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Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III Communications/Social Marketing Specialist, Patrice Tomlinson-Nephew (left), speaks about the youth summer camps being funded by the programme, during a recent JIS Think Tank. Listening is Sergeant Alexander Bloomfield of the St. Andrew South Police Division.
Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III Communications/Social Marketing Specialist, Patrice Tomlinson-Nephew (left), speaks about the youth summer camps being funded by the programme, during a recent JIS Think Tank. Listening is Sergeant Alexander Bloomfield of the St. Andrew South Police Division.

CSJP-Funded Summer Camps to Help Improve Police-Citizen Relations

The Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III is optimistic that the youth summer camps being funded under the programme will assist in improving relations between the police and citizens. The CSJP III is supporting six residential and non-residential camps...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), greets Head of Development Cooperation at the Canadian High Commission, Walter Bernyk (right), at a Child Protection Seminar held today (July 18) at the University of the West Indies in Mona, St. Andrew. At centre is Executive Director of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), Rodje Malcolm.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), greets Head of Development Cooperation at the Canadian High Commission, Walter Bernyk (right), at a Child Protection Seminar held today (July 18) at the University of the West Indies in Mona, St. Andrew. At centre is Executive Director of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), Rodje Malcolm.

Educators Encouraged to Safeguard Rights of Children
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 16.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 16.

Stage One Upgrading of JISCO/Alpart to be Completed by 2020
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 16.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 16.

Preparatory Activities for Vernamfield Development Under Way
Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, speaking during Wednesday’s (July 17) quarterly briefing at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. Listening (from left) are STATIN’s Senior Statistician and Head of the Indices and Prices Unit, Administrative Statistics Division, Shelly-Ann Chambers; Director of Surveys, Dr. Natalee Simpson; and Deputy Director General, Leesha Delatie-Budair.
Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, speaking during Wednesday’s (July 17) quarterly briefing at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. Listening (from left) are STATIN’s Senior Statistician and Head of the Indices and Prices Unit, Administrative Statistics Division, Shelly-Ann Chambers; Director of Surveys, Dr. Natalee Simpson; and Deputy Director General, Leesha Delatie-Budair.

STATIN Reports First Quarter Growth of 1.7 Per Cent

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International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Constant Lonkeng Ngouana, addresses the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew, at Hotel Four Seasons on Tuesday (July 16).
Finance & Public ServiceForeign Affairs

Resident Rep of IMF Encouraged By Efforts to Spur Higher Levels of Growth

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative, Dr. Constant Lonkeng Ngouana, says he is encouraged by Government-led multi-stakeholder efforts to spur higher levels of sustainable growth for Jamaica. This, he notes, is through interventions and measures designed to address the underlying impediments. He was speaking at the Rotary Club of St. Andrew’s weekly luncheon at Hotel Four Seasons in New Kingston,...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), converses with Marketing Manager, J. Wray and Nephew Limited, Nadia Kiffin-Green (centre), and Brand Manager, Pavel Smith. The occasion was the official launch of the Social Development Commission (SDC)/Wray and Nephew National Community T/20 Cricket competition on July 17, at the Ministry
CommunitySport

T/20 Community Cricket Competition Enters Quarter-Final Stage

The Sports Development Commission (SDC)/Wray and Nephew National Community T/20 Cricket competition has entered the quarter-final stage, with the final eight teams to compete this weekend. Johnson Mountain of St. Thomas will take on Orange from St. James at Chedwin Park, St. Catherine at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday (July 20), with Orange Hill of Westmoreland to match skills with Fairfield...
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National Mathematics Coordinator and a member of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) management team at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Tamika Benjamin (right), consults with National Project Manager for PISA, Marjorianna Clarke, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ today (July 16).
EducationJIS Think Tank

Parents and Principals to be Surveyed Under PISA

Parents and principals will be required to complete a survey instrument as part of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). High schools across the island will participate in PISA for the first time in 2021. Speaking at a recent JIS News Think Tank, National Programme Manager for PISA, Marjorianna Clarke, said that the purpose of the principals survey is...
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Farmers participate in the joint Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Jamaica Red Poll and Jamaica Black Cattle Breeders Societies, held at the Agro Investment Corporation on Minard Estate in Brown
AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Buyers of Stolen Produce to be Targeted

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is on a new drive to target buyers and end users of stolen agricultural produce and livestock. Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, said there will be a zero tolerance approach in this effort. “If you cut off the market, I believe we...
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A section of the Ferris to Mackfield roadway in Westmoreland, which is being upgraded.
Works / Construction

Ferris to Mackfield Road in Westmoreland 98% Complete

Work on the Ferris to Mackfield roadway in Westmoreland is 98 per cent complete and should be finished ahead of schedule. Community Relations Officer at the National Works Agency (NWA), Western Region, Janel Ricketts, told JIS News that, so far, 12 kilometres of the roadway have been completed and work is in progress on the final section in terms of...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaking at the recent launch of the website for the seventh Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston. The conference will be held in Montego Bay, St. James, from July 8 to 10, 2020.
Local Government

Jamaica’s Hosting of Disaster Risk Reduction Conference Significant – Minister McKenzie

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says that Jamaica’s hosting of the Seventh Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP20) in 2020 is a significant achievement. Aside from the Regional Platform being held in the region for the first time, Jamaica was able to successfully advocate for the name of...
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