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Community Colleges in tomorrow's society will demand the new skill sets needed to facilitate better collaborative and consultative work which can bring college and community into a unified system. The view was expressed by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller in an address Wednesday (January 09) to the 17th Conference of the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCJ) Conference 2013...

As at September, 2012, some 57.5 per cent of children in State care were in Living in Family Environment (LIFE) Programmes, which are alternatives to placing children in child care facilities. CEO of the Child Development Agency, Carla Francis Edie, said the agency is on an intense drive to increase the number of children in LIFE programmes this year. LIFE...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is calling on Community Colleges to be more assertive, and to rescue the high percentage of the Jamaican workforce that has no certification. He added that many of the difficulties and challenges faced by community colleges result from inadequate literacy and numeracy among the applicants for entry into those institutions, and as...

Just over 3,000 residents of Majestic Gardens, Seaview Gardens, and Riverton City in St. Andrew will benefit from rehabilitation works to be carried out on sewerage facilities serving those communities. This will be done at a cost of $745 million, under the National Water Commission’s (NWC) Sector F Sewerage Systems Rehabilitation Project. Contracts for the 24-month project were signed on...

The three day Special Meeting of the Cabinet got underway at 11 o'clock this morning at Jamaica House. In attendance is the full complement of Cabinet Ministers along with several Technical Advisors as well as the Governor of the Bank of Jamaica and the Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica. Among the matters before this Special Meeting are...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is inviting proposals for short-term social intervention programmes under its Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP). The initiative, now in its third phase, is jointly funded by the European Union (EU) and the Government of Jamaica. JSIF hassuccessfully implemented phases one and two of the programme and in this third segment, which focuses on a number...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, says phase two of the Black River Market is to begin soon with the objective of completing the project this year. “We have just completed phase one of this fantastic project. It will benefit the farmers and citizens of St. Elizabeth, Black River, in particular. We will move quickly on...

Plans by United States-based technology solutions firm, GreenRG Management, LLC, to commence manufacturing operations locally, could yield employment for up to 50 persons, in the first instance. The company, which specialises in manufacturing solar energy products, could commence operations in Jamaica as early as the second quarter of 2013. GreenRG, which is widely known for products such as solar powered...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says she will be engaging the Maroon communities in a cultural mission for the protection of Jamaica’s children. “We want to engage Accompong and other Maroon communities to collaborate with the Government this year to initiate a cultural transformation in our country,” Minister Hanna said, as she addressed the 275th anniversary celebrations...

The following statement was issued on Tuesday (January 8) by Attorney General Patrick Atkinson on the recent news release from the Acting Contractor General referring the Cabinet to the DPP for Criminal Prosecution. The statement reads: “The Cabinet of Jamaica has asked me to re-emphasize that while it is driven to improve the country’s economic prospects by attracting foreign investments...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) will be rolling out a new strategic plan geared towards improving customer service, Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby, has informed. “This will be a first for the KSAC and comes out of the strategic priorities on which we are focused… The customer service strategy and plan will lay the foundation for...

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing will be implementing a number of long, medium and short-term projects in 2013, to further improve the road network for all users. Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, says among the planned initiatives for this year, are changes in favour of pedestrians at the various signalised intersections in...