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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.

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...

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

Assistance Being Provided for Persons with Disabilities not having Birth Certificates

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

STATIN Urges Cooperation with Living Conditions Survey

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.

HOPE Programme Receives $6 Million from Gore Family Foundation

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.

Residents of St. James Urged to Maintain Peace

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.

8 years ago CommunityDevelopmentLocal Government

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...

8 years ago Community

Collaboration Necessary to Deal with Flooding

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says collaboration between the Government and citizens is necessary to minimise the effects of flooding in the country. Speaking at a special meeting of the Hanover Municipal Corporation on May 24, Mr. McKenzie said the Ministry will, in the next two to three months, embark on a sensitisation campaign to...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), speaking at the launch of the second annual Nathan Ebanks Foundation Family Expo and Special Needs Resource Fair, recently, at the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation in Kingston. Looking on is Founder/President of the Nathan Ebanks Foundation, Christine Staple-Ebanks.

8 years ago CommunityHealth & WellnessYouth

Nathan Ebanks Foundation Expo on May 26

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and the Ministry of Health are partnering with the Nathan Ebanks Foundation (NEF) to host the second annual Family Expo and Special Needs Resource Fair on the grounds of Hope Gardens, St. Andrew, on Saturday, May 26. Founder of NEF, Christine Staple-Ebanks, told JIS News that the fair, under the theme ‘Healthy...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), paints the exterior of the Cumberland Road Health Centre in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, as he participates in one of two National Labour Day projects on Wednesday (May 23). The other project was at the St. Ann’s Bay Infant School in St Ann.

8 years ago Community

PM Calls for More Jamaicans to Give Back to Their Communities

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is calling for more Jamaicans to give back to their communities by getting involved in volunteerism. “We want to see the re-emergence of the spirit of volunteerism, of giving your labour to the community for the building of your country. This is a perfect example of what Labour Day is about,” he said....

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), speaks with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dianne McIntosh (left); and Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, at the Jamaica Police Federation Conference at the Moon Palace Jamaica Grande in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on May 16.

8 years ago CommunityNational Security and Peace

Police Urged to Build Trust with Citizens

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says that law enforcement must re-establish a sense of public order if they are to regain the confidence of citizens. He noted that public order is the first remit of the police force and “restoring a sense of law in our public spaces will create the environment for confidence, increased morale and greater...

8 years ago CommunityDevelopmentLocal Government

New $60M Westmoreland Municipal Corporation Building Being Opened This Year

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the newly constructed $60 million Westmoreland Municipal Corporation building is slated to be opened later this year. Addressing a special meeting of the Portland Municipal Corporation in Port Antonio on Thursday (May 3), Mr. McKenzie said final touches are now being done to the structure, and assured that the facility...

8 years ago CommunityDevelopmentLocal Government

Portland Municipal Corporation to Get New Building

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has announced that the Portland Municipal Corporation will be getting a new building soon. Addressing a special meeting of the Corporation in Port Antonio on May 3, the Minister said the time has come for the councillors to move out of the old building. “The technical team at the Ministry...