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Senior Director, Youth and Adolescents Policy Division, Ministry of Youth and Culture, Michele Small Bartley, addresses a High Level Youth Development Stakeholders Meeting and Awards Ceremony held at the University of the West Indies Mona campus on Wednesday (November 4).

Youth Workers Hailed

Senior Director in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Michele Small Bartley, has lauded the invaluable and often unrecognised contribution of youth workers to the empowerment of young persons in Jamaica. “The work that you do is important despite the...

State Minister in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (right), points out something of interest to Chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Garnett Roper (right); and Manager of Tank Weld’s Port Rio Bueno, Marianne Greaves, as they inspect material, which was part of a load shipped from the Trelawny-based port to storm-ravaged Dominica on Wednesday (November 5). The donation, valued at about $50 million, represents a joint public/private sector partnership, and included two bailey bridges, six tons of steel, 18 tons of cement, and other items. Oslo Bulk is shipping the items to Dominica.

Jamaica Sends Off $50 Million Worth Of Supplies To Dominica

Coordinator of the Greater Involvement of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (GIPA) programme at the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Ainsley Reid, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Govt’s Sustained Support For Persons With HIV/AIDS Hailed

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right); and Executive Director of the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Dr. Denise
Chevannes-Vogel, engage in light discussion shortly before signing a Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) to undertake a $39 million (€300,000) programme aimed at improving health seeking behaviour among pregnant women. The signing took place during a ceremony held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on November 3. The ceremony also involved the signing of contracts for the design and equipping of maternal and neonatal high dependency units within the public health sector. The signings fall under the $3 billion (€22 million) Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), funded by the European Union (EU), which is aimed at reducing the incidence of neonatal and maternal deaths in Jamaica. — Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right); and Executive Director of the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Dr. Denise Chevannes-Vogel, engage in light discussion shortly before signing a Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) to undertake a $39 million (€300,000) programme aimed at improving health seeking behaviour among pregnant women. The signing took place during a ceremony held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on November 3. The ceremony also involved the signing of contracts for the design and equipping of maternal and neonatal high dependency units within the public health sector. The signings fall under the $3 billion (€22 million) Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), funded by the European Union (EU), which is aimed at reducing the incidence of neonatal and maternal deaths in Jamaica.

Expectant Women To Benefit From $39 Million Programme

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams (2nd left), cuts the ribbon to formally open the Caribbean Maritime Institute’s (CMI) Integrated Work Force Development Centre (IWDC) in the Montego Bay Free Zone (MBFZ) on October 29. Others (from left) are: Minister of Education, Hon. Rev Ronald Thwaites; Assistant Vice President for Operations and Customer Affaires at the MBFZ, Gloria Henry; and Director of the IWDC, Osric Forrest.

Skills Training And Medical Centres Open In Montego Bay Free Zone

10 years ago Labour

Jamaicans Urged To Support Persons With Disabilities

Director of the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP) in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Antonica Gunter Gayle, is imploring Jamaicans to participate in activities that will benefit persons with disabilities (PWDs). She was speaking against the background of the recent staging of Digicel Foundation’s 5K Imagine Run/Walk, the proceeds of which went to people with special needs. Mrs. Gunter...

Industry, Investment, and Commerce State Minister, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (right), is shown a bag of organic charcoal by Bamboo Industry Association (BIA) President, Robert Rainford, while admiring items manufactured locally from bamboo. Occasion was the launch of the Bamboo Industry Association (BIA) on November 4 at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston. Looking on (from 2nd left) are: Director, Special Projects, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Gladstone Rose; President, Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), Hugh Johnson; and BSJ Chairman, Professor Winston Davidson.

10 years ago Commerce

Bamboo Industry Association Launched

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) and the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) have partnered to establish the country’s first ever Bamboo Industry Association (BIA). The BIA forms part of collaborations between the Ministry and private sector stakeholders to engage and heighten awareness among owners of properties with bamboo, about the potential economic values to be derived from the...

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Gov’t Committed To Providing Quality Maternal And Neonatal Care

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has reaffirmed the Government’s pledge to provide top quality treatment and care for expectant mothers and newborns in Jamaica. In demonstration of its commitment, the Government on Tuesday (November 3) signed contracts valued at $253 million with several entities for the design and equipping of maternal and neonatal high dependency units (HDUs) in...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, addresses the official launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week at the ATL Automotive Centre in Kingston on Friday October 30. The week will run from November 16 to 21 under the theme: ‘Going for G.R.O.W.T.H’.

10 years ago Commerce

Global Entrepreneurship Week A Good Opportunity For Young Business People – Hylton

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) offers young entrepreneurs the perfect opportunity to improve their skills, and develop strategies to start new businesses or expand on existing ones. “I think it is very important, particularly for the young entrepreneur or someone who’s starting out, or who has a business idea or innovation,”...

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris (right), presents 19-year old Montego Bay Community College student Mirakay Collins with the Junior Mayor trophy, after she won the coveted title in the Junior Council Competition held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre on Wednesday (October 28).

10 years ago Local Government

19-Year-Old Student Is Montego Bay Junior Mayor

Nineteen-year-old Montego Bay Community College student, Mirakay Collins, is the 2015/16 Junior Mayor for Montego Bay. She won the coveted title from a field of 17 students, who participated in the St. James Parish Council-sponsored Junior Council Competition, which was held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre on Wednesday (October 28). Her animated presentation on the topic, ‘Jamaica passed its...

Chief Economist, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Everton McFarlane addressing the Audit Committee Conference staged by the Government’s Audit Commission in collaboration with the Ministry at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on October 29.

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Auditors Urged To Carry Out Duties Effectively

Chief Economist, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Everton McFarlane, is encouraging public sector auditors to continue to carry out their duties efficiently and effectively despite the challenges they may encounter. These include: adapting to technological advancements; managing exposure to strategic and operational risks; and addressing evolution of organisations, risk profiles and compliance. “Auditors have to be aware of these changes from...

Minister with responsibility for the Public Service, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (left) embraces 2015/16 Lasco Nurse of the Year, Treveen Palmer-Miller, during Friday’s (October 30) launch of the ‘Team Jamaica Valucard for government workers, at the Super Shoppers Fair complex, Washington Boulevard, St. Andrew

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Over 100,000 Public Sector Workers To Benefit From Cash Back Programme

The country’s over 100,000 government workers are to benefit from cash rewards at select private sector establishments through the ‘Team Jamaica Valucard’ programme. The initiative, launched at the Super Shoppers Fair complex on Washington Boulevard on October 30, will see civil servants being rewarded with cash back benefits whenever they use the card to access goods and services at any...