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Project Manager at the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), Carolyn Gardener, says roads, bridges, drains and gullies across the island have been rehabilitated under the programme.

JEEP Providing Employment While Improving Critical Infrastructure

The Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) has been fulfilling its mandate of providing employment for Jamaicans while improving the infrastructure and social amenities of the country. Project Manager at JEEP, Carolyn Gardner, said the programme, implemented in March 2012, has...

Former Minister of State-Owned Enterprises in New Zealand, Hon. Richard Prebble (centre), emphasises a point at a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (July 21). Others
(from left) are State-owned Enterprise Adviser to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Laure Darcy; and Deputy Financial Secretary with responsibility for Public Enterprises in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Ann-Marie Rhoden. The ADB team is in the island to present their report ‘Finding Balance 2014: Benchmarking the performance of State-Owned Enterprises in Island Countries’ to policy makers and senior executives of the Government of Jamaica. — Former Minister of State-Owned Enterprises in New Zealand, Hon. Richard Prebble (centre), emphasises a point at a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (July 21). Others (from left) are State-owned Enterprise Adviser to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Laure Darcy; and Deputy Financial Secretary with responsibility for Public Enterprises in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Ann-Marie Rhoden. The ADB team is in the island to present their report ‘Finding Balance 2014: Benchmarking the performance of State-Owned Enterprises in Island Countries’ to policy makers and senior executives of the Government of Jamaica.

Gov’t Looking To List Entities To Be Privatised On Jamaica Stock Exchange

Former Minister of State Owned Enterprises in New Zealand, Hon. Richard Prebble (centre), speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on July 21. Others (from left) are: Co-Author of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) publication, ‘Finding Balance 2014: Benchmarking the performance of State-Owned Enterprises in Island Countries’, Miss Laure Darcy and Deputy Financial Secretary with responsibility for Public Enterprises in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Ann-Marie Rhoden (right). Mr. Prebble and Ms. Darcy are in Jamaica to present the findings of the report to Policy makers and Senior executives of the Government.

Support for Privatization Policy

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (second left), is greeted by Acting President of the University of Technology (UTech), Ambassador Hon. Burchell Whiteman (second right) when he arrived at the UTech St. Andrew campus today (July 21), to participate in the launch of the institution’s healthy eating campaign. Also pictured (from left) are: Associate Professor and Dean of the College of Health Sciences, UTech, Dr. Ellen Campbell-Grizzle; and Country Manager, Nestlé Jamaica Limited, Jürg Blaser.

Health Minister Hails UTech Healthy Eating Campaign

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Peter Bunting. (FILE)

Minister Bunting Condemns Slaying of Two Police Constables within a Week

11 years ago Culture

JPC Takes Message of Productivity to Youth Islandwide

The Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) is taking the message of productivity to the youth through its islandwide Sensitisation Programme. The programme is being offered through youth organisations, the National Youth Service and the Youth Information Centre. It seeks to provide participants with knowledge of productivity and its personal, social and economic benefits. Senior Communications Specialist at JPC, Tenneisha Nelson, told...

11 years ago Parliament

House Approves Resolution to Reduce Duties on Horses

A Resolution allowing for a reduction in the customs duties on horses, in order to facilitate the continued viability of the racehorse industry, was approved by the House of Representatives on July 21. The Customs Tariff (Revision) (Amendment) Resolution, 2015 was approved without any further amendments. The category of horses which presently attracts a tariff of 40 per cent will...

11 years ago Culture

Youth Ministry Establishes Strategic Repositioning of the Child Protection and Residential Sector Task Force

Minister of Youth and Culture, the Honourable Lisa Hanna has established the Strategic Repositioning of the Child Protection and Residential Sector (SRCPRS) task force, to oversee the strategic review of residential care in Jamaica for children. This task force is chaired by Mrs. Grace Ann Stewart McFarlane, Senior Director in the Children's Affairs Division of the Ministry of Youth and...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.

11 years ago Education

Revised Safety and Security Manual to Address Bullying in Schools

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Revised Safety and Security Manual 2015 for schools, will address bullying within the education sector. Addressing the House of Representatives on July 21, the Minister explained that the guidelines were informed by the findings of a survey conducted by the Child Development Agency this year and include "no special categories." "The findings...

Sutherland Community Technology Centre (CTC) Manager, Paula Hurlock (left), presents Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson with a certificate of appreciation. Occasion was the CTC graduation ceremony held on July 20 at the Mona Baptist Church, University Meadows, Kingston 6. Over 250 unattached young people have been equipped with information technology skills through the programme.

11 years ago Technology

250 Unattached Youth Benefit From Information Technology Training

Over 250 unattached young people have been equipped with information technology skills through the Sutherland Community Technology Centre (CTC) programme. The young people, from inner city communities spread across Kingston and St. Andrew, St. Catherine and Clarendon, benefitted from a free three-day online course in computer, Microsoft and Internet literacy held at the Mona Baptist Church, St. Andrew. They were presented with...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey (2nd left), participates in the ceremony for the handing over of ‘Love Condoms’, donated by the United States-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), to the National Family Planning Board (NFBP). The function was held on July 20 at the NFPB’s headquarters in Kingston. Others (from left) are: Board Chairman of the NFPB, Dr. Sandra Knight; Executive Director of the board, Dr. Denise Chevannes; Bureau Chief for the Southern Region of the AHF, Michael Kahane; and Head of the Latin American Office for the AHF, Dr. Patricia Campos.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Ministry Continues to Focus on Reducing Adolescent Pregnancy

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey, says the Ministry continues to promote responsible sexual behaviour in an effort to reduce the rate of unplanned pregnancies among young adolescent girls. “Unwanted pregnancy is still a major challenge for us as a developing country. We still have a significant amount of unplanned pregnancies, which are resulting in terminated...

11 years ago National Security

National Security Ministry Tackling Root Causes Of Crime

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, says the Ministry is putting resources into tackling the root causes of crime in the country. Among the areas of focus is improving parenting, including addressing the problem of absent fathers. “We are doing a lot of work on this issue. We’re running parenting campaigns in the media, we’re supporting the Parenting Commission...