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Senior Manager for Leadership Development at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) and Conference Coordinator, Georgia Sinclair (right), addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, today (June 27). Listening (from left) are Chief Executive Officer, MIND, Dr. Ruby Brown, and Director, Business Development and Communication, MIND, Prudence James-Towsend.

MIND Hosts Regional Public Sector Leadership Development Conference July 9 – 12

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) continues its commitment to advancing transformation and modernisation in the public sector, through the upcoming Regional Public Sector Leadership Development Conference, scheduled for July 9 to 12, 2024. Themed: ‘Sustaining Public Sector Transformation...

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NET Urges Continued Support for Education Sector

Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addresses Wednesday’s (June 26) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

Construction of Highway 2000 Off-Ramp at Freetown Programmed for Completion in Early 2025

Sharing in team NHT’s excitement is The Honourable Pearnel Charles Jr. MP, Minister of Labour and Social Security (fourth right) and Dr. the Honourable Norman Dunn, Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (fourth left).

Team NHT (from left): Ainsley McDonald, Acting Manager, Loan Accounting; Roshane
Thompson, Acting Loan Portfolio Officer; Shaniek Robinson, Acting ISO 9001 Project
Manager; Dr Suzanne Wynter, General Manager Loan Manager; Dr Lanie Oakley-Williams, Senior General Manager, Customer Relations Management; Damion Reid,
Acting Manager, Loan Management and Shirley Pryce, Senior Social Development
Officer. — Sharing in team NHT’s excitement is The Honourable Pearnel Charles Jr. MP, Minister of Labour and Social Security (fourth right) and Dr. the Honourable Norman Dunn, Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (fourth left). Team NHT (from left): Ainsley McDonald, Acting Manager, Loan Accounting; Roshane Thompson, Acting Loan Portfolio Officer; Shaniek Robinson, Acting ISO 9001 Project Manager; Dr Suzanne Wynter, General Manager Loan Manager; Dr Lanie Oakley-Williams, Senior General Manager, Customer Relations Management; Damion Reid, Acting Manager, Loan Management and Shirley Pryce, Senior Social Development Officer.

NHT Wins Inaugural Public Sector Productivity Competition

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with direct oversight for Skills, Digital Transformation and Information, Senator the Hon. Dr. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses the eGov Digital Public Service Strategic Discussion at Jamaica House, on June 26.

Government Seeking to Provide More Affordable Broadband Service

2 years ago CommerceIndustryInvestmentJamaican Diaspora

Exporters Encouraged to Apply for Certificates of Origin

The Trade Board Limited (TBL) is encouraging exporters to apply for certificates of origin to benefit from duty concessions. Issuing of the certificate of origin enables qualifying Jamaican products, exported under various preferential trade agreements, to be granted concession in the form of duty free or reduction of duty. Public Relations Officer at the TBL, Rushelle Whyte, said that having...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), gives an update on the construction of the Western Children and Adolescent Hospital (WCAH), during a press briefing at the Royalton Negril Hotel on Tuesday (June 25). He is joined at the head table by (from left) Regional Director, Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), St. Andrade Sinclair; Senior Medical Officer, WCAH, Dr. Carleene Grant Davis; Director of Nursing, WCAH, Allison Chambers; and Clinical Coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Delroy Fray.

2 years ago Health & Wellness

Staff Being Recruited to Fill 1,208 Posts at Western Children and Adolescent Hospital

Recruitment is under way to fill 1,208 positions at the Western Children and Adolescent Hospital (WCAH) in St. James, says Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. The facility, which is currently under construction, will provide medical services for youngsters up to 18 years old across western parishes. It is scheduled for completion in June 2025. Addressing...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), breaks ground for the Brown

2 years ago Water

Government Commits to Providing Potable Water to Residents Across the Island

The Government is fully committed to providing reliable supplies of potable water to residents across the island, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. Speaking to residents, business interests and other stakeholders at a ground-breaking ceremony for a pipe installation project in Retreat, St. Ann, on June 21, Mr. Holness said that residents will be seeing Minister without Portfolio...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the recent opening of the multibillion-dollar New Brunswick Village in Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

2 years ago DevelopmentHousingOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Gov’t Looking at Providing Lands for Housing Development

Government is looking at a programme to make lands available for housing development as part of measures to drive down housing costs for Jamaicans. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, in making the disclosure at the recent opening of Sagicor Group’s New Brunswick Village in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, said the objective is to make construction of houses more...

2 years ago Transport

JUTC to Receive 100 Additional CNG Buses in July

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) is slated to receive 100 additional new compressed natural gas (CNG) buses in July. These will bring the total number of new buses introduced into the public transportation system since May 2023 to 171. This was disclosed by Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during Wednesday’s (June 26) post-Cabinet press...

Compliance Manager for the National Housing Trust (NHT), Garth Evans, speaks at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, today (June 26).

2 years ago HousingOffice of the Prime Minister

NHT Accepting Applications for Contribution Amnesty Programme

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and registered charitable institutions facing financial hardships are being urged to submit applications under the National Housing Trust (NHT) Contribution Amnesty Programme. The initiative aims to facilitate their recovery and offer relief from interest and penalties on outstanding contributions for eligible entities and will run through to March 2025. Eligible organisations include those that...

Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Marina Young, receives a cheque from Lead Researcher for the Mitigating Effects of Heat Stress in Caribbean Animal Production Project, Langston University in the United States (US), Dr. Ryszard Puchala. The initiative, which is being facilitated through partnership with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), will benefit nine small ruminant farmers across the country.

2 years ago AgricultureEducation

Nine Small Ruminant Farmers Benefiting from RADA-Langston University Partnership

Nine small ruminant farmers across the country are benefiting from a project facilitated through partnership between the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and the Langston University in Oklahoma, United States. The Mitigating Effects of Heat Stress in Caribbean Animal Production Project, valued at US$30,000, began in May. The initiative also involves collaboration with the College of Agriculture, Science and Education...