Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
National Council on Drug Abuse. Councils of the Ministry of Health. Medical Council of Jamaica. Nursing Council of Jamaica. Dental Council of Jamaica. Pharmacy Council of Jamaica. Council of Professions Supplementary to Medicine. Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries [5] Anti- Dumping and Subsidies Commission.
Education in Jamaica is primarily modeled on the British education system. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [1] finds that Jamaica is fulfilling only 70.0% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income. [2] HRMI breaks down the right to education by looking at the rights to both ...
Fayval Shirley Williams (born 28 May 1958) is a Jamaican politician who is the Minister of Education, Youth and Information and the Member of Parliament for the St Andrew Eastern constituency. [1] [2] Williams had previously been the minister in the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology as well as the minister without portfolio in the ...
The governor-general of Jamaica ( Jamaican Patois: Gobna-Jinaral a Jumieka) [1] is the representative of the Jamaican monarch, currently King Charles III, in Jamaica. The governor-general is appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime minister of Jamaica. The functions of the governor-general include appointing ministers, judges ...
The department was created in 1955 from the archives section of the Island Records Office which itself was established by the Islands Records Law (Law 6 of 1879) when it took over the functions of the Island Secretary's Office. [2] [3]
The Ministry of National Security (MNS) is a statutory under the government of Jamaica responsible for maintaining national safety through the enforcement of law and order. It has its headquarters in the North Tower of the NCB Towers in Kingston. It is also charged with preserving the security of Jamaica’s borders.
The Jamaica Information Service was established in 1956. [3] At its inception, the agency was first known as the Government Public Relations Office (GPRO), which was primarily concerned with issuing press releases and maintaining good relations between the press and the Government. The scope of the GPRO was widened in 1957 when it was ...
The functions of the Electoral Commission are defined by law and in summary are. Establish policies for governing the registration of electors. Conduct general elections, local government elections, by-elections or referendums. Compile and maintain the register of eligible electors. Verify the identity of eligible electors.