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Educators were honoured on May 8 at the Pearly Beach in St. Ann by Sandals and Beaches properties as part of Teachers’ Day activities.
Educators were honoured on May 8 at the Pearly Beach in St. Ann by Sandals and Beaches properties as part of Teachers’ Day activities.
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Sandals Resorts Celebrate Teachers

By: Garwin Davis, May 12, 2024
Over 500 educators were honoured by Sandals and Beaches properties in Ocho Rios, Montego Bay, Negril, and the South Coast, as part of Teachers’ Day activities on May 8. Pearly...
Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Vernon (seated), signs the Memorandum of Understanding for the STEP UP programme, during the initiative’s official launch at the Corporation’s chambers on Friday (May 10). Observing (from left) are Chief Executive Officer (CEO) St. James Municipal Corporation, Naudia Crosskill; Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) St. James Chapter President, Suzette Ramdanie-Linton; CEO, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Leonard A. Francis; Regional Operations Manager of WPM Waste Management Limited, Edward Muir; Acting Senior Superintendent of the Jamaica Fire Brigade – St. James, Raymond Desouza; and Executive Secretary at the St. James Municipal Corporation, Cassandra Watson.

Step Up Programme Launched

By: Okoye Henry, May 12, 2024
The Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, is presented with a $1 million donation by the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), as a contribution towards the JPC’s various projects to promote productivity. Acting Managing Director, DBJ, David Wan (right), handed over the cheque during the media launch of the Ministry’s Future of Work and Productivity Summit held on May 9 at the University of Technology (UTech) campus in St. Andrew. Accepting the contribution are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden (left); State Minister, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (second left); portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (third left); Chief Technical Director, JPC, Tamar Nelson (third right); and JPC Board Chairman, Omar Azan (second right). Sharing the moment is Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (centre).

Upcoming Summit to Discuss Strategies to Drive Productivity

By: Sheryl Johnson-Hamilton, May 11, 2024

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Students Certified as Lifeguards

Fourteen students at the Rhodes Hall High School in Orange Bay, Hanover received certificates under the Jamaica Centre for Tourism and Innovation’s (JCTI) pilot Lifeguard Training Programme for high school...
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By: Serena Grant
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