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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (fourth left), cuts the ribbon to symbolize the official re-opening of the Ministry’s newly renovated Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE) offices, during a ceremony at its North Street location in downtown Kingston on Tuesday, August 19. Also participating (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Alvin McIntosh; Senior Social Protection Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Donna Harris; and Principal Labour Market Specialist, IDB, Jacqueline Mazza. The ELE is the core component of the Ministry’s Labour Market Information System (LMIS), which is a web-based data and information source for job search and placement.

Labour Ministry’s ELE Upgraded to Provide Improved Service

Users of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE) can now enjoy improved services, following the opening of its renovated offices, on Tuesday, August 19. Located at the Ministry’s North Street building, in downtown Kingston, the...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr Fenton Ferguson (right), discusses the day’s programme with Head of the Conference of Parties Convention Secretariat, World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tibor Szilagyi (left), and PAHO/WHO Representative in Jamaica, Margareta Sköld, at a meeting which the Ministry hosted with the visiting team from the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), to gather information from stakeholders on the implementation of the Convention in their programmes, strategies, and plans. The forum was held at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston, on August 19.

Health Ministry Hosts Meeting With WHO on Tobacco Control

Deputy Managing Director with responsibility for Operations at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Kirk Finnikin, explains the new arrangements for accessing concessionary fares with the use of Smarter Cards, as of September 1, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on August 19.

Only Smarter Card Can Access Concessionary Fare Come September

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), is in discussion with Senior Director for Workforce Development and Employment at HEART Trust NTA, Denworth Finnikin on Aug.19, during an education symposium at the Sts. Peter and Paul Church Hall in St. Andrew.

Assess Students Entering Grade Seven – Rev. Thwaites

Executive Director of the Growth Secretariat at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Joseph Cox, displays a Financial Information & Real-time Matchmaking (FIRM) brochure at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s headquarters in Kingston, on August 19.

Entrepreneurs Assured of Confidentiality at Matchmaking Expo

12 years ago Justice

Legal Aid Council Assists Family of Accused in Mario Deane’s Murder

The family of Adrian Morgan, one of the persons charged in the murder of Mario Deane, has received legal assistance from the Legal Aid Council. Morgan allegedly shared a cell with Mario Deane, and was transferred to the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre on Saturday, August 9, 2014. Until that time, his family had not seen him. “The Legal Aid...

12 years ago Education

Education Ministry Looking to Assist Needy Students Taking Vocational Exams

The Ministry of Education is exploring the possibility of diverting funds normally used to pay for students to sit their compulsory Caribbean Secondary Examination Council (CSEC) subjects to assist needy students sitting vocational examinations. Portfolio Minister, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, told Region 3 School Principals and Board Chairmen in Ocho Rios last Friday, August 15, that the Government spends over...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, addresses the launch of the Mapping Jamaica’s Diaspora Project on August 15, at the Island Cuisine Restaurant in Baltimore, Maryland. Seated (l-r) are: Maryland House of Delegates Representative, Shirley Natham-Pulliam; Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Stephen Vasicannie; President of the Jamaican American Bar Association (JABA), Joan Pinnock; and President of the National Association of Jamaican and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO), Rick Nugent.

12 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaicans Urged to Participate in Online Survey for Diaspora Project

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, is encouraging Jamaicans living abroad to participate in the online survey for the Mapping Jamaica’s Diaspora Project. Speaking at the Baltimore launch of the project on Friday, August 15, Mr. Brown said the initiative, which is expected to run for 18 months, is geared towards creating...

Sherine Mullings Hughes (centre), is congratulated by Pastor of the Kitson Town Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Circuit of Churches, Wayne Smikle (2nd right), on her performance in the Caribbean Secondary Education Council (CSEC) tests. Looking on (from left) are: Vice Principals of the Kitson Town SDA Evening Institute, Granville Deleon and Errol Martin; Principal of Westmore College in St. Catherine, Leanora Taylor; and Chairman of the College, Dr. Horace Wright.

12 years ago Community

Second Chance for High School Dropout

A St. Catherine mother of two, whose formal education was interrupted at age 15, is today a proud academic achiever, with a scholarship, and is on course for a brighter future. Sherine Mullings Hughes, who hails from Top Mountain near Kitson Town, passed the four subjects she sat in this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) tests, three with distinction...

Director and Curator, Jamaica Music Museum, Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), Herbie Miller.

12 years ago Culture

Independence Signature Conversations a Success

After the successful staging of this year’s Independence Signature Conversations, there is a call for the event to be an annual one. ‘Signature Conversations’ was one of the programmes that the Ministry of Youth and Culture introduced for Jamaica Festival 2014 and involved a series of free public discussion sessions during the months of July and August, to inform and...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson.

12 years ago Foreign Affairs

Launch of the Diaspora Mapping Exercise Website

The Government of Jamaica has long declared that its most precious asset is its people and, from as early as the first Biennial Diaspora Conference hosted here in 2004, stated its interest in creating a borderless Jamaica involving all our people, wherever they reside. One of the basic requirements to achieve this ideal is the development of an effective tool...

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Devaluation Of Dollar Offers Several Prospects

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says the country stands to benefit from several opportunities, resulting from devaluation of the Jamaican dollar. Speaking at the recent monthly meeting of the Rotary Club of New Kingston at Chasers Café, St. Andrew, Dr. Phillips said there is potential for a “whole range of investment activity”, which was not previously...