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Director of Citizenship at the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Carol Hammond. Photo courtesy of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency
Director of Citizenship at the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Carol Hammond. Photo courtesy of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency

Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference to Feature the ‘Gov’t at Your Service’

Visiting participants in the upcoming Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference, slated for July 23 to 26 in Kingston, will experience the benefits of the ‘Government at Your Service’ one-stop shop facility, which will be utilised at the event. This provision will...
Home constructed under the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) Sandhill Vista housing development programme in Hellshire, St. Catherine, which were handed over to beneficiaries in 2015 (FILE)
Home constructed under the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) Sandhill Vista housing development programme in Hellshire, St. Catherine, which were handed over to beneficiaries in 2015 (FILE)

Improved Benefits to NHT Contributors Take Effect
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Lieutenant Colonel Oral Khan (left), shares in light conversation with (from 2nd left): Policy Advisor, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, Government of Netherlands, Arthur Eijis; Executive Director, Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association, Patricia Aquing; and Head, Caribbean Sub-Regional Office, United Nations Environment, Vincent Sweeney. Occasion was the opening ceremony for the Caribbean Waste Management Conference held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on July 4.
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Lieutenant Colonel Oral Khan (left), shares in light conversation with (from 2nd left): Policy Advisor, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, Government of Netherlands, Arthur Eijis; Executive Director, Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association, Patricia Aquing; and Head, Caribbean Sub-Regional Office, United Nations Environment, Vincent Sweeney. Occasion was the opening ceremony for the Caribbean Waste Management Conference held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on July 4.

Gov’t to Launch Four-Year Waste-Management Programme
Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Manager, Paulette Sutherland.
Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Manager, Paulette Sutherland.

JCDC KSA Talent Search Under Way
Global Diaspora Director of Country Style Community Tourism Network, Rudi Page.
Global Diaspora Director of Country Style Community Tourism Network, Rudi Page.

Mobay Vendors Collaborate with Diaspora Communities in UK

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Tourism

New District Constables to Operate in Specific Areas

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says District Constables (DCs) who have been trained under the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) programme will be given strict orders as to the areas in which they must operate. Addressing a graduation ceremony for 90 newly trained DCs at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James, on July 4, the Minister said the...
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Community

Official Funeral for Carlyle Dunkley

The former Senator and Minister of Government, Hon. Carlyle Dunkley, has been accorded an official funeral by the Government. The Service of Thanksgiving will take place at the University Chapel, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, on Wednesday (July 5), commencing at 10:00 a.m. Mr. Dunkley, who died on June 21, served Jamaica for more than 40 years in various posts...
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Tourism

New TPDCO District Constables Urged to Take Role Seriously

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has charged graduates of the Tourism Product Development Company’s (TPDCo) District Constable (DC) programme to take seriously the role they must play in safeguarding Jamaica’s tourism sector. Speaking at the graduation ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Tuesday (July 4), Minister Bartlett said now, more than ever, all hands are...
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Labour

Labour Ministry to begin Pre-Selection of Persons for Farm Work Programme

The Ministry of Labour  and Social Security is advising that no recruitment for  the Overseas Employment Programme will begin on June 26. Instead,  the Ministry will begin the pre-selection of persons who already submitted farm work applications in May. The programme provides opportunities for hundreds of Jamaicans on Canadian and American farms yearly. Recruitment for the programme is done based...
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Labour

Labour Ministry to begin Preselection of Persons for Farm Work Programme

The Ministry of Labour  and Social Security is advising that no recruitment for  the Overseas Employment Programme will begin on June 26. Instead,  the Ministry will begin the preselection of persons who already submitted farm work applications in May. The programme provides opportunities for hundreds of Jamaicans on Canadian and American farms yearly. Recruitment for the programme is done based...
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Members of the National Child Month Committee (in background), with 19 recipients of awards at the handing over ceremony on June 23 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. The students from non-traditional high schools across the island achieved academic excellence at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) level and demonstrated a spirit of volunteerism.
Youth

Students Honoured by National Child Month Committee

Students from 19 non-traditional high schools across the island have been honoured by the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) for outstanding performance and community service,  through its Academic Awards Programme. Now in its fourth year, the Programme recognizes the accomplishments of young persons from non-traditional high schools in each parish, who have achieved academic excellence at the Caribbean Secondary Education...
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Chief Executive Officer of Jamalco, Mr. Antonio Melo (right), hands over a certificate of title to Ms. Sheila Hutchinson, who was one of 31 resettled land vendors who received titles for their land from the bauxite mining company at a handing over ceremony at Halse Hall Great House in Clarendon, on June 23. In the background are: Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry (right) and Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Rudyard Spencer.
Community

Jamalco Hands Over Titles

Thirty-one families were presented with titles by Jamalco on June 23, as the company seeks to bring closure to its land settlement agreements with persons in several communities in Clarendon.           Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, congratulated the bauxite mining company for the initiative, which saw persons who had been resettled as a result of mining activities...
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