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President of the Hinds Town Youth Empowerment Foundation in St. Ann, Laphen Haye

Foundation Donates Tablets To Needy Students In St. Ann

The Hinds Town Youth Empowerment Foundation in St. Ann has donated 30 tablets to needy students living in the community to assist with online learning. The tablets, valued at US$5,000 were handed over to the students at a recent ceremony...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, and Member of Parliament for West Kingston, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left); and Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (right), applaud after the symbolic handover of a cheque to entrepreneurs (in the background) from Denham Town, Kingston, representing the value of equipment provided to improve their businesses. The presentation ceremony, under JSIF's Enterprise Development Project, took place at the Denham Town Community Centre on Tuesday (December 22).

Micro-Entrepreneurs In Denham Town Receive Equipment Valued At $2.8 Million

The old Mount Salem Police Station in St. James, which is being replaced by a new facility under construction.

Residents Welcome New Police Station Being Built In Mount Salem, St. James

Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), in discussion with student at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Brad Pinnock, at the entrance of the Frazer’s Content community, in the parish, where a major beautification project is under way, at a cost of $6 million provided by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo). The Minister visited the community on December20.

Major Beautification Project In Progress At Frazer’s Content

Customers purchase produce at the Social Development Commission's (SDC) community market and business fair held at Montego Park Estate in Ironshore, St. James, on Thursday (December 17).

Small Farmers And Business Operators In St. James Benefit From SDC Community Fair

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.

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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. James; Treadlight in Clarendon; and August Town, Greenwich Town and Denham Town in Kingston and St. Andrew. Speaking at the...

Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) General Manager in charge of Finance, Orville Hill.

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Tucker Community Benefits From JSIF-Poverty Reduction Programme Training Initiative

Some fifteen (15) persons within the Community of Tucker in Montego Bay, St. James recently benefitted from a Behaviour Modification Training programme funded by the JSIF-Poverty Reduction Programme through grant funding support from the European Union. This sub-project is one of five (5) life changing programmes being implemented by the JSIF-Poverty Reduction Programme at a cost of Three Million Jamaican...

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.

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Two Amputees In Kitson Town Receive Wheelchairs

Two elderly female amputees from the Kitson Town community in St. Catherine have received wheelchairs through a collaboration involving the Social Development Commission (SDC) and Food For the Poor (FFP). The needs of the two women came to the attention of the SDC through their work with the Kitson Town Central Citizens Association, after which they sought help from FFP,...

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.

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Caribbean’s First Mobile Technical Assistance Centres Take Hurricane Resilient Home Repair Services to Abaco & Grand Bahama

The Caribbean region's first mobile Technical Assistance Centres (TAC) offering door to door hurricane resilient home repair services, have been deployed to the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, targeting homeowners impacted by Hurricane Dorian. The mobile TAC services are offered through two repurposed RV vans donated by the Rotary Bahamas Disaster Relief (RBDR)...

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.

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Three Outstanding Workers Chosen Civil Servants of the Year for 2020

Three outstanding public sector workers have been chosen Civil Servants of the Year for 2020. They are Director of Human Resource Management in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Juliet Lakeman (Management); Clerk of Court at the Trelawny Parish Court, Stephen Williams (Middle Management); and Senior Secretary at St. Jago High School, Marie Hall (Technical Support). The winners were...

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.

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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...

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.

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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...