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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness delivering the keynote address at a ceremony to hand over keys for units at The Estuary, Friendship, St. James on February 23.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness delivering the keynote address at a ceremony to hand over keys for units at The Estuary, Friendship, St. James on February 23.

Beneficiaries Receive Keys to New Homes

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness on Friday (February 23) handed over keys to contributors who have purchased one-bedroom units at The Estuary in Friendship St. James. The scheme was developed under a joint venture arrangement between the National...
Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Mr. Omar Sweeney. (FILE)
Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Mr. Omar Sweeney. (FILE)

JSIF to Continue Project to Improve Communities
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, pilots the debate on the National Heroes and Other Freedom Fighters (Absolution from Criminal Liability in Respect of Specified Events) Act, 2017, during Friday’s (February 9) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House. In the background is Government Senator, Aubyn Hill.
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, pilots the debate on the National Heroes and Other Freedom Fighters (Absolution from Criminal Liability in Respect of Specified Events) Act, 2017, during Friday’s (February 9) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House. In the background is Government Senator, Aubyn Hill.

Senate Passes Legislation To Absolve Certain National Heroes From Criminal Liability
Executive Director at the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Karlene Degrasse- Deslandes (centre), interacts with children during one of the ECC’s ‘Read Pon Di Cawna’ sessions held on Guptar Lane, Annotto Bay, St. Mary, in 2017.
Executive Director at the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Karlene Degrasse- Deslandes (centre), interacts with children during one of the ECC’s ‘Read Pon Di Cawna’ sessions held on Guptar Lane, Annotto Bay, St. Mary, in 2017.

ECC Reports Success with Reading Projects
Fitz Albert Brown (left), one of 22 persons honoured at the Cherry Community Youth Society’s second annual awards dinner, receives his plaque from one of his employees, Clarence Facey. Mr. Brown has been a house builder for 58 years. The event was held on January 1 in the West Central St. Catherine community.
Fitz Albert Brown (left), one of 22 persons honoured at the Cherry Community Youth Society’s second annual awards dinner, receives his plaque from one of his employees, Clarence Facey. Mr. Brown has been a house builder for 58 years. The event was held on January 1 in the West Central St. Catherine community.

Youth Society Honours Community Members

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Budget 2018/2019CommunityLocal Government

Gov’t Allocates Funds to Strengthen Emergency Communication System

The Government is moving to strengthen the system of communication during times of disaster of other emergencies. A sum of $10 million has been allocated to the Emergency Communication System in Jamaica project in the Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is being implemented by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM),...
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Community

Help for Returned Migrants

A total of $14 million has been set aside in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure to strengthen the policy, legislative and institutional framework that guides the management and treatment of involuntary return migrants to the island. The programme, which falls under the Ministry of National Security, is slated to end in January 2019 and is being funded by the United...
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Community

The NPSC; Supporting and Educating Parents

The National Parenting Support Commission’s (NPSC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Miss Kaysia Kerr commits to educating and supporting the parents of the nation’s children as written in their mandate. The mandate of the NPSC as stated by Kerr is to offer proactive and reactive parenting education and support. Proactive education speaks to the reception of knowledge prior to the consideration...
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Community

Spotlight on Marcus Garvey in February

Jamaica’s first National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Garvey, will be the focus for this year’s Grounation, under the theme ‘Garvey’s Ghost: Muse, Cultural Arts, Aesthetics, Freedom Song’. Grounation is the Jamaica Music Museum (JMM) flagship education and cultural community outreach programme. The event will be held each Sunday in the month of February at the Institute of Jamaica Lecture...
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CommunityPrime Minister

No More Kerosene Lamps or Candles – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness revealed that he has asked the Ministry of Science Technology and Energy to fast-track a planned program aimed at replacing open flame light sources in homes with solar lights in vulnerable rural and inner-city communities. The Prime Minister's revelation comes after a deadly fire in his constituency last night which claimed the lives of three toddlers. “I am deeply saddened and...
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Jamaica’s oldest living person, Ms. Ida Troupe, is surrounded by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (standing, right); family members; relatives and friends at her home in West Kingston on Christmas Day (December 25), which was also celebrated as her 117th birthday
CommunityDevelopmentGender Affairs

Oldest Jamaican Honoured on Christmas Day

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, honoured Jamaica’s oldest living person, Ms. Ida Troupe, on Christmas Day (December 25), which was also celebrated as her 117th birthday, at her home in West Kingston. Ms. Troupe, a retired vendor who was born on December 25, 1900, was among the first group of persons who moved into the...
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