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Programme Manager, We Transform Programme, Ella Ghartey (right), presents an award to a We Transform beneficiary at a Competition and Exposition event last year.
Programme Manager, We Transform Programme, Ella Ghartey (right), presents an award to a We Transform beneficiary at a Competition and Exposition event last year.

Jamaicans Encouraged to be Mentors in We Transform Programme

The We Transform Programme is calling on citizens to offer themselves as mentors, as the initiative expands its offerings to include a mentorship programme that will be launched in January 2019. Speaking with JIS News, Programme Manager, We Transform, Ella...
Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (2nd left), greets Custos Rotulorum for St. Andrew, Hon. Patricia Dunwell (right), on arrival at Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre, Waltham Park Road, Kingston, for Sunday’s (November 18) Kingston and St. Andrew Homecoming Week 2018 thanksgiving service. The service was organized by the Kingston and St. Andrew Development and Homecoming Foundation Limited. Looking on (from left) are: Faith Cathedral Pastor, Bishop Herro Blair; and Custos Rotulorum for Kingston and Foundation Chairman, Hon. Steadman Fuller.
Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (2nd left), greets Custos Rotulorum for St. Andrew, Hon. Patricia Dunwell (right), on arrival at Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre, Waltham Park Road, Kingston, for Sunday’s (November 18) Kingston and St. Andrew Homecoming Week 2018 thanksgiving service. The service was organized by the Kingston and St. Andrew Development and Homecoming Foundation Limited. Looking on (from left) are: Faith Cathedral Pastor, Bishop Herro Blair; and Custos Rotulorum for Kingston and Foundation Chairman, Hon. Steadman Fuller.

PHOTOS: Kingston and St. Andrew Homecoming Week 2018 Thanksgiving Service
Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (2nd left), and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (2nd right), participate in Sunday’s (November 18) Church Service at Fellowship Tabernacle in St. Andrew, to launch Civil Service Week 2018. The Week is being observed from November 18 to 24 under the theme: ‘Committed to Sustainable Growth and Development’. Also participating (from left) are: Custos Rotulorum for St. Thomas, Hon. Marcia Bennett, who represented Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen; and Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Ambassador Douglas Saunders.
Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (2nd left), and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (2nd right), participate in Sunday’s (November 18) Church Service at Fellowship Tabernacle in St. Andrew, to launch Civil Service Week 2018. The Week is being observed from November 18 to 24 under the theme: ‘Committed to Sustainable Growth and Development’. Also participating (from left) are: Custos Rotulorum for St. Thomas, Hon. Marcia Bennett, who represented Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen; and Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Ambassador Douglas Saunders.

PHOTOS: Civil Service Week 2018 Church Service
Early Childhood Officer at the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Faithlyn Lyle, addressing guests at the media launch for the Kiwanis Club - Division 25 (Cornwall) ‘Playground Effect’ Project, which was held at the Hard Rock Café in Montego Bay, St. James, on November 15.
Early Childhood Officer at the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Faithlyn Lyle, addressing guests at the media launch for the Kiwanis Club - Division 25 (Cornwall) ‘Playground Effect’ Project, which was held at the Hard Rock Café in Montego Bay, St. James, on November 15.

Kiwanis Club Embarks on Early Childhood Development Project
Director of Policy and Research, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Sharon Coburn-Robinson speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the Agency’s head office in Kingston.
Director of Policy and Research, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Sharon Coburn-Robinson speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the Agency’s head office in Kingston.

More Jamaican Men Being Urged to Be Positive Role Models

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State Minister in the Labour and Social Security Ministry, Hon. Zavia Mayne (left), presents Marsha Graham with a plaque and certificate for being the Top Female Parent for the Parish of Clarendon at the National Parenting Support Commission graduation ceremony, held at the Saint Gabriel’s Anglican Church in May Pen on November 15.
Community

Persons Trained To Be Better Parents

Parents from Clarendon who took part in the Parenting Education Project have been encouraged to adopt the practices and techniques taught to them during the training period, which lasted over six months. Speaking at a National Parenting Support Commission parent graduation ceremony, at the Saint Gabriel’s Anglican Church in May Pen, on November 15, State Minister in the Labour and...
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CommunityDevelopment

Candlelight Vigil for Children Nov. 19 at Emancipation Park

The Child Protection and Family Service Agency (CPFSA) will stage its 12th Candlelight Vigil and Concert on Monday, November 19, at Emancipation Park from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. This year’s vigil is being staged under the theme ‘Every Child Deserves Protection’, in commemoration of World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse. Speaking with JIS News, Public Relations and...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right) and Member of Parliament, St. Thomas Eastern, Dr Fenton Ferguson, turn on a shower at the recently upgraded Lyssons Beach in St. Thomas, after a ribbon-cutting ceremony held at the facility on November 15. Based on the objective of the National Beach Development Programme to provide access to quality public beach recreational facilities, Lyssons Beach received an upgrade valued at $49 million. The Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo)-administered project, was funded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF).
CommunityTourism

Lyssons Beach Upgraded

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right) and Member of Parliament, St. Thomas Eastern, Dr Fenton Ferguson, turn on a shower at the recently upgraded Lyssons Beach in St. Thomas, after a ribbon-cutting ceremony held at the facility on November 15. Based on the objective of the National Beach Development Programme to provide access to quality public beach recreational facilities, Lyssons...
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The Community Renewal Programme (CRP) was established as a corrective measure to provide a platform for the coordination and enhancement of the delivery of government and civil society services to volatile and vulnerable communities.
CommunityDevelopment

Collaboration Necessary for Social Intervention Projects

Programme Director of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Community Renewal Programme (CRP), Charles Clayton, has underscored the importance of multiple-agency collaboration and community involvement for the successful implementation of social intervention and development initiatives. In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Clayton pointed out that the CRP was established as a corrective measure to provide a platform for the...
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Wife of the Prime Minister and Champion for the Caribbean Woman-Caribbean Child (CARIWAC) Initiative, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right), is presented with a copy of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 2018 State of the World Population Report, during the Jamaica launch at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew, by UNFPA Caribbean Sub-Regional Office Director and Representative, Alison Drayton, on Thursday (November 8). Mrs. Holness was the keynote speaker. At left is Deputy Director for the Caribbean Sub-Regional Office, Seth Broekman. The Report is titled ‘The Power of Choice – Reproductive Rights and the Demographic Transition’.
Community

UNFPA Report Endorsed by Mrs. Holness

Jamaica’s Champion for the Caribbean Woman-Caribbean Child (CARIWAC) Initiative, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, has endorsed the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 2018 State of the World Population Report, which was officially launched on Thursday (November 8). Mrs. Holness, who delivered the keynote address at the launch held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew, said the document,...
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