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Director of Communications, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead. ​
Director of Communications, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead. ​

March 15 Is World Consumer Rights Day

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) will be observing World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) 2021 on Monday, March 15 under the theme ‘The COVID-Conscious Consumer: Food Security, Waste Disposal and Money Management.’ It is part of activities to mark World Consumer...
Workers put the finishing touches on the restroom building at the Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James. Occasion was a press tour of the facility on Friday (February 26). The park officially opens on Tuesday (March 2).
Workers put the finishing touches on the restroom building at the Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James. Occasion was a press tour of the facility on Friday (February 26). The park officially opens on Tuesday (March 2).

St. James Residents Looking Forward To Tuesday’s Opening Of Harmony Beach Park
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), and Opposition Leader and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew South, Mark Golding (left), tour the newly refurbished Trench Town Entertainment Park in St. Andrew South, following its official reopening on Friday (February 12).
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), and Opposition Leader and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew South, Mark Golding (left), tour the newly refurbished Trench Town Entertainment Park in St. Andrew South, following its official reopening on Friday (February 12).

Renovated Trench Town Entertainment Park To Benefit Community
Director, Office of Citizen Security at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Shannon Stone (right), presents a tablet to pastor of the Flanker Adventist Church, Alpheus Smith (left), during a ceremony at the Flanker Primary and Junior High School in St. James, on Friday, February 5.
Director, Office of Citizen Security at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Shannon Stone (right), presents a tablet to pastor of the Flanker Adventist Church, Alpheus Smith (left), during a ceremony at the Flanker Primary and Junior High School in St. James, on Friday, February 5.

Learning Centre Opens In Flanker, St. James
Director General at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry.
Director General at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry.

Young People Being Empowered To Participate In Community Development

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Budget 2021/2022CommunityDevelopment

$200 Million Allocated To Integrated Community Development Project

The Government has allotted $200 million to complete activities under the Jamaica Integrated Community Development Project, during the upcoming fiscal year. The project seeks to enhance access to basic urban infrastructure and services, and support increased community safety in selected economically vulnerable and socially volatile inner-city communities of Jamaica. The money has been provided in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure,...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), and Member of Parliament for West Rural St. Andrew, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (second left), cut the ribbon to officially open the $5.1-million Rocky Valley Resource Centre in Stony Hill, Wednesday (February 3). Sharing the moment (from third left) are Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Stephen Edwards; Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes, and student at the Stony Hill Primary School, Shanique Phipps.
CommunityEducationTechnology

Residents In Stony Hill Get Resource Centre

Residents in and around Stony Hill in St. Andrew now have a resource centre, financed by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) at a cost of $5.1 million. Speaking at the official opening of the Rocky Valley Resource Room, Wednesday (February 3), Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said he is joyful with the establishment of the centre, because children...
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Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, speaks about the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) of JSIF, at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held at the agency’s headquarters, today (February 1).
CommunityJIS Think Tank

Thousands Benefit From Basic Needs Trust Fund Of JSIF

More than 120,000 persons have benefited from interventions implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), under its Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) programme, now in its ninth cycle. The disclosure was made by Managing Director of JSIF, Omar Sweeney, at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held at the agency’s headquarters Monday (February 1). “Since BNTF Five in...
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Secretary, Treadlight Youth Community Club Benevolent Society, Polly Ann Bailey (left); Member of Parliament for Clarendon Central, Mike Henry (second left) and Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, display symbolic cheque for $2.2 million, representing the amount spent on equipment for small business owners in Treadlight, Clarendon. The beneficiaries were presented with the equipment by JSIF at the Versalles Hotel, in May Pen, on January 29.
CommunityDevelopment

Entrepreneurs in Treadlight, Clarendon, Get Equipment From JSIF

Fourteen entrepreneurs from Treadlight, in Clarendon, were presented with equipment valued at $2.2 million, on January 29, through the Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP-II), of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). To date, three St. James communities and two from Kingston have received similar grants under the project, which is expected to reach many other communities across the island. In...
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Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison (left), receives two tablets from Assistant National Secretary, Universities and Colleges Apostolic Ministry, Joan Weir, to support chuldren affected by domestic violence, during a ceremony at the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) in Kingston on Wednesday (January 13). Benjamin Fraser (second right) and Rasheem Martin from the Universities and Colleges Apostolic Ministry look on. The organisation also donated $15,000 for the vulnerable children.
CommunityYouth

Universities And Colleges Apostolic Ministry Supports Children Affected By Domestic Violence

Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, is lauding the Universities and Colleges Apostolic Ministry for supporting children affected by domestic violence, through the donation of funds and tablets to facilitate online learning. Representatives of the organisation handed over $15,000 plus two tablets valued at $25,000 each, during a ceremony at the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) in Kingston on Wednesday...
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