Jobs in Jamaica: Library Assistant
JOB TITLE: Library Assistant LOCATION: The Heart Trust/NTA, Culloden Vocational Training Center, Whitehouse, Westmoreland DESCRIPTION: Assists with managing the operations of the library providing print and automated reference material to support the work of trainees QUALIFICATIONS: Four (4) CXC/GCE O’Level subjects including English Language; NVQ Level II, Library Assistant; At least two (2) years’ experience […]
Jobs in Jamaica: Lecturer in Sociology
JOB TITLE: Lecturer in Sociology LOCATION: University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago DESCRIPTION: Teaching at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in any three (3) of the assigned areas (Sociological Theory, Research Methods, Introduction to Sociology, Caribbean Social Structure and Sociology of Development); Supervision of postgraduate students. QUALIFICATIONS: Must possess a PhD […]
Jobs in Jamaica: Professor of Pediatrics
JOB TITLE: Professor of Pediatrics LOCATION: University of the West Indies, Mona DESCRIPTION: Providing overall visionary leadership and new direction in the discipline of Pediatrics in the Department; Providing very strong advocacy for the Department at all levels; Creating and maintaining positive and productive relationships with local private and public sector stakeholders as well as […]
Jamaican bestselling novelist, Marlon James and other award-winning authors for Caribbean Month WORDFest
Tracey Baptiste, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor; Marlon James Saturday, June 6, 2015 The Writers Are Coming! Bestselling novelist, Marlon James, celebrated poetess, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, and award-winning children’s book author, Tracey Baptiste, headline this year’s WORD! – A Caribbean Book Fest. This annual coming together of authors, readers and literary curious returns on Saturday, June 6 to the Medgar […]
Kimone Gooden elected as the new Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board member for the West/ Midwest Region USA.
Kimone Gooden of Northern California is the new Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board member for the West/ Midwest Region USA. Beginning June 2015, she will serve as Advisor to the Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade for at least two years. Leo Gilling, the current leader in that region leaves office […]
12 Questions for an Expat in Jamaica – Ximena Ungureanu from Spain
Ximena Ungureanu has lived in Jamaica for a year and works for a small newspaper in Spain. She is the administrator of the Facebook pages Kingston Expat Market and Kingston Expat Jamaica. Ximena is a passionate traveler who loves a great adventures and provides travel tips on ViviendoAventuras. She recently started a Spanish food catering business in Jamaica called […]
SMILE JAMAICA:“The richness of our culture!!!! ” – Dr. Sue
We have started a feature “Smile Jamaica” to highlight some positives about Jamaica. This week we ask Dr. Sue “What about Jamaica makes you smile?” Everything… The rhythm of our language The warmth of our people The richness of our culture!!!! – Dr. Sue, author of the book “The Ode to Miss Lou“(See Interview) The “Smile […]
Panelists Announced! – Salone Di Cultura – Citta’ Aperta – Presented by Daniela Nardi’s Espresso Manifesto, June 23rd, 2015, Toronto
WHO: Daniela Nardi’s Espresso Manifesto WHAT: Salone di Cultura: Citta’ Aperta (Open City) feat. Daniela Nardi, Mark Hayward, Mary Wiens, Pina Petricone, Angela Pacienza, Cristiano DeFlorentiis, Lina Allemano, and Massimo Bruno WHERE: Bata Shoe Museum, 327 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON WHEN: Tuesday, June 23rd @ 7:00 pm TICKETS: $75 RSVP in advance at [email protected] […]
More Than 1,000 Health Care Workers to Be Trained Under PROMAC
Over 1,000 health care workers attached to primary and secondary health centres and hospitals islandwide, are to receive training over the next six months, under a special Ministry of Health programme, to strengthen their capacity to deliver maternal and child health care. The training exercise, to be delivered under the Ministry’s four-year $2.8 billion (€22 […]
St. Thomas Residents Happy With Work at Rudolph Elder Park
Residents of St. Thomas are happy with the work done on Labour Day (May 25) to beautify and rehabilitate the Rudolph Elder Park in Morant Bay. “I am happy they chose our park for the National Labour Day project. It is full time now we have something like this in St. Thomas, because we too […]