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Retired teacher, Joan Davis Williams (standing left), conducts a development workshop at the Abilities Foundation offices in St. Andrew, on August 9.

Persons with Disabilities Being Equipped for the Work Environment

Scores of persons with disabilities are benefitting from greater access to skills training and employment opportunities under the Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Project. The US$2.9 million programme is funded by the Japan Policy Human Resources Development...

Jaida Lalor, a student of the George Headley Primary School in Kingston, hoists her trophy after winning the Jamaica Information Service 2017 Heritage Essay competition. Cheering her on is Chief Executive Officer of the JIS, Mrs. Donna-Marie Rowe.

Students Encouraged to Begin Working on Entries for JIS Heritage Competitions

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis (5th left, standing), with Spirit of Independence Special awardees following the Independence Day Civic Ceremony at Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, St. James on Monday (August 6). From left are: Norma Webster - Entrepreneurship; Joseph Smith - Community Development; Frank Sondern - Tourism; Robert Blake - Community Development; Joy Jeannite - Education; Carmen Ellis - education; Carlene Rickets - education; Tannoy Dunkley - Entrepreneurship; Clinton Jackson - Community Development and Veronica Amos-Willians (seated) - Education.

Ten Citizens of St. James Receive Spirit of Independence Award

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre) converses with Portmore Mayor, Leon Thomas (left), during a tour of the new Portmore Municipal Corporation building site in St. Catherine on Friday (July 27). At right is Project Officer at the municipal corporation, Anthony Wilson.

New Portmore Municipal Building Will Benefit Residents

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (File)

Local Government to Employ More Young Persons for Summer

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, (left) presents Retired Principal of Campbell’s Castle Primary and Infant School, Rev. Owen Lambert (right) with the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education at the awards ceremony held on the lawns of Jamaica House on June 27.

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Distinguished Educator Recognised for his Service to Education

For over three decades, Rev. Owen Lambert, has been driven by a passion to educate and to uplift his community through teaching. It is this passion and dedication which has now earned him the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education, which was presented to him at a ceremony at Jamaica House on June 27. Rev. Lambert, who was...

Acting Director, Electronic Labour Exchange Department in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dahlia Green (right), observes as young people from Denham Town, Kingston, complete a form. Occassion was an orientation session on Wednesday (July 4) at Medallion Hall Hotel in St. Andrew.

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Labour Ministry Preparing 60 Youngsters from Denham Town for Job Market

Sixty youth from the Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) in Denham Town, Kingston, are benefiting from training geared towards preparing them for the job market. The intervention, being carried out by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, got under way on Wednesday (July 4) with a registration, orientation and motivational session at the Medallion Hall Hotel in St. Andrew....

Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Dr. Christine Hendricks

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Assistance Being Provided for Persons with Disabilities not having Birth Certificates

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is to be signed between theMinistry of Labour and Social Security through its agency, the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), and the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) to assist persons with disabilities who do not have birth certificates, to secure these under the National Identification System (NIDS) project. Executive Director of the JCDP, Dr. Christine...

Director of Surveys at the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Dr. Natalee Simpson.

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STATIN Urges Cooperation with Living Conditions Survey

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is appealing for members of the public to cooperate with the officers who are out in the field gathering data for the 2018 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC). The data collection got under way on May 16 and will continue until September 7. Director of Surveys, Dr. Natalee Simpson, is encouraging householders to accommodate...

Director of the Phillip and Christina Gore Family Foundation, Christine Gore (left), and National Coordinator for the HOPE Programme, Colonel Martin Rickman (second left), display a cheque for $6 million that was handed over to the programme, today (June 25), in Kingston. Also holding cheque are Chairman, Board of Directors, HEART Trust/ NTA, Edward Gabbidon, and Managing Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer. The Gore Family Foundation recently formed a partnership with the HEART Trust/ NTA in support of unattached youth in St. James and St. Catherine. The money will be used to pay the stipend of 50 participants in the HOPE Programme. They will be working as interns with Gore Developments Limited.

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HOPE Programme Receives $6 Million from Gore Family Foundation

Fifty participants in the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme are to benefit from a $6 million donation by the Phillip and Christine Gore Family Foundation, through its recently formed partnership with the HEART Trust/ National Training Agency (NTA). The cheque was handed over today (June 25) at the training institution’s corporate offices on Oxford Road in Kingston. The...

Custos of St. James, Bishop Conrad H. Pitkin addresses residents of Salt Spring, St. James, during the first in a series of Community Enrichment meetings, which was held at the Salt Spring Seventh Day Adventist Church on June 6.

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Residents of St. James Urged to Maintain Peace

Custos of St. James, Bishop Conrad H. Pitkin has called on the residents of Salt Spring, St. James to maintain the peace in the parish, even after the State of Public Emergency. Speaking during the first in a series of Community Enrichment meetings, held at the Salt Spring Seventh Day Adventist Church on June 6, Custos Pitkin urged the residents to commit...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (fourth left), participates in the breaking of ground for construction of the new $56-million Port Maria Market in St. Mary on Wednesday (May 30). Others from left are Butcher, Angela Murphy; Chief Executive Officer at Dutch Construction Limited, Andrew Smith; Member of Parliament for Central St. Mary, Dr. Morais Guy; Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary; Custos of St. Mary, Hon. Errol Johnson; and Coincillor for the Potrt Maria Division, Germaine Smiley.

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Gov’t to Spend $400 Million to Build and Upgrade Markets

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said some $400 million will be spent during the 2018/2019 financial year to construct and upgrade markets across the island. He said that the expenditure is the largest in recent years for the improvement of market infrastructure, noting that the investment will stimulate small-scale economic activity. He said there is...