspection rating undertaken by the National Education Inspectorate (NEI), an independent...

The approximately 3,400 residents of Trenail in Maggotty, St. Elizabeth, are now able to access potable water, thanks to the rehabilitation of the community’s water tank through funding from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). Under the project, piped water is sent to a central location in the community where residents can now access it. This has brought much joy to...

The more than 2,000 residents of Grierfield in St. Ann can now travel to and from their community in greater comfort and safety thanks to the rehabilitation of 3.9 kilometres of roadway in the area. The road was repaired at a cost of approximately $69 million through funding under the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). Implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment...

Farmers in Bull Savannah and Southfield, St. Elizabeth, are reaping the benefits of a Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) investment in irrigation and farm training methodologies. The project, valued at $69 million, was executed by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), and provided irrigation systems to two groups of approximately 300 farmers. The training component, jointly coordinated by JSIF and the...

The American Caribbean Maritime Foundation (ACMF) is supporting the growth of the region’s maritime industry through donation of funds for infrastructure development and the education and training of students at the Palisados Park-based Caribbean Maritime University (CMU). “We have committed over $30 million (US$220,000) in scholarships and building funds and have 13 scholarship recipients to date from Jamaica, The Bahamas,...