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Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis.

ODPEM Ready for 2018 Hurricane Season – Major Davis

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) says that “all critical checks and balances” have been put in place to ensure that the island is in a state-of-readiness for the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season. The forecast from the...

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Marcia Gilbert-Roberts (left); and Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of the United States in Jamaica, Eric Khant, signing copies of the Memorandum of Understanding or the Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership on Thursday (May 31) at the Ministry in New Kingston.

Jamaica and United States Sign MOU to Combat Child Trafficking

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (standing, centre), looks on while past student of the Abilities Foundation, Aziza Anderson (seated right), gets her nails manicured by cosmetology student at the Foundation, Abigail Rose (seated, left). Also observing are cosmetology instructor, Caroline Patterson (left); and Managing Director at the Abilities Foundation, Susan Hamilton. Occasion was an Abilities Day event held at the Foundation on Constant Spring Road, St. Andrew, on May 31.

Gov’t Empowering Disabled Persons Through Skills Training

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague. FILE

Task Force to Address Any Fallout from Sanctions on UC Rusal

JUTC to Introduce Tracking System

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right) and the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (second right), cut the ribbon to open the inaugural conference exhibition for ‘JA KIDS: The Jamaican Birth Cohort Study 2011’, on Wednesday (May 30) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, in Kingston. Others sharing the occasion (from left) are: Professor of Child Health, Development and Behaviour, Maureen Samms-Vaughan; Education Specialist for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Annelle Bellony; Study Director for JA KIDS, Dr. Charlene Coore Desai and Chief of Operations, IDB, Adriana Lavalley.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Study to Improve Health and Well-Being of Children

A seven-year birth cohort study conducted by a team of University of the West Indies (UWI) researchers has been presented at a two-day conference, beginning today (May 31), at the Sir Kenneth Standard Lecture Theatre. It aims to improve the health and well-being of Jamaica’s children by providing valuable data on the relationships among a wide range of family, school,...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Dr. Christine Hendricks.

8 years ago Social Security

JCPD Ready to Assist Members of Disabled Community

The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) stands ready to provide a range of well needed support services to members of the disabled community. Persons with disabilities are therefore being encouraged to register with the JCPD to receive the economic, educational and social development benefits available. Executive Director of the JCPD, Dr. Christine Hendricks, says the registration process is...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague.

8 years ago Sectoral Debate 2018/2019Transport

Minister Montague Outlines Plans to Transform Public Transport Sector

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, has outlined proposals to transform the public transportation sector and reform the operations of the Transport Authority. The Minister, who was making his contribution to the 2018/19 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 30, said that the reform programme is to be implemented after a six-month period of consultation...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (fourth left), participates in the breaking of ground for construction of the new $56-million Port Maria Market in St. Mary on Wednesday (May 30). Others from left are Butcher, Angela Murphy; Chief Executive Officer at Dutch Construction Limited, Andrew Smith; Member of Parliament for Central St. Mary, Dr. Morais Guy; Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary; Custos of St. Mary, Hon. Errol Johnson; and Coincillor for the Potrt Maria Division, Germaine Smiley.

8 years ago CommunityDevelopmentLocal Government

Gov’t to Spend $400 Million to Build and Upgrade Markets

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said some $400 million will be spent during the 2018/2019 financial year to construct and upgrade markets across the island. He said that the expenditure is the largest in recent years for the improvement of market infrastructure, noting that the investment will stimulate small-scale economic activity. He said there is...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (centre), in discussion with Programme Manager, Energy Management and Efficiency Programme (EMEP), Derian Jackson (right), during a stakeholders workshop at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) auditorium in New Kingston on Wednesday (May 30). Looking on is PCJ Group General Manager, Winston Watson.

8 years ago Energy

Gov’t Poised for Significant Savings under US$40m Energy Programme

The Government is poised to generate significant savings from the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) implementation of the US$40-million Energy Management and Efficiency Programme (EMEP). The initiative, which was launched during a stakeholders’ workshop at the PCJ Auditorium in New Kingston on Wednesday (May 30), is expected to yield a reduction of US$6 million per annum in government expenditure on...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), converses with (from left) NCB Insurance Company Limited (NCBIC) executives, Business Development Manager, Desmond Johnson, and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Vernon James; and Jamaica Information Service Director for Human Resources, Bernita Locke, during NCBIC’s pension funds seminar at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Tuesday (May 29). Mrs. Williams was the keynote speaker. The seminar was held under the theme ‘Governance for Pension Funds: A Jamaican Perspective’.

8 years ago Finance & Public ServiceSocial Security

Private Pensions Industry Can Drive Higher Levels of Growth – Minister Williams

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the local private pensions industry has the potential to spur higher levels of sustainable economic growth for Jamaica. With assets totalling approximately $521 billion as at December 2017, representing about 25 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), Mrs. Williams argued that increased pension...

Manager of the Student Assessment Unit in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Terry-Ann Thomas Gayle, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank .

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

PEP Preparations on Track

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is assuring Jamaicans that all the necessary mechanisms will be in place for the implementation of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) in 2019. Addressing a JIS Think Tank recently, Manager of the Student Assessment Unit, Terry-Ann Thomas Gayle, said that the necessary steps are being taken to ensure that there is seamless transition...