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Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (right), in discussion with Operations Director, S&G Road Surfacing Materials Ltd, James Sampson while touring sections of the Port Royal Coastal Revetment Project recently. The World Bank loan-funded development is being coordinated by JSIFand implemented under the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP). The project aims to create protective infrastructure along the Port Royal Street corridor that will safeguard it against the effects of potential storm surges resulting from climate change. This thoroughfare is deemed integral to the east-west transportation network in the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA).
Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (right), in discussion with Operations Director, S&G Road Surfacing Materials Ltd, James Sampson while touring sections of the Port Royal Coastal Revetment Project recently. The World Bank loan-funded development is being coordinated by JSIFand implemented under the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP). The project aims to create protective infrastructure along the Port Royal Street corridor that will safeguard it against the effects of potential storm surges resulting from climate change. This thoroughfare is deemed integral to the east-west transportation network in the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA).

PHOTOS: JSIF Managing Director Tours Port Royal Coastal Revetment Project

 
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COVID-19 Update for Sunday, July 25, 2021
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), presents a trophy to the winner of the 2021 Jamaica Festival Song Competition, Reggae artiste, Stacey Scarlett Bryan (left), at a virtual presentation show held Thursday (July 22) at the National Indoor Sports Centre, Kingston. Looking on is Digicel Brand Marketing Manager, Reshima Kelly-Williams. The Reggae artiste also received a cheque for $3 million.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), presents a trophy to the winner of the 2021 Jamaica Festival Song Competition, Reggae artiste, Stacey Scarlett Bryan (left), at a virtual presentation show held Thursday (July 22) at the National Indoor Sports Centre, Kingston. Looking on is Digicel Brand Marketing Manager, Reshima Kelly-Williams. The Reggae artiste also received a cheque for $3 million.

Reggae Artiste Stacey Scarlet Bryan Wins Festival Song Competition
Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic.
Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic.

New Canadian High Commissioner To Focus On Strengthening Relations With Jamaica
Director of the Island Traffic Authority, Kenute Hare
Director of the Island Traffic Authority, Kenute Hare

Motorcyclists Implored To Wear Protective Gear

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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), offers words of encouragement to (from second left), Jevon Josephs; and Roshane Johnson, who are among the second batch of 50 students who will be participating in the Coding in Schools Pilot Programme being undretaken by the MInistry. Ocassion was a ceremony held on Thursday (July 22) at the Amber/HEART Academy, housed at the Stony Hill HEART Academy in St. Andrew for the electronic handover of $18 million by the NCB Foundation to facilitate the training of this new cohort of students under the programme.
EducationTechnology

Another 50 Students To Be Trained In Coding

Another 50 students will participate in the Coding in Schools Pilot programme being undertaken by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. The training for this second batch of student coders is being facilitated through sponsorship of $18 million from the NCB Foundation. The funds were electronically handed over on Thursday (July 22) during a ceremony at the Amber/HEART Academy,...
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Manager, Trafficking in Persons Secretariat, Ministry of National Security, Chenee Russell Robinson, speaks at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held on Tuesday, July 20 at the JIS
National Security

NATFATIP Assisting Victims Of Human Trafficking

The Ministry of National Security (MNS) National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP) says that the reintegration of victims of trafficking into society is a crucial aspect of the Task Force’s mandate. The NATFATIP was established in June 2005 as a multi-agency approach to enhance national capacity and develop and implement Jamaica’s legislative, institutional and operational response for combatting...
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High Alert Activated For Missing Child, Geovanni Porteous

A High Alert has been activated for 11-year-old Geovanni Porteous otherwise called ‘Geovie’, of Mount Peace, Dias in Hanover who has been missing since Wednesday, July 21. He is of dark complexion, slim build and about 122 centimetres (4 feet) tall. Reports from the Lucea Police are that about 11:30 a.m., Geovanni was last seen in Lucea.When last seen he...
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Ananda Alerts

High Alert Activated For Missing Child, Nathan Ellis

A High Alert has been activated for 6-year-old Nathan Ellis of Woodly Drive, Olympic Gardens, Kingston 11 who has been missing since Tuesday, July 20. He is of dark complexion, slim build and about 104 centimeters (3 feet 5 inches) tall. Reports from the Olympic Gardens Police are that about 11:00 a.m., Nathan was last seen wearing an orange shirt...
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Acting Principal Director for the Spatial Data Management Division, Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Raymond Poyser.
Urban Renewal

New Spatial Data Tool To Help With Gov’t Planning

The Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change has implemented a National Spatial Planning Information Technology (NSPIT) platform to assist with planning, development, and investment decisions related to the National Spatial Plan (NSP). Acting Principal Director for the Spatial Data Management Division within the Ministry, Raymond Poyser, told JIS News that the NSPIT was conceptualised and developed as...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, delivers the keynote address during the opening ceremony for the seventh ‘Christmas in July’ tradeshow at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Thursday (July 22).
Tourism

Tourism Earnings To Reach US$ 1.5 Billion, 1 Million Visitors By August 31

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica is poised to generate approximately US$1.5 billion in earnings from some one million visitor arrivals by the end of August as the sector rebounds from the ravages of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. He said the projections are based on out-turns over the last seven months during which nearly 700,000 tourists visited the island’s...
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