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Managing Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.
Managing Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.

HEART/NTA Better Positioned To Drive Human Capital Development

Managing Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer, says the merger of the entity with the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL), National Youth Service (NYS) and the Apprenticeship Board has better positioned the agency to carry out its...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness

Interests Of All Stakeholders In Bernard Lodge Development Will Be Safeguarded
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), walks across the new Chesterfield Bridge in St. Mary after officially opening it during a ceremony on Wednesday (October 16). Also pictured (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister and Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell; Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Works, Everald Warmington; and Member of Parliament, St. Mary South Eastern, Dr. Norman Dunn. Also pictured in the second row between the Prime Minister and Dr. Dunn is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), walks across the new Chesterfield Bridge in St. Mary after officially opening it during a ceremony on Wednesday (October 16). Also pictured (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister and Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell; Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Works, Everald Warmington; and Member of Parliament, St. Mary South Eastern, Dr. Norman Dunn. Also pictured in the second row between the Prime Minister and Dr. Dunn is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz.

New $59M Chesterfield Bridge In St. Mary Opened
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), officially opens the newly refurbished Flagstaff Community Centre in St. James on Wednesday (October 16). Sharing in the moment are (from left) Councillor for Maroon Town Division, Everes Coke, and Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis.
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), officially opens the newly refurbished Flagstaff Community Centre in St. James on Wednesday (October 16). Sharing in the moment are (from left) Councillor for Maroon Town Division, Everes Coke, and Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis.

Flagstaff Community Centre In St. James Renovated
Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Head of NSWMA Calls on Jamaicans to Play Their Part in Waste Management

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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses Councillors during a meeting at the St. Ann Municipal Corporation in St. Ann’s Bay on Thursday (October 10).
DevelopmentLocal Government

St. Ann to Get Additional $30 Million for Road Projects

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says an additional $30 million is to be added to the road budget for the parish of St. Ann. Speaking at a St. Ann Municipal Corporation meeting in St. Ann’s Bay on Thursday (October 10), the Minister emphasised that the additional $30 million is not to be splintered but should...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), converses with Project Consultant, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Venture Capital Programme, Audrey Richards (right), during the DBJ’s Private Equity Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on June 11. Looking on (from second left) are DBJ Managing Director, Milverton Reynolds; and General Manager for the Bank’s Public-Private Partnerships and Privatisation Division, Denise Arana.
DevelopmentFinance & Public Service

DBJ to Stage Second Equity Financing Workshop September 18

The Development Bank of Jamaica’s (DBJ) Venture Capital Unit will host the second in a series of training workshops for Business Services Intermediaries (BSIs) on September 18 at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston. Discussions will focus on the topic “Introduction to Equity Financing”. The workshop is geared towards business enablers, including consultants and professionals, who facilitate, train and...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), breaks ground for the National Housing Trust (NHT) $1.46-billion Twickenham Glades project in St. Catherine, on Friday (August 30). Also participating (from left) are NHT Managing Director, Martin Miller; Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Catherine, where the development is located, Denise Daley; and NHT Chairman, Lennox Channer.
DevelopmentHousingInformation

NHT to Spend $40 Billion in 2019/20

National Housing Trust (NHT) Chairman, Lennox Channer, says the agency’s 2019/20 programmed expenditure of $40 billion, represents the largest ever in the entity’s 43-year history. He informed that the sum is earmarked to initiate over 8,000 housing starts islandwide, adding to the 6,000 from 2018/19. He was speaking at Friday’s (August 30) ground-breaking ceremony for the NHT’s $1.46 billion Twickenham...
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Technical Services Manager at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Colin Porter.
Development

JBDC Accepting Applications for ‘Design Fusion 2019’

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is now accepting applications for their ‘Design Fusion 2019’ programme. The programme, which commences next month, will select 10 fashion and 15 gift & craft designers to participate in a specialised design-based development programme for emerging fashion and gift & craft designers. Speaking with the JIS News, Technical Services Manager at the JBDC, Colin...
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President Elect, Jamaica Teachers’ Association, Owen Speid (right), presents Primary Exit Profile (PEP) scholarship awardee, Aljay Anderson, with his certificate during a TIP Friendly Society scholarship awards function, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in St. Andrew, on August 16. He was among 48 scholarship recipients this year.
CommunityDevelopmentEducationYouth

TIP Friendly Society Awards 48 Scholarships to Members and Their Children

Forty eight scholarships valued at more than $2 million have been awarded to TIP Friendly Society members and their children. Presentations were made to recipients at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels, during an awards function at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in St. Andrew,  on August 16. Awardees included TIP members who are in their final year at an accredited...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), engages with children at a community health fair held at the Glendevon Primary and Junior High School in St. James on Sunday, July 14.
CommunityDevelopmentEconomic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentYouth

UNESCO Youth Advisory Committee to Stage Seminars

The Youth Advisory Committee of the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO will be spearheading a series of youth engagement seminars across the island. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., who is the Chairman of the Committee, said that the outreach activities are aimed at encouraging more youngsters to...
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