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Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, speaks at the graduation ceremony for the CAC 2000 Foundation/JSIF Air Conditioning Technicians Training Programme, held at the AC Hotel, in Kingston, on Thursday (September 12).

Persons Trained Under Alternative Livelihood Skills Programme Of JSIF

Seventy-two persons from 10 communities in three parishes have been trained in air-condition installation and maintenance, and certified, under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Alternative Livelihood Skills Programme (ALSP). The new technicians hail from Barrett Town, in St James;...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (second left), indicates his readiness for the second annual Civil Service Week (CSW) 5K Walk/Run, slated for Saturday, November 16. The event, which runs off from Emancipation Park in New Kingston, forms part of activities organised by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service to mark CSW 2019, from November 17 to 22, under the theme, ‘Building and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence’. The event was launched during a function at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston, on Friday (September 13). Others (from left) are Race Director and Head of Running Events Jamaica, Alfred Francis; Chief Executive Officer for the event’s main sponsor, First Heritage Co-operative Credit Union Limited (FHCCU), Roxann Linton; and Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) President, O’Neil Grant.

Woman Inc. Crisis Centres To Benefit From 5k Walk/Run

Project Manager in the National Ozone Unit at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Vivian Blake, speaks about measures to phase out the use of ozone-depleting substances during a recent JIS Think Tank. At left is Acting Public Relations Officer, NEPA, Shahri Miller.

Training For Refrigeration Technicians In Use Of Non-Ozone Depleting Substances

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, delivering a statement (FILE) in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, July 31.

Energy Minister Says Petrojam Stands Ready To Supply Right Fuel To Ships

Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (second right), with scholarship recipients (from left): Gaviel Gordon; Aviel Martin; and Tatiyanna McDonald. They were among 30 scholarship recipients who were assisted through the Save our Boys and Girls Foundation, in collaboration with the Juliet Holness Foundation. The scholarships are valued at $2 million. Mrs. Holness made the presentations during a ceremony at Jamaica House on Thursday (September 12).

High School And Tertiary Students Receive Scholarships

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe, addresses a ceremony to open the Miss Lou Archives on Thursday (September 12) at the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ) East Street, downtown Kingston.The event, dubbed:

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Miss Lou Archives On Display At National Library

Jamaicans are being encouraged to visit the Miss Lou Archives at the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ) to learn more about the life and work of late cultural icon, Dr. the Hon. Louise Bennett Coverley. The archives, formally launched in 2016, largely comprise materials collected during Miss Lou’s’ early life in Jamaica, which were donated to the NLJ by the...

Head of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit in the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Deputy Superintendent Carl Berry (right), conducts an Anti-Trafficking workshop with the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDco) ‘Team Jamaica’ trainers, at TPDCo’s Head Office, Knutsford Boulevard, New Kingston, on September 13.

6 years ago Tourism

PHOTOS: Anti-Trafficking Workshop With TPDco

Chairman of the JWN Foundation, Clement Lawrence (centre), with (from left) JWN Foundation scholarship recipient, Marissa Barker; Guest Speaker, Dr. Neleen Leslie-Piper; Donna Barker and Abbigaye Cole, at the JWN Foundation Scholarship Awards Ceremony, held on Thursday, September 12 at the Courtleigh Auditorium in Kingston.

6 years ago Education

UTech Lecturer Says Education Can Break Generational Cycles Of Poverty

Lecturer at the College of Business and Management at the University of Technology (UTech), Dr. Neleen Leslie-Piper, says education should be viewed as one of the ways to break generational cycles of poverty. According to Dr. Leslie-Piper, students who are faced with challenging situations should be encouraged to remain focused as well as take advantage of available opportunities that will...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second right), in dialogue with (from left): Assistant Commissioner at the Jamaica Fire Brigade (Region Four), Floyd McLean; Superintendent in charge of the St. James Fire Department, Dolphin Doeman; and Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney. Occasion was a tour of the site of the Barnett Street Fire Station in St. James, on Thursday (September 12).

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Construction Of Barnett Street Fire Station On Track

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says completion of the Barnett Street Fire Station in St. James is on track to be completed before the 12-month deadline. Ground was broken for the facility in June of this year. The Minister, who was speaking to journalists following a tour of the fire station site on September 12,...

National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) Acting Public Relations Officer, Shahri Miller, speaks about activities for World Ozone Day 2019, at a recent JIS Think Tank. The day is being observed on Septeber 16 under the theme,

6 years ago Environment

NEPA Implores Citizens To Help Preserve The Ozone Layer

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is encouraging Jamaicans to play their part in preserving the ozone layer as the country prepares to mark World Ozone Day on September 16. Acting Public Relations Officer at NEPA, Shahri Miller, said there are non-ozone-depleting practices that Jamaicans can adopt as part of their daily lives. “There are things that we can...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, addresses members of the Route Taxi Association, at a meeting in Mandeville, Manchester, on September 11.

6 years ago Transport

Minister Montague Encourages Cabbies To Be More Business-Focused

Route taxi operators are being encouraged by Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, to see their chosen vocation as a business that can be sustained for generations. “I want to push you in the direction of seeing the industry as a business and not a hustle; even better than that, as a career path that you can encourage your...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, delivers the keynote address at the graduation ceremony for the CAC 2000 Foundation/Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Air-Conditioning Technicians Training Programme at AC Hotel in Kingtson on Thursday (September 12).

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Corporate Jamaica Urged To Help Train Young People

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has called for Corporate Jamaica to partner with the Government to help more of the nation’s youth acquire skills and competencies as part of the development of the country’s human capital. He was delivering the keynote address at the graduation ceremony for the CAC 2000 Foundation/Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Air-Conditioning...