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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Collette Roberts Risden (right), converses with (from left) Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA) President, Richard Pandohie; Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) President, Helene Davis Whyte; and Senior Director in the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) Social Policy Planning and Research Division, Easton Williams. Occasion was the PIOJ’s seventh annual Labour Market Forum on Wednesday (September 18), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. The event was staged jointly with the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) Kingston Office.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Collette Roberts Risden (right), converses with (from left) Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA) President, Richard Pandohie; Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) President, Helene Davis Whyte; and Senior Director in the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) Social Policy Planning and Research Division, Easton Williams. Occasion was the PIOJ’s seventh annual Labour Market Forum on Wednesday (September 18), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. The event was staged jointly with the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) Kingston Office.

Migration Has Helped Shape Jamaica’s Economic And Sociocultural Frameworks

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Collette Roberts Risden, says Jamaica’s economic and sociocultural frameworks have been largely shaped by the migration of the country’s workers in pursuit of employment opportunities locally and overseas. She noted...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left); and Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Tian Qi, exchange copies of the signed protocol governing the export of frozen lobster to China, at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in St. Andrew on September 19.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left); and Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Tian Qi, exchange copies of the signed protocol governing the export of frozen lobster to China, at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in St. Andrew on September 19.

Jamaica To Export Frozen Lobster To China
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (standing), emphasises a point while addressing Thursday’s (September 19) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (standing), emphasises a point while addressing Thursday’s (September 19) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.

Senate Approves Extension Of States Of Public Emergency In St. Catherine And Clarendon
Consultant at the Creative Language-Based Learning (CLBL) Foundation, Mary McDonald, bringing greetings at a contract-signing ceremony involving the entity and Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at JSIF’s office in Kingston on Wednesday (September 18).
Consultant at the Creative Language-Based Learning (CLBL) Foundation, Mary McDonald, bringing greetings at a contract-signing ceremony involving the entity and Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at JSIF’s office in Kingston on Wednesday (September 18).

Teachers Receiving Specialised Training To Rectify Student Learning Challenges
State Minister, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), points out someting of interest in
State Minister, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), points out someting of interest in 'The Principal’s Voice’ to Director/ Principal, National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (second left). Ocasion was the launch of the NCEL publication on Wednesday (September 18), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, St. Andrew. Looking on are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Grace McLean (second right); and retired Principal of Knockalva Polytechnic College in Hanover, Pauleen Reid.

Magazine For School Leaders Launched

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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), converses with Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis (left), and Superintendent in Charge of the St. James Fire Department, Dolphin Doeman, during a tour of the Barnett Street Fire Station construction project in St. James, recently.
Local Government

Jamaica Fire Brigade To Get Eight New Trucks

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) will be getting an additional eight trucks to bolster the country’s firefighting capacity. “We are providing eight brand-new trucks at a cost of over $400 million,” he said. “When we take into consideration the trucks that we {got] from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund...
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Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), greets Vice President, Marketing, Jamaica Institution of Engineers (JIE), Godfrey Boyd (left), during the JIE
EnergyScienceTechnology

Government Electrical Regulator To Begin Operations Shortly

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government Electrical Regulator (GER) is to be operationalised in short order to speed up the process for the delivery of electricity. “We are changing the structure of how consumers access the inspectors to inspect their buildings and connect to Jamaica Public Service (JPS),” she noted. “It is an effort that...
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State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, (seated right); and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Michael Henry (seated left), sign the contract for the training of 120 teachers in the use of the Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund
Education

120 Teachers Targeted For Training To Address Learning Disorders

A total of 120 primary-school teachers in 75 schools across seven parishes will be trained and certified in the use of the Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes, in order to diagnose and correct various language-based learning disabilities in students. Under the six-month-long project, which is being funded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at a cost of $20.6 million, teachers will...
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Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr. Zoe Simpson (left), speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank. Looking on is WCJF Examination Coordinator, Georgianna Galloway Hill.
Gender AffairsJIS Think Tank

Women’s Centre Head Encourages Support For Adolescent Mothers

Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr. Zoe Simpson, is encouraging well-thinking individuals to support adolescent mothers who have reintegrated into the school system, to reduce the likelihood of their dropping out again. “We want to zero in on that period of reintegration because research shows that [at that stage] the girls are still at risk...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium) addresses a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday (Sept. 18), to provide details about the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Final Review Mission under the Precautionary Stand-by Arrangement.

Completion Of Arrangements With IMF a Major Milestone For Jamaica – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica’s successful completion of financial arrangements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major milestone in the country’s economic history, for which all Jamaicans can be proud. “We have worked consciously, deliberately…we have worked with transparency. We have worked diligently to ensure that we meet all the targets that we have...
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