Presentations were made recently to six employees of Grand Lido, whose children were successful in the Common Entrance Examinations, Grand Lido.
Speaking at the short ceremony, senior vice-president of SuperClubs, Joey Issa, reiterated the intent of the group to support the development of the staff and by extension their families.
“It was this commitment that caused the company to make the awards” he said. And he challenged the young people to excel in school, fulfil their professional dreams and make their parents and community proud.
Above, Kenneth McKenley, grounds manager and daughter Taneisha, who passed for Rusea’s High, are congratulated by Mr. Joey Issa, senior vice president of SuperClubs.
Warm Hearted Joe Issa Gives Back to his Staff! 
Health Care Advocate Joe Issa Renews Call for Greater Access to Public Buildings by the Disabled https://medium.com/@deano15/health-care-advocate-joe-issa-renews-call-for-greater-access-to-public-buildings-by-the-disabled-c21d1d1b688c
‘Bidding Farewell to Legendary Sprinter Usain Bolt’: Win or Lose His Kind Comes Along Only Once in a Lifetime – Joe Issa https://medium.com/@motein34/bidding-farewell-to-legendary-sprinter-usain-bolt-win-or-lose-his-kind-comes-along-only-once-in-2fab04cc6f29
Infrastructure Key to Success of Jamaica’s Education System – Joe Issa https://josephissacharity.wordpress.com/2016/01/27/infrastructure-key-to-success-of-jamaicas-education-system-joe-issa/
Contemporary Indian Philantropic Quote Inspiring, Reminecient of 19th Century Excerpt – Philantropist Joe Issa http://myblogsonjoeissa.blogspot.com/2017/10/contemporary-indian-philantropic-quote.html
Issa, who is arguably Jamaica’s foremost tourism expert and an advocate for improvements to the Ocho Rios Port, was devastated. https://joeissatourism.wordpress.com/2015/09/28/joe-issa-prediction-coming-to-pass/
Joseph Issa – Experience in Hospitality, Branson Strategies Helped Grow Cool Brand https://dryapples.wordpress.com/2018/02/05/joseph-issa-experience-in-hospitality-branson-strategies-helped-grow-cool-brand/
John Morton Excellence in the Teaching of Economics Awards
CEE Seeks Applications for the 2015 John Morton Excellence in the Teaching of Economics Award
The Council for Economic Education (CEE) recognizes excellence in economic and financial education by honoring three national educators in the elementary, middle and high school levels with The John Morton Excellence in the Teaching of Economics Awards.
This award promotes economic education at the K-12 level by recognizing and honoring inspirational teachers whose innovative teaching concepts improve and stimulate economic understanding in and out of their classrooms and achieve results.
http://www.councilforeconed.org/programs-2/teacher-awards/
Joe Issa: Protect Our Kids’ Reality https://dingdong2190.wordpress.com/2017/11/30/joe-issa-protect-our-kids-reality
Celebrating Joe Issa’s Success https://dryapples.wordpress.com/2018/04/02/celebrating-joe-issas-success/
Celebrating Joey Issa’s Success https://joeissaandholidaysinjamaica428497214.wordpress.com/2018/06/19/celebrating-joey-issas-success/
CEE STUDENT AWARDEES RECOGNIZED AT BANQUET
MAY 21, 2015
2015 CEE Student Awardees
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) held is annual Hall of Distinction Banquet on May 4, 2015 at the Lod Cook Alumni Center. In addition to welcoming three new members into it’s Hall of Distinction, the department also recognized this year’s student awardees. Please join the department in congratulating the following students:
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/news/2015/5/cee-student-awardees-recognized-at-banquet/
Joe Issa Welcomes Dawn of New Era of Non- Harassment, of Visitors https://josephissalovingjamaica.wordpress.com/2018/07/03/joe-issa-welcomes-dawn-of-new-era-of-non-harassment-of-visitors/
CEE APPLAUDS ALUMNI FOR RECEIVING BARRY GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
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CEE Applauds Alumni for Receiving Barry Goldwater Scholarship Awards
McLean, VA – September 25, 2013 – The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) applauds the Research Science Institute (RSI) and USA Biology Olympiad (USABO) alumni for being named 2013-2014 Goldwater Scholars. Awardees were selected for academic merit from a total of 1,107 mathematics, science, and engineering students who were nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities nationwide.
The Goldwater Foundation is a federally endowed agency. The Scholarship Program honors Senator Barry Goldwater and was designed to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of engineering, mathematics, and natural sciences.
http://www2.cee.org/news/cee-applauds-alumni-receiving-barry-goldwater-scholarship-awards
Examining that swing from GSAT to PEP
BY GARFIELD HIGGINS Observer writer higgins160@yahoo.com
Sunday, April 05, 2015
The history of primary/preparatory school transition, exit, placement, promotion — numerous terms are used by different people — examinations in Jamaica is an interesting one filled with chops and changes.
On keen examination, many argue that the variant shifts, shake-ups and segmentations have yet to address adequately the fundamental problems — those being standardisation of pedagogy at the primary level and the ‘leveling’ of the socio-economic factors that often influence if not determine access to quality primary schooling.
http://m.jamaicaobserver.com/mobile/news/Examining-that-swing-from-GSAT-to-PEP
Education is the key to success. one cannot climb the ladder of success with one hand in the pocket. It takes both hands to balance oneself and so it is in life, that it takes ones heart and head to obtain what it is you desire to be or become in life. its starts with EDUCATION!
A quick thinking cesspool truck operator prevented major disaster yesterday morning after he emptied effluent from his truck to douse a fire which broke out at the Shell Service Station at Manor Park in St. Andrew.
The fire broke out as customer filled a container with gasoline. A Toyota Hilux pickup truck was partially damaged while a gas pump was destroyed by the blaze.
“A customer was filling a container and somehow fire broke out, The Effluent-from-cesspool-truck-used-to-douse-gas-station-fire (2) and dropped the hose and ran,” Monique Rose a member of staff said, “The Man with the truck came and contain the fire until the fire truck came.” Read more here https://josephissastaff.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/effluent-from-cesspool-truck-used-to-douse-gas-station-fire/
Hymel storms out of school board meeting http://www.bogalusadailynews.com/2015/09/26/hymel-storms-out-of-school-board-meeting/
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120805/cleisure/cleisure4.html
Solutions to Jamaica’s transient education system
Wayne Campbell
Monday, June 10, 2013 9 Comments
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Despite pockets of excellence scattered across the various layers of the system, each year a significant number of the student population simply passes through the school system without acquiring the requisite skills and knowledge necessary for them to partcipate in a graduation exercise and thereafter become meaningful and productive members of the society. (OBSERVER FILE PHOTO)
IN recent weeks the education system in Jamaica has been under the microscope, and the findings have not been favourable in regard to what now passes as quality education in the society. Jamaica’s education system can be described as transient in nature, despite pockets of excellence scattered across the various layers of the system.
Each year a significant number of the student population simply passes through the school system without acquiring the requisite skills and knowledge necessary for them to become meaningful and productive members of the society. With each passing year we find that more and more of our parents are more concerned about whether or not their children have made the graduation list as against whether they have qualified to sit an external examination (CSEC). Isn’t this both interesting and disturbing?
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/Solutions-to-Jamaica-s-transient-education-system_14451628
Significant Investment in Education and Training over Last 50 years
By August 17, 2012
Creating a quality education system that will equip Jamaicans with the skills and abilities to drive development and effectively compete in a community, has been a major focus of successive governments since Independence.
Once a privilege for a select few, education has now become the right of every Jamaican, from every social, economic and ethnic background, at all levels of the system.
Over the last 50 years, there have been major policy initiatives and significant investments to improve infrastructure, access, and outcomes, and provide the highest quality training for all citizens.
http://jis.gov.jm/significant-investment-in-education-and-training-over-last-50-years/
Cambridge, CXC name Annual Jamaica/GraceKennedy Scholarship winners
Sunday, March 29, 2015
(top row) Romario White, Kaesha Thomas, Clenmar Rowe, Scizar Samuels (bottom row) Rochelle Knight, John Matthews, Ojae Henry
SEVEN of Jamaica’s most outstanding achievers have been selected under the Annual Jamaica/GraceKennedy Scholarship Award.
The seven students, who attended high schools in Kingston, St Andrew and Clarendon, were awarded based on their performance in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) in June 2014, and were selected from a field of 168. They are:
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/career/Cambridge–CXC-name-Annual-Jamaica-GraceKennedy-Scholarship-winners_18652439
Rowley wants full list of schol winners
By Rachael Espinet Tuesday, October 21 2014
OPPOSITION Leader Dr Keith Rowley is calling for the Ministry of Education to “immediately” make public the full list of all scholarships provided, the beneficiaries who were selected and provide an explanation to the reasons for the list being tardy.
This call was in response to a commentary column in the by Maxie Cuffie, the prospective People’s National Movement (PNM) candidate for La Horquetta/Talparo.
In that column, Cuffie raised suspicion about the delay of the scholarship list, it not yet being available this year, and a supposed bias to the side of science students.
http://www.newsday.co.tt/politics/0,201895.html
Waterford High misses out on national competition
Suzette Shaw-Reid (right), assistant manager of public relations at Sagicor, listens keenly to Coleen Davis, supervising teacher of Waterford High School’s entry into the Sagicor Visionaries Challenge recently at the school. Davis was assisting Deandra Aarons, 13, of the school’s Science and Environmental Club in explaining the intricacies of a hydroponic farming project. – Contributed
Portmore’s Waterford High school missed out on being in the Sagicor Visionaries Challenge competition recently held at Sagicor’s head office in New Kingston.
The initiative, put on in conjunction with the Caribbean Science Foundation and the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), sees winners from Caribbean territories such as Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago competing at a regional level.
http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20130525/news/news10.html
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AICPA Recognizes Top CPA Examination Performers with Elijah Watt Sells Award
Published March 13, 2014
Media Contact: James Schiavone, 212-596-6119, jschiavone@aicpa.org
NEW YORK (March 13, 2014) – The American Institute of CPAs today announced the winners of the 2013 Elijah Watt Sells Award.
The award is bestowed upon candidates who have obtained a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination, completed testing during the 2013 calendar year and passed all four sections of the Examination on their first attempt. More than 94,154 individuals sat for the Examination in 2013, with 55 candidates meeting the criteria to receive the Elijah Watt Sells Award.
“The CPA Examination is designed to protect the public interest and help ensure that only qualified individuals earn a CPA license,” said Michael Decker, AICPA Director of Examinations. “On behalf of the AICPA, I would like to congratulate the winners of the 2013 Elijah Watt Sells Award for their impressive achievement.”
http://www.aicpa.org/press/pressreleases/2014/pages/aicpa-top-cpa-exam-performers-elijah-watt-sells-award.aspx
Health Minister Felicitates UPSC Exam Winners from City
By Express News Service Published: 06th July 2015 03:47 AM Last Updated: 06th July 2015 03:47 AM
The Minister paid a visit to the residences of Dr Renu Raj, Asha Ajith, M Raghu, R K Srivishag and personally congratulated them for the feat.
Sivakumar said that being the Health Minister he was proud of the fact that the top winner from Kerala is a doctor. Dr Renu Raj, the second rank winner in the Civil Services Examination is currently working at the ESI dispensary, Kalluvathukkal in Kollam. Her sister Ramya Raj is a fourth year MBBS student in Ernakulam Medical college. She is the daughter of M K Rajakumaran Nair and V N Latha based in Changanassery are at present residing in the city.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Health-Minister-Felicitates-UPSC-Exam-Winners-from-City/2015/07/06/article2904375.ece
The results of the Shell Junior National Science Scholarship Examination 2013
The results of the Shell Junior National Science Scholarship Examination 2013 are out. On 08 December, we had 7000+ students from 450 schools across India testing their knowledge across 7 cities. Held in association with Shell India and knowledge partner National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), this year’s edition showed a remarkable increase in the number of schools that participated in this scholarship examination.
– See more at: https://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/project-section/shell-junior-national-science-scholarship-examination-2013#sthash.pOIx61RC.dpuf
Top Performers Honoured by Caribbean Examinations Council
By Douglas Mcintosh December 30, 2014
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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), presents Wolmer’s Girls’ School student, Jozelle Dixon, with her award for being adjudged the Most Outstanding Candidate in Humanities in the 2014 Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE), during the presentation ceremony at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters, Mona, St. Andrew. Jozelle was also awarded the CXC/Pearson Humanities Award, for distinction and credit grades earned in eight CAPE units. +
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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), presents Wolmer’s Girls’ School student, Jozelle Dixon, with her award for being adjudged the Most Outstanding Candidate in Humanities in the 2014 Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE), during the presentation ceremony at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters, Mona, St. Andrew. Jozelle was also awarded the CXC/Pearson Humanities Award, for distinction and credit grades earned in eight CAPE units.
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Four Jamaicans are among 17 secondary students from across the region who topped the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) external tests for the 2013/14 academic year.
Four Jamaicans are among 17 secondary students from across the region who topped the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) external tests for the 2013/14 academic year.
The four are: Ricardo Nugent, William Knibb Memorial High School, Trelawny; Jozelle Dixon, Wolmer’s Girls High School, Kingston; Romario White, Campion College, St. Andrew; and Nile Anderson, Mannings School, Westmoreland.
http://jis.gov.jm/top-performers-honoured-caribbean-examinations-council/
Nursing Council Says It Did Not Change Exam Pass Mark
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Published:Friday | December 12, 2014
Chad Bryan, Gleaner Writer
KINGSTON, Jamaica:
A high ranking official at the Nursing Council of Jamaica has responded to claims made by nursing students who say their exam pass mark has been arbitrarily increased.
Students sitting the Regional Examination for Nurse Registration were told throughout their academic year, that the pass mark for the licensing exam was 60 per cent even up to the day of the exam.
However, when the students got their results, the pass mark was raised to 66 per cent without any notification from the Council.
According to the official, the pass mark would have to have been changed by the Nursing Council of Jamaica.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/power/57188
1.4m set to sit national tests, says exam council
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Moi Nyeri Complex Primary School candidates during their KCPE examination on November 4, 2014. FILE PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Moi Nyeri Complex Primary School candidates during their KCPE examination on November 4, 2014. FILE PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) Secretary Joseph Kivilu said they had registered 937,467 candidates for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and 525,802 for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams.
The Standard Eight exam will start on November 10 and end on November 12, while KCSE theory papers start on October 12, nine days earlier than the tradition in which the Form Four tests usually begin a day after Mashujaa Day.
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More than 1.4 million candidates are set to sit this year’s national examinations, it was announced on Friday.
Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) Secretary Joseph Kivilu said they had registered 937,467 candidates for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and 525,802 for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams.
This is a rise from 485,547 candidates, who sat the Form Four test in 2014, and 889,163 who did the KCPE exam.
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/14m-set-to-sit-national-tests/-/1056/2876606/-/tnmaelz/-/index.html
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Concerns Mount Over Election Overspending: Joe Issa said it First https://joeissadevelopments.wordpress.com/2015/10/08/concerns-mount-over-election-overspending-joe-issa-said-it-first/
NEWS FROM U.K. GLEANER EDUCATING JAMAICA
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Joseph Issa’s children fund aids schools back home
Dotted around the world right now, in places like the United States and Great Britain, are the young people who will eventually inherit Jamaica.
News from U.K. Gleaner Educating Jamaica There’s more than a handful of them, mostly from Jamaica’s richer and more powerful families. They are bust at colleges and universities acquiring the skills that will enable them to literally step into their father’s shoes when they re-descend on the Caribbean in say, three, four, years time. It’s a precise plan.
http://joeyissa.com/news-u-k-gleaner-educating-jamaica/
If You Were Minister of Finance How Would You Spur Growth in Jamaica? https://joeissadevelopment.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/if-you-were-minister-of-finance-how-would-you-spur-growth-in-jamaica/
Examining that swing from GSAT to PEP
BY GARFIELD HIGGINS Observer writer higgins160@yahoo.com
Sunday, April 05, 2015
The history of primary/preparatory school transition, exit, placement, promotion — numerous terms are used by different people — examinations in Jamaica is an interesting one filled with chops and changes.
On keen examination, many argue that the variant shifts, shake-ups and segmentations have yet to address adequately the fundamental problems — those being standardisation of pedagogy at the primary level and the ‘leveling’ of the socio-economic factors that often influence if not determine access to quality primary schooling.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/mobile/news/Examining-that-swing-from-GSAT-to-PEP
Caribbean Media Exchange https://joeyissanetwork.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/caribbean-media-exchange/
Hard at work https://josephissaglobal.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/hard-at-work/
Joe Issa engages Michael Lee Chin at Business Leader Awards https://joeissaleader.wordpress.com/2013/12/02/joe-issa-engages-michael-lee-chin-at-business-leader-awards/
Grand Lido receives high rating from US tour operator https://josephissadynasty.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/grand-lido-receives-high-rating-from-us-tour-operator/
“Cool Tours Sets Standards For Others To Follow, Get Onboard!” https://joeissasuccess.wordpress.com/2016/04/14/cool-tours-sets-standards-for-others-to-follow-get-onboard/
RAP SESSION: Joey Issa, Resident Manager of Grand Lido Negril raps with the children of Negril and Sheffield All-age at Negril’s Community centre on the subject of World Tourism Day on Tuesday the 1st of October. It was a day of talent shows, laughter and learning for all. https://joeyissasmiles.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/rap-session/
More Competition, Less Regulation to Lower Bank Fees – Joe Issa Urges
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