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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), shares in the symbolic handover of a cheque valued at $20 million by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) to benefit community entrepreneurs under the Enterprise Development Project. Others from (second left) are Managing Director, JSIF, Omar Sweeney; beneficiaries Lorna Green and Shawn Castell; Opposition Spokesperson on Education and Training, Dr. Angela Brown Burke; and Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. Occasion was the official launch of the project at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on December 16.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), shares in the symbolic handover of a cheque valued at $20 million by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) to benefit community entrepreneurs under the Enterprise Development Project. Others from (second left) are Managing Director, JSIF, Omar Sweeney; beneficiaries Lorna Green and Shawn Castell; Opposition Spokesperson on Education and Training, Dr. Angela Brown Burke; and Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. Occasion was the official launch of the project at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on December 16.

115 Community Entrepreneurs To Benefit From JSIF’s $20-Million Enterprise Development Project

A total of 115 entrepreneurs from six communities across the island will benefit from business support under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) $20-million Enterprise Development Project. The entrepreneurs are from the communities of Salt Spring and Anchovy in St....
Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) General Manager in charge of Finance, Orville Hill.
Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) General Manager in charge of Finance, Orville Hill.

Tucker Community Benefits From JSIF-Poverty Reduction Programme Training Initiative
Community Development Officer with the Social Development Commission (SDC), Denzil Kerr (third left), assists Claudette Walters (in wheelchair), after presenting her with the unit, donated by Food For the Poor (FFP), at her home in Kitson Town, St. Catherine, on December 8. Sharing the moment (from left) are daughter of Miss Walters, Natoye Ferguson; SDC Field Supervisor, Janice Golding Williams; President of the Kitson Town Central Citizens Association, Carmen Barton, and executive member of the Association, Carole Morgan.
Community Development Officer with the Social Development Commission (SDC), Denzil Kerr (third left), assists Claudette Walters (in wheelchair), after presenting her with the unit, donated by Food For the Poor (FFP), at her home in Kitson Town, St. Catherine, on December 8. Sharing the moment (from left) are daughter of Miss Walters, Natoye Ferguson; SDC Field Supervisor, Janice Golding Williams; President of the Kitson Town Central Citizens Association, Carmen Barton, and executive member of the Association, Carole Morgan.

Two Amputees In Kitson Town Receive Wheelchairs
The mobile Technical Assistance Centre on location and Hartley Eugene Thompson II, UNDP Engineer/Architect Technical Assistance Centres in The Bahamas on location with the mobile service.
The mobile Technical Assistance Centre on location and Hartley Eugene Thompson II, UNDP Engineer/Architect Technical Assistance Centres in The Bahamas on location with the mobile service.

Caribbean’s First Mobile Technical Assistance Centres Take Hurricane Resilient Home Repair Services to Abaco & Grand Bahama
The Civil Servants of the Year for 2020: Juliet Lakeman (second left); Stephen Williams (fourth left) and Marie Hall (fifth left), display their awards at a ceremony held on December 4 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston. With them (from left) are: Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, First Heritage Co-operative Credit Union Limited (FHC), Leodis Douglas; Chairman of the Board of Directors, FHC and President of the Jamaica Civil Service Association, O’Neil Grant and Chief Executive Officer at FHC, Roxann Linton.
The Civil Servants of the Year for 2020: Juliet Lakeman (second left); Stephen Williams (fourth left) and Marie Hall (fifth left), display their awards at a ceremony held on December 4 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston. With them (from left) are: Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, First Heritage Co-operative Credit Union Limited (FHC), Leodis Douglas; Chairman of the Board of Directors, FHC and President of the Jamaica Civil Service Association, O’Neil Grant and Chief Executive Officer at FHC, Roxann Linton.

Three Outstanding Workers Chosen Civil Servants of the Year for 2020

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A section of the breakaway roadway in Mocho, St. James, which was toured by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington; Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis, and officials from the National Works Agency (NWA), on November 25.
Community

Minister Says Roads Have To Be Repaired Quickly

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, says continuous rain and heavy flooding have done structural damage to roadways across the island that will have to be addressed expeditiously. The Minister, who toured sections of St. Elizabeth and Southern St. James with a delegation of Government Ministers and members of the National...
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Members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), with shovels in hand, prepare to remove silt and stones from roads and homes in Weise Road in Bull Bay, St. Andrew on Friday (November 20). The JDF commenced the clean-up exercise in the community on November 11 and will continue for several weeks.
Community

JDF Assisting Clean-Up Efforts In Weise Road

Recovery efforts in the flood-damaged community of Weise Road in Bull Bay, St. Andrew are being accelerated with the assistance of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). The recent heavy rains caused the nearby Chalky River to break its banks, depositing silt and stones onto the roads and into homes. Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel...
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Member of the Planning Committee for the Symposium on Best Practices for Community and Social Development, Charmaine Brimm.
Community

PIOJ To Stage Virtual Symposium On Best Practices For Community And Social Development Nov. 25

The Planning Institute of Jamaica Community Renewal Programme (PIOJ-CRP) and partners will virtually stage the fifth annual Symposium on Best Practices for Community and Social Development, on Wednesday, November 25, 2020. The event, which will be streamed live from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., will be held under the theme ‘Coordination: Working together to build a better Jamaica’. Speaking with...
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St. James Street in Mo’bay Declared No-vending

The St. James Municipal Corporation has declared St. James Street in downtown Montego Bay a no-vending zone with immediate effect. Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams, made the announcement at the Corporation’s monthly meeting held on Thursday (November 12) at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in Sam Sharpe Square. The Mayor, who is also Chairman of the Municipal Corporation, said...
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Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, responds to questions from journalists regarding the revised coronavirus (COVID-19) infection prevention and control protocols for the workplace, as well as other matters, during a digital press conference hosted by the Ministry of Health and Wellness in September. (FILE)
CommunityCoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Communities Implored To Cooperate With Health Teams

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is imploring residents in communities that have been quarantined due to coronavirus (COVID-19) to cooperate with health teams in getting tested for the virus. Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, who made the appeal at the Ministry’s COVID-19 Conversations digital press conference, on November 5, noted that this is the key means of...
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Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams (centre) is joined by (from left) Chairman of St James Municipal Corporation
CommunityLocal Government

500 Families in St. James Get Care Packages

Five hundred families across St. James have benefited from a donation of care packages from the Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee. The packages, valued at US$10,000, were handed over to residents on Thursday (October 8) at the Peace Management Initiative (PMI) office, located on Church Street in Montego Bay. The parcels contained food items, including flour, sugar, cornmeal, bread and...
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St. Ann Parish Manager for the Social Development Commission (SDC), Hillory McBayne (left); and SDC
Community

Businesses Can Apply for SDC Grants

Eligible civil society organisations (CSOs) and grassroots businesses can now apply for grant funding from the Social Development Commission (SDC), during its Call for Proposals period of September 28 to October 30. Grants available to CSOs include the Local Economic Development Grant, Government of Jamaica Community Development Committee Grant, and the Government of Jamaica Parish Development Committee Grant. This year,...
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