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The HEART Trust/National Training Agency (NTA), has embarked on several initiatives aimed at creating a Jamaican workforce that, beyond being technically competent, is also ready for work. "We will have spaces where people actually learn what is required in the workplace, so when you go to the workplace you are not there to train but to work," Executive Director of...

Minister of National Security, Senator Hon. Dwight Nelson, has assured members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) that the Government is working assiduously to bring closure to their salary negotiations. "There have been differences in the way we believe we should go forward but, let me assure you that, we are determined to find a way to achieve finality in...

Mother of World and Olympic sprint champion, Usain Bolt, Jennifer Bolt, has been chosen as the first recipient of the International Mothers of Distinction (IMOD) Award. The announcement was made recently at a press conference, held at the offices of the Jamaican Consulate General in Toronto, Canada, and attended by Jamaica's Consul General to Toronto, Seth George Ramocan and Usain's...

Jamaicans will be able to taste, see, feel and enjoy the country's tourism product at the 2010 Experience Jamaica Fun Day and Exposition on Sunday, September 5, on the South Lawn of Devon House. The event, which is being staged by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), as part of initiatives to encourage persons resident in Jamaica to vacation on the...

The Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, and Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Thomas Western, Hon. James Robertson, are satisfied with the quality of river training works being carried out along the banks of the Yallahs River. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded project commenced last year. To date, two phases have been completed at a cost of...

Members of Parliament for St. Thomas, Hon. James Robertson (West) and Dr. Fenton Ferguson (East), have welcomed implementation of the Government's multi-billion dollar Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), in the parish. The US$400 million ($36 billion) project, being financed through a loan agreement between Jamaica and the government of China, will see major rehabilitation of major and parochial roads as...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Anthony Johnson, was among the guests at an event hosted by HarperCollins publishers in the United Kingdom, to launch the book, 'Usain Bolt: 9.58'. The event, which was held at the HarperCollins offices in Hammersmith, London, on September 1, was billed as a 'Meet and Greet with Usain Bolt', where guests...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has assured that the Government is not interested in getting into a quarrel with the media. Mr. Vaz, who was addressing journalists at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, today (Sept. 1), was responding to recent reports relating to the Prime Minister and his comments made...

The Citizens Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) is in the process of hiring residents as assistants to officers working on the ground as part of efforts to enable the programme to effectively carry out its objectives. Programme Manager, at the CSJP, Mr. Simeon Robinson tells JIS News that the assistants will aid in the mobilisation of services within the various...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, is confident that there will be a smooth start to the 2010/2011 academic year. "From the Ministry's perspective, we have provided the education system with the requisite resources for a seamless start up," he noted, while addressing journalists on September 1, during a back-to-school press briefing at the Ministry, in Kingston. Minister of Education,...

The St. Thomas leg of the Government's multi-billion dollar Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) was launched on Wednesday (September 1), during a ceremony at the Paul Bogle Round-a-Bout, Morant Bay. The US$400 million ($36 billion) project, being financed by the governments of Jamaica and China, will see major rehabilitation of major and parochial roads, as well as the construction and...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is seeking to expand its offerings with plans to introduce an employment registry, aimed at matching workers with jobs. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, made the announcement, today (September 1), at the official launch of National Employers' Month, at the offices of the Jamaica Employers Federation, in St. Andrew....