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Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (JIS File Photo).
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (JIS File Photo).

Jamaicans Encouraged To Take Climate Change Seriously

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is appealing for citizens to take climate change more seriously and support the Government’s mitigation efforts. “Climate change is a challenge that requires a whole-of-society approach. Public,...
(Seated from left) Senior Manager for Social Development, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Mona Sue-Ho; General Manager, Finance, JSIF, Orville Hill; and Chief Executive Officer, Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Charlton McFarlane, sign a contract for the second phase of the birth certification initiative under the Integrated Community Development Project – 11 (ICDP-11). The signing ceremony took place on Wednesday (November 25) at the offices of JSIF in Kingston. Witnessing the signing (from left, background) are Programmes Officer, JSIF, Dawn Alison; Senior Social Officer, JSIF, Shunelle Nevers; and Assistant to the Executive Director, RGD, Novia Adlam.
(Seated from left) Senior Manager for Social Development, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Mona Sue-Ho; General Manager, Finance, JSIF, Orville Hill; and Chief Executive Officer, Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Charlton McFarlane, sign a contract for the second phase of the birth certification initiative under the Integrated Community Development Project – 11 (ICDP-11). The signing ceremony took place on Wednesday (November 25) at the offices of JSIF in Kingston. Witnessing the signing (from left, background) are Programmes Officer, JSIF, Dawn Alison; Senior Social Officer, JSIF, Shunelle Nevers; and Assistant to the Executive Director, RGD, Novia Adlam.

More Than 3,000 Persons To Receive Birth Certificates Under ICDP 11
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green.

Increase In Arrests Of Praedial Larcenists
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), displays signed implementing partnership agreement between the Ministry (Bureau of Gender Affairs) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston, on Wednesday (November 25). The agreement forms part of local efforts to eradicate violence against women and girls. With the Minister (from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe; Gender Based Violence Specialist, UNFPA, Elga Salvador; Minister Counsellor/Deputy Head of the European Delegation, Frederik Ekfeldt; and Principal Director, Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn Robinson. Occasion was the observance of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) to mark the launch of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), displays signed implementing partnership agreement between the Ministry (Bureau of Gender Affairs) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston, on Wednesday (November 25). The agreement forms part of local efforts to eradicate violence against women and girls. With the Minister (from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe; Gender Based Violence Specialist, UNFPA, Elga Salvador; Minister Counsellor/Deputy Head of the European Delegation, Frederik Ekfeldt; and Principal Director, Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn Robinson. Occasion was the observance of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) to mark the launch of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.

Gender Ministry Signs Agreement With UNFPA To Tackle Violence Against Women And Girls
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, emphasises a point as she addresses the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 24).
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, emphasises a point as she addresses the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 24).

Jamaica Must Recommit To Ending Domestic Abuse – Minister Grange

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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the sitting of the House of Representatives at the Jamaica Conference Centre on November 24.
Gender Affairs

Bureau Of Gender Affairs Officers Dispatched To Tryall Heights

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says that officers from the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) have been dispatched to the community of Tryall Heights, St. Catherine, to provide support, following the recent killing of a grandmother and her two granddaughters. “As a St. Catherine Member of Parliament, as a Minister, as a mother, as a...
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Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (second right); and Chief Executive Officer and Conservator of Forest, Forestry Department, Ainsley Henry (right), plant a Lignum Vitae tree at the Youth Month tree-planting ceremony held on Wednesday (November 25) at Boulevard Baptist Church in Kingston. Observing are Executive Officer, Jamaica Millennium Vision for Youth, Garran Diviney (left); President of the organisation, Chad Rattray (second left) and Director of Agriculture and Fishing, Food For the Poor, Nakhle Hado (standing(.
Environment

Food For The Poor Supports Three Million Trees Planting Initiative

Food For the Poor has committed to planting one million fruit and timber trees over the next three years. This is in support of the Government’s target to plant three million trees over three years under a national tree planting initiative launched by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness in October 2019. Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the House of Representatives at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, on November 24.
Gender Affairs

First Shelter For Abused Women Now Operational

The first of three national shelters being established by the Government for women who are victims of abuse and their children is now operational. The shelters form part of the Government’s efforts to provide support to women and children impacted by gender-based violence, as well as other forms of abuse. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange,...
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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the virtual post Cabinet press briefing, held today (November 25).
Agriculture

Cabinet Approves US$25-Million MASP For Inclusion In Investment Programme

Cabinet has given approval for the US$25-million Modernisation of the Agriculture Sector Programme (MASP) to be included in the Public Sector Investment Programme. The initiative is a five-year project that will be executed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and financed by a US$25-million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Speaking at a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing today...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on November 25. Others (from left) are Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan.
InformationTourism

Cabinet Approves Divestment Of Silver Sands Estates

Cabinet has given approval for the divestment of the assets of Silver Sands Estates Limited (SSEL) in Trelawny. “This will be done by the transfer of the real estate assets of SSEL to the Silver Sands Cottage Owners Association (SSCOA),” said Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, during a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on November 25. “This...
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JSWIFT Project Manager and Chief Information Officer at the Jamaica Customs Agency, Andre Williams. ​
Agriculture

JSWIFT Exceeding Turnaround Time For Processing Trade Documents

The Jamaica Single Window for Trade (JSWIFT) has been doing same day processing for approximately 50 to 70 per cent of documents submitted daily, thereby exceeding expectations of the online portal. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, JSWIFT Project Manager and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), André Williams said that the Trade Board Limited (TBL),...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams​. (File Photo)
Information

Contract For JCF’s Station Records Management System Approved

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract to Northgate Public Services for the establishment of a Station Records Management System for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), in the amount of US$587,814. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, during a post-Cabinet press briefing, held virtually on November 25. She also informed that Cabinet...
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