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Deputy Director General, Regulatory Affairs, Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Rohan Campbell (front left) with participants in the JCAA Aviation Quality System Seminar held on Friday (Nov. 8) at the Iberostar Resort in Montego Bay, St. James.
Deputy Director General, Regulatory Affairs, Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Rohan Campbell (front left) with participants in the JCAA Aviation Quality System Seminar held on Friday (Nov. 8) at the Iberostar Resort in Montego Bay, St. James.

Civil Aviation Authority Stages Aircraft Maintenance Symposium

Twenty-one professionals at various levels within the aviation industry recently benefited from a quality systems symposium hosted by the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA). JCAA Deputy Director General for Regulatory Affairs, Rohan Campbell, told JIS News that the event, held...
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange

Minister Grange Elected VP of UNESCO General Conference
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (foreground centre) walks along the Rural Hill road in Eastern Portland on Friday (November 8). He is accompanied by Member of Parliament for the area, Ann Marie Vaz (foreground left); Mayor of Port Antonio, Paul Thompson (foreground right); community member Nigel Smith (background left); and Acting Chief Engineer, Portland Municipal Corporation, Raymond Grant (background second right).
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (foreground centre) walks along the Rural Hill road in Eastern Portland on Friday (November 8). He is accompanied by Member of Parliament for the area, Ann Marie Vaz (foreground left); Mayor of Port Antonio, Paul Thompson (foreground right); community member Nigel Smith (background left); and Acting Chief Engineer, Portland Municipal Corporation, Raymond Grant (background second right).

Parochial Roads In East Portland To Be Repaired
Participants in the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Parenting Empowerment Pilot Project graduation ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on November 7.
Participants in the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Parenting Empowerment Pilot Project graduation ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on November 7.

250 Parents Participate In PATH Empowerment Project
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), breaks ground for construction of a state-of-the-art Adult Transitional Facility for the homeless in Kingtson on Monday (November 11). Others participating in the ground-breaking (from left) are Minority Leader at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Andrew Swaby; Mayor of Kingston, Senator Delroy Williams; Senior Pastor at the Webster Memorial Church, Rev. Astor Carlye; and Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), breaks ground for construction of a state-of-the-art Adult Transitional Facility for the homeless in Kingtson on Monday (November 11). Others participating in the ground-breaking (from left) are Minority Leader at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Andrew Swaby; Mayor of Kingston, Senator Delroy Williams; Senior Pastor at the Webster Memorial Church, Rev. Astor Carlye; and Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney.

$140-Million Adult Transitional Facility To Be Built In Kingston

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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), and former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief for Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, peruse a document, during a press conference at the Ministry in Kingston earlier this year.
Finance & Public Service

IMF Credits ERP’s Success To Strong Stakeholder Ownership

Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief for Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, has credited the success of the Economic Reform Programme (ERP) to the broad-based stakeholder ownership of the reforms and a commitment to “seeing things turn around”. “The ownership that we have seen across [political] administrations… where things went smoothly… and where [there was] the commitment to retaining the...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Central Manchester, Hon. Mike Henry, makes a presentation to University of Technology (UTech) student, Shakeria Johnson, at a function held on Sunday (November10), at the West Park Community Centre in Clarendon, during which tuition cheques totalling some $2.7 million, were awarded to 62 tertiary-level students. The occasion was also used to celebrate the recent conferment of the Order of Jamaica (OJ) on Minister Henry.
Education

Minister Henry Awards $2.7 Million In Tuition Assistance

Sixty-two tertiary-level students from Central Clarendon have benefited from tuition support totalling approximately $2.7 million from Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Mike Henry. The presentation was made at a reception held on Sunday (November 10), at the West Park Community Centre in Clarendon. The occasion was also...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second right); participates in the breaking of ground for construction of a water shop in Commodore, Portland, on Friday (November 8). Others (from left) are Councillor, Fairy Hill Division, Derron Wood; Member of Parliament for Eastern Portland, Ann Marie Vaz and Mayor of Port Antonio, His Worship Councillor Paul Thompson.
Local GovernmentWater

Two Water Shops To Be Built In Portland

Portland is the latest parish to benefit under the Government’s initiative to construct water shops as a means of addressing the water needs of residents in drought-affected communities across Jamaica. Two facilities will be built in the parish at a cost of approximately $19.5 million. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, broke ground for the establishment...
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Programme Manager for the Education System Transformation Prgramme (ESTP), Daynea Facey (centre), addressing a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank. Looking (from left) are Systems Administrator at the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Kayedean Allen, and ECC Sector Planner, Paula Shaw.
InformationYouth

Early Childhood Commission To Stage Inaugural Parent Partners Forum

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) will, on November 19, stage the first ever Parent Partners Forum. The event in being held in collaboration with the Education Sector Transformation Plan for Learning and Teaching, a Japan grant-funded Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-implemented technical cooperation initiative. This was disclosed by Programme Manager for the Education System Transformation Prgramme (ESTP), Daynea Facey, in an...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking at the Bilateral meeting with Jamaica and the Premier of China
Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Holness Concludes Successful Official Visit to China, Holds talks with President Xi, Premier Li and Investors.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday (November 9) concluded his official visit to China which started with a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jingping and an address to the opening ceremony of the China International Import Exposition in Shanghai. The Prime Minister then journeyed to Beijing where he held further bilateral talks with Premier Li Kequiang. These bilateral meetings were used...
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