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Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, addressing the launch of the EU-funded Civil Society Boost Initiative (CSBI) today (March 8) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston. At right is Executive Director of RISE Life Management Services, which is spearheading the initiative, Sonita Morin Abrahams.
Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, addressing the launch of the EU-funded Civil Society Boost Initiative (CSBI) today (March 8) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston. At right is Executive Director of RISE Life Management Services, which is spearheading the initiative, Sonita Morin Abrahams.

$68M EU Funding Support for Civil Society Initiative

The European Union (EU) has provided $68 million (€500,000) in grant funding support towards the two-year Civil Society Boost Initiative (CSBI) being implemented by RISE Life Management Services. The project aims to increase the capacity of Jamaican civil society organisations...
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw. (FILE)
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw. (FILE)

Finance Minister Announces New Revenue Measures to Earn $13.5 Billion
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer.

Ministry of Justice Promoting Peaceful Solutions to Disputes
Director of Environmental Management and Conservation at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie, gives remarks at a forum to close out the Strengthening the Operational and Financial Sustainability of the National Protected Area System (NPAS) Project, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on March 7. The forum concludes the six-year project, aimed at improving the management of protected areas. It was implemented by NEPA, in collaboration with the Jamaica National Heritage Trust, the Forestry Department and the Fisheries Division, and funded by the Global Environment Facility and executed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Director of Environmental Management and Conservation at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie, gives remarks at a forum to close out the Strengthening the Operational and Financial Sustainability of the National Protected Area System (NPAS) Project, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on March 7. The forum concludes the six-year project, aimed at improving the management of protected areas. It was implemented by NEPA, in collaboration with the Jamaica National Heritage Trust, the Forestry Department and the Fisheries Division, and funded by the Global Environment Facility and executed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Project to Safeguard Protected Areas Hailed
Caribbean Maritime Institute.
Caribbean Maritime Institute.

Minister Shaw Announces Reduction in Interests Rates on SLB Loans

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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (2nd right), engages grade-10 student of the Spanish Town High School in St. Catherine, Chamoya Williams (2nd left), in a mathematics exercise on a tablet. Occasion was the National Mathematics Expo at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies on March 9. Looking on are (from left) National Mathematics Coordinator, Dr. Tamika Benjamin; and grade-eight student of the Calabar Infant Primary and Junior High School, Roshane Hylton.
Education

Jamaicans Urged to Embrace Mathematics

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is urging Jamaicans not to fear mathematics but embrace it in order to solve complex issues. “Maths is important, and we as a people should not be afraid of mathematics. We must conquer it. We must make it fun and be able to apply it to some of the problems...
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National Safe Schools and Training Coordinator, Sergeant Tanecia Johnson (right), gets a high-five from student at St. Francis Primary and Infant School, Amanda Smith (left), during Tuesday’s (March 7) fourth staging of the National Safe Schools
National Security

Scores Gather in Mandela Park for Peace Day Concert

Messages of peace and unity, delivered through music and inspirational speeches, permeated the grounds of Mandela Park in St. Andrew on March 7, at the fourth staging of National Safe Schools’ Peace Day concert. Scores of persons, including students, gathered at the park for the high-energy concert organised by the Community Safety and Security Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force...
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Patrons like these will be able to participate in the HEART Trust/NTA ‘Try-a-skill’ Village at the Social Development Commission’s (SDC’s) CASfest at the Claude Stewart Park in Port Maria, St. Mary.
Education

Heart Skills Village for CaSfest Exposition

The Human Employment and Resource Training Trust/National Training Agency (HEART Trust/NTA) will be hosting a ‘Try-a-Skill’ Village at the Social Development Commission (SDC’s) Creative Arts and Skills Festival (CASfest) (on Friday, March 10 at the Claude Stewart Park in Port Maria, St. Mary. The village will allow interested patrons to participate in activities designed to determine their competence in specialist...
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Local Government

Great Anticipation for St. Mary CaSfest Exposition

Community groups and grassroots micro-entrepreneurs in and around St. Mary are signing up in large numbers to participate in this year’s staging of the Social Development Commission’s Creative Arts and Skills Festival (CASfest) in the parish. The event, which is scheduled for the Claude Stewart Park in Port Maria on Friday, March 10, is being staged for the third time...
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CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) National Focal Point for Barbados, Paula Byer.
Foreign Affairs

Barbadian Official in Jamaica CSME Meetings

The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) National Focal Point for Barbados, Paula Byer, is visiting Jamaica for one week of meetings with representatives of public- and private-sector entities administering the five CSME Regimes. The Regimes cover the free movement of goods, skills and capital as well as the provision of services and the right of establishment. Ms. Byer’s visit...
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The new classroom block at the Old Harbour Primary School, which was officially handed over to the school by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) on March 8.
Education

Five New High Schools to be Built

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says five new high schools are to be built at locations across the island to ease overcrowding. The areas identified are Old Harbour in St. Catherine; Christiana in Manchester; and in St. Ann and St. James. “We have about 585 primary schools and about 166 high schools. Now that we...
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