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Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace (centre), and Chairman of Recycling Partners, Dr. Damien King (2nd left), observe as (from left) Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), Suzanne Stanley; and Ministry of Tourism officers, Maxine Gayle and Thelesha Warren, document details of debris collected during a clean-up exercise, organized by the TEF, at the Palisadoes go-kart track in Kingston on Saturday (September 21). The activity was part of the islandwide coastal clean-up initiative spearheaded by JET, for which the TEF was a major sponsor. The engagement was in keeping with activities marking International Coastal Clean Up Day.

PHOTOS: Tourism Enhancement Fund Int’l Coastal Clean Up Day Activities

Founder and Chairman for Misty Blue Cancer Foundation, Dorothy Satchwell (left), with Dr. Shebiki Beaton during a free health fair and prostate cancer outreach held at Independence Park, Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland on Thursday (September 19).

Positive Response To Prostate Cancer Screening Outreach In Westmoreland

Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Parish Manager for Trelawny, Courtney Taylor, speaking at the recent monthly meeting of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation.

Steady Recovery In Sweet Yam Production In Trelawny

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson (fourth left), and Senior Health Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Ricardo Perez (fourth right), with members of the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) dance group - ‘Recycled Teenagers’. The occasion was the launch of National Senior Citizens’ Week at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Friday (September 20). The week is being celebrated from September 22 to October 1 under the theme - ‘Older Persons: Partners in Social, Cultural and Economic Development’.

Senior Citizens’ Week Being Observed From September 22 To October 1

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), and Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, inspecting some of the 80 new motorcycles acquired for the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), during a handing over ceremony on Friday (September 20). The presentation was made at the Office of the Commissioner of Police in Kingston.

Police Force Gets 80 New Bikes

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre), emphasises a point while addressing journalists during a media round-table forum on Friday (September 20) at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston. Listening (from left) are outgoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief to Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan; and newly appointed Resident Representative, Karim Youssef.

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

Drafting Instructions Prepared For Fiscal Council

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says drafting instructions are being prepared for issue to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (CPC) to facilitate the establishment of the proposed Fiscal Council. “I have given a public commitment to table a draft of the legislation that will give rise to a Fiscal Council, by April 2020,” the Minister...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (right), addresses journalists during a media round-table forum on Friday (September 20), at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston. Listening is outgoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief to Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan.

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

Significant Achievements Under IMF Programmes – Dr. Clarke

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the impending conclusion of Jamaica’s precautionary Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will mark a significant milestone for the country. “It represents the second time that Jamaica has successfully completed a Fund programme, [following] our early termination of the Extended Fund Facility [EFF],” Dr. Clarke...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, displays a photograph of an eroded coastline, during a contract-signing ceremony to facilitate coastal assessment studies at eight areas across the island. The signing was held on Thursday (September 19), at the offices of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) in Kingston.

7 years ago Environment

Gov’t To Conduct Coastal Assessment Studies

The Government of Jamaica will be conducting multi-hazard assessments of eight priority coastal areas across the island. The studies, to be undertaken over two years by consulting firm Smith Warner International, will provide an understanding of the vulnerabilities and risks associated with the built and natural environments, with a view to identifying solutions geared towards climate change adaptation and disaster...

Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Teaching Council, Dr. Winsome Gordon (centre), speaks with (from left) LASCO Teacher of the Year 2017, Ingrid Peart-Wilmot; Student, Buff Bay High School, Raymond Richards; Student, Rollington Town Primary School, Amaad Allen; Founder, Collaborate to Educate our Sons, Dr. Bertram Melbourne; and Student, Greater Portmore High School, Antione Foster, during the mentorship session for the Boys Education Empowerment Programme, at Medallion Hall Hotel in St. Andrew, on Friday (September 20).

7 years ago EducationYouth

Boys Attend Three-Day Mentorship Programme

The Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) and Collaborate to Educate our Sons recently pulled around 100 vulnerable boys from high schools across the island and boarded them at the Medallion Hall Hotel in St. Andrew for three days of mentoring under the Boys Education Empowerment Programme. The mentorship sessions took place between September 18 and 20. It was endorsed by the...

Chief Technical Director, Financial Investigations, Security Policy and Risk Management Affairs, Ministry of National Security, Rohan Richards, speaks at the Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network of the Caribbean (ARIN-CARIB) Annual General Meeting, at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort, in St. James, on September 19.

7 years ago National Security and Peace

National Security Officer Says Money Laundering Is Clear And Present Danger

Chief Technical Director, Financial Investigations, Security Policy and Risk Management Affairs, Ministry of National Security, Rohan Richards, says money laundering is a clear and present danger to the country. Mr. Richards, who was speaking at the Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network of the Caribbean (ARIN-CARIB) Annual General Meeting at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort, St. James, on September 19, said money...

American philanthropist, Denise Di Biase (left); Deputy Chairman of the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Michael Stern (centre); and Member of Parliament for North Central Clarendon, Hon. Pearnel Charles, cut the ribbon to officially open the Rock River Health Centre on September 18. Funding for the centre was provided by Mrs. Di Biase, through Food For the Poor (FFP). In the background at left is Manager for the Clarendon Health Services, Joseph Grant.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

New Health Centre Opens In Rock River, Clarendon

Hundreds of residents in Clarendon, as well as persons from the parish of St. Catherine, now have access to expanded health services at the Rock River Health Centre in the parish. The facility, which was officially opened on September 18, was constructed by Food For the Poor (FFP), with funding provided by American philanthropist, Denise Di Biase. In her address,...

(FILE) Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, addresses the Sixth IMF High Level Caribbean Forum held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (November 16, 2017).

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentFinance & Public Service

Former IMF Boss Praises Jamaica

Former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, has praised Jamaica for the “remarkable” accomplishments under its financial arrangements with the Fund, which have now concluded. “Through two programmes, two different administrations with very strong commitment, you have managed to actually create jobs, to reduce the unemployment level to the lowest ever, you’ve reduced debt by 50...