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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, speaks at the launch of National Senior Citizens’ Week, on Friday (September 20), at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston.
The week is being celebrated from September 22 to October 1 under the theme ‘Older Persons: Partners in Social, Cultural and Economic Development’. — Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, speaks at the launch of National Senior Citizens’ Week, on Friday (September 20), at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston. The week is being celebrated from September 22 to October 1 under the theme ‘Older Persons: Partners in Social, Cultural and Economic Development’.

Labour Ministry Sets Up Registry for Skills of Older Persons

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has initiated a registry of the skills of older persons, to promote the inclusion of these persons in the labour market. Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, who made the disclosure...

Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Omar Sweeney (left); Director and Principal, National College for Educational Leadership, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (centre); and Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Barbara Allen, display folders with copies of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on Monday (September 23) at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. The MOU makes provision for an Inclusive School Leadership Programme for school administrators.

School Administrators to be Trained to Better Serve Special Needs Students

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, looking at one of the new motorcycles that were handed over to the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), at a ceremony on Friday (September 20,) at the Office of the Commissioner of Police, Old Hope Road, St. Andrew.

Electronic Warrant Module for Traffic Violations to be Piloted October

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Collette Roberts Risden (right), converses with (from left) Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA) President, Richard Pandohie; Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) President, Helene Davis Whyte; and Senior Director in the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) Social Policy Planning and Research Division, Easton Williams. Occasion was the PIOJ’s seventh annual Labour Market Forum on Wednesday (September 18), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. The event was staged jointly with the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) Kingston Office.

Migration Has Helped Shape Jamaica’s Economic And Sociocultural Frameworks

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (standing), emphasises a point while addressing Thursday’s (September 19) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.

Senate Approves Extension Of States Of Public Emergency In St. Catherine And Clarendon

(FILE)Communication and Customer Services Manager at the National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw.

6 years ago TransportWorks / Construction

Hagley Park Road Project 85 Per Cent Complete

The Hagley Park Road Improvement Project is approximately 85 per cent complete. National Works Agency (NWA) Manager for Communication and Customer Services, Stephen Shaw, told JIS News in a recent interview that the drainage network is about 90 per cent complete with works to be done on the storm-water drains in the Three Miles area. “We still have some work...

Parish Health, Promotion and Education Officer at the St. James Public Health Services, Julian Grandison Mullings.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

St James Health Services Intensifies Vector Control Public Education Campaign

The St. James Public Health Services has intensified its public education campaign to sensitise residents about the need to take personal responsibility in the fight against dengue. Parish Health, Promotion and Education Officer, Julian Grandison Mullings, says a number of people have been turning up at health centres with symptoms of dengue, and urges individuals to take the necessary precaution...

Westmoreland public health workers participate in a march in support of breastfeeding in Darliston on Tuesday (September 17).

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Gov’t to Review Laws That Support Breastfeeding

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that stakeholders are being engaged to review and improve national laws that support breastfeeding. In a message delivered by Public Health Nurse, Debbion Pinnock Harvey, at Westmoreland Public Health Services’ ‘Breastfeeding March and Road Show’ in Darliston on Tuesday (September 17), Dr. Tufton noted that the objective is to...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, delivers a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 17).

6 years ago Energy

Decision to Subsume PCJ Into Energy Ministry Will Improve Efficiency and Oversight

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says Cabinet’s decision to subsume the core functions of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) into the Ministry will result in cost efficiency in operations and allow Government to have a more comprehensive grasp of the nation’s energy sector. “It will remove the disconnect that seems inherent in Ministry/parastatal relationships and...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers Statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday, September 10.

6 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime MinisterWorks / Construction

Master Drainage Plan Completed for the Entire Island

The Government of Jamaica has completed a comprehensive national drainage plan to improve the drainage system which will put an end to the flooding in the Corporate Area as well as several flood-prone towns such as May Pen, Santa Cruz and Port Maria. “When we are done, the entire Jamaica will be fully developed. Indeed, improving our road infrastructure is...

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, speaking during the sitting of the House of Representatives on September 10.

6 years ago Education

Four More Schools To Be Removed From Shift

Four schools will be removed from the shift system in the 2019/20 fiscal year at a total cost of $93.9 million. They are Exchange All-Age School in St. Ann, which will be upgraded at a cost of $21.9 million; Albert Town High School, Trelawny, $30 million; Cedric Titus High School, Trelawny, $12 million; and Port Antonio High, Portland, $30 million....

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Funds Approved for Upgrading of Health Facilities In Clarendon

The Government has earmarked millions of dollars for the upgrading of health facilities in the parish of Clarendon. Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said that some $240 million has been approved for work at the May Pen Hospital; $132 million for the May Pen West Health Centre; and another $20 million for the Mocho clinic. He...