The fun space inside Hope Gardens, which had housed the popular Coconut Park amusement facility, reopened last week after being closed to the public for 20 years. It is being operated under a new name, Funland Jamaica, by new operators FYI Consultancy. The first phase of its operations began Friday, and will run throughout summer, with…
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2017 Top 30 High Schools
2017 Top 30 High Schools The rankings are calculated by local think tank, Educate Jamaica, based on the number of grade-eleven students who passed at least five subjects, including mathematics and/or English language in the 2016 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate exams. Campion College (100%) 2017 ranking: 1 2016 ranking: 2 Immaculate Conception High (99.9%) 2017 ranking: 2 2016 ranking:…
2017 Ranking for students who received grades 1-3 in two or more CAPE units in 2016
Top 50 schools where students received grades 1-3 in two or more CAPE units in 2016 1. Mount St Joseph (100%) 2017 ranking: 1 2016 ranking: 8 2. Campion College (99%) 2017 ranking: 2 2016 ranking: 2 3. The Mannings School (95.45%) 2017 ranking: 3 2016 ranking: 3 4. St Andrew High School for Girls…
MIND to host two-day regional public sector leadership conference
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) will be hosting its Regional Public Sector Leadership Development Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel from July 19 to 20. The two-day event will be held under the theme: ‘Adaptive Public Sector Leadership, Changing MINDsets, Challenging Assumptions, Creating Transformation’. “The conference will challenge the…
No new recruitment for ‘farm work’ programme on June 26 – ministry
No new recruitment for ‘farm work’ programme on June 26 – ministry Minister of Labour and Social Security, Shahine Robinson, greets some of the first batch of farmworkers to be sent to Canada for 2017. The group of approximately 375 left the island in January. (Photo: JIS) KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – The Ministry of…
Police list Jamaica’s 19 most wanted
1. St Catherine North Division *Christopher Pessoa *Akeem Johnson otherwise called ‘Bubba Sparks’ *Orane Thomas otherwise called ‘Blue’ 2. Trelawny Division: *Christopher Clarke 3. Kingston East Division *Rohan Smith, otherwise called ‘Dawg’. *Errol Douglas, otherwise called ‘Stretchy’ *Wayne Dryden, otherwise called ‘Shadow Mafia’ *Marlon Perry, otherwise called ‘Duppy Film’ *Kevin Frazer, otherwise called ‘Buzzu’ 4.…
Recruitment for overseas employment programme begins June 26
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – Recruitment for the Overseas Employment Programme, administered by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, will be held between June 26 and July 17. This programme provides opportunities for hundreds of Jamaicans on Canadian and American farms yearly. Recruitment for the programme is done based on the needs of employers.…
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GSAT Results 2017
GSAT results will be delivered to schools by Midnight June 9, 2017. For the first time in five years, boys outperformed girls in Language Arts in this year’s sitting of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). The boys recorded a higher mean score of 76.7 per cent, compared to the girls’ mark of 68.5 per…