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Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, speaks about the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) of JSIF, at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held at the agency’s headquarters, today (February 1).
Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, speaks about the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) of JSIF, at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held at the agency’s headquarters, today (February 1).

Thousands Benefit From Basic Needs Trust Fund Of JSIF

More than 120,000 persons have benefited from interventions implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), under its Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) programme, now in its ninth cycle. The disclosure was made by Managing Director of JSIF, Omar Sweeney,...
Attorney-at-law and member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Joy Carter (centre), who is a former ward of the State, shares a moment with some wards of the State, who have been recognised by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), for outstanding achievement in the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency (CAPE) examinations. The awards ceremony was held on Friday (January 29) at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.
Attorney-at-law and member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Joy Carter (centre), who is a former ward of the State, shares a moment with some wards of the State, who have been recognised by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), for outstanding achievement in the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency (CAPE) examinations. The awards ceremony was held on Friday (January 29) at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.

115 Wards Of The State Excel In CSEC, CAPE
Chairman of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dr. Wayne Henry, speaks at the handover ceremony of coronavirus (COVID-19) resilient supplies to operators of small agricultural and tourism enterprises in St. Ann and Trelawny, on Thursday (January 28), at Grizzly’s Plantation Cove, at Richmond Estate in St. Ann.​
Chairman of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dr. Wayne Henry, speaks at the handover ceremony of coronavirus (COVID-19) resilient supplies to operators of small agricultural and tourism enterprises in St. Ann and Trelawny, on Thursday (January 28), at Grizzly’s Plantation Cove, at Richmond Estate in St. Ann.​

JSIF Responding To Recovery Efforts Of Small Ventures
Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)
Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

Jamaica Among 36 PAHO Countries Notified Of Estimated Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines They Could Receive
Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) Kingston Chapter President, Lt. Col. (Ret
Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) Kingston Chapter President, Lt. Col. (Ret'd) Euken Mills (left), presents the President’s Award to treasurer of the Chapter’s Executive Committee and member of the 2021 Awards Planning Committee, Rev Daval Bell. The presentation was made during the Chapter’s biennial, held recently at the Leslie Rideout Hall, Kingston Bookshop, downtown Kingston.

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Minister Grange Outraged at Killing of Woman in Church

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has expressed shock and outrage at the killing of a woman during a church service in Falmouth, Trelawny on Sunday. The police report that Andrea Lowe-Garwood was in a worship session at her church on Sunday morning when a man posing as a member of the congregation walked...
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Gender Affairs

Help for Homeless Mother and Child

The woman who was featured on national television sleeping on the street with her young child is getting help. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says the woman has been taken from the street “and at this time she is in a facility with her son.” According to Minister Grange, “provision has been made...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne.
Social Security

Gov’t Committed To Establishing Special Needs Facilities In Every Parish

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, says the Government is committed to establishing special needs facilities in every parish to serve children with various types of developmental disabilities. He said that the number of children registered with the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP) has grown from 1,450 in 2016 to over 3,000 currently,...
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