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Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), converses with (from second left): JN Group Financial Consultant, Hugh Reid; Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) Executive Director, Dr. Damien King; and JN Group Assistant General Manager, Dr. Dana Morris Dixon, at CaPRI’s Annual Budget Review and Public Forum, held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Monday (March 25).

CaPRI Head Lauds Government

Executive Director of the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), Dr. Damien King, has lauded the Government for presenting a “responsible” $835.2-billion Budget for the 2019/20 fiscal year. Speaking at CaPRI’s Annual Budget Review and Public Forum at The Knutsford Court...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP

PM Describes Dorraine Samuels as a True Jamaican Icon

Mathematics Teacher of the Year, Karema Mundell-Thomas (left), accepts her trophy from Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean (centre) and Chief, Business Banking, Jamaica National Bank, Ryan Parkes, during the launch of National Mathematics Week and the awards ceremony, on March 25 at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.

Parents and Teachers Encouraged to Use Maths to Equip Students with Reasoning Skills

Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner (right), listens to Allman Town resident, Sylvia Rowe (left), at a justice fair in the community on September 28, 2018. At centre is Legal Consultant, Shara-Kay Dacres-Moore.

Legal Aid Council Hosts Justice Fair March 29

Executive Director of Jamaica Vacations, Joy Roberts, in discussion with Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis, during the Team Jamaica and Montego Bay City Tour Guides graduation ceremony, held at the offices of the St. James Municipal Corporation, recently.

JAMVAC Pushing for ‘Multi-Porting’

The Minister of Culture Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange (right) accepts donations for the National Sport Museum from former hockey player and administrator, Kay Wilson.

7 years ago Sport

Sport Ministry Intensifies Preparation for National Sport Museum

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is continuing its preparation for the National Sport Museum by acquiring 3D scanners for digitising artefacts that will be on display in the National Sport Museum, when established. The Minister, the Honourable Olivia Grange, made the disclosure at a Digital Asset Workshop organised by the Ministry at the Creative Production and Training...

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, speaks at the opening of the inaugural Mico International Mathematics Teaching Summit, on March 25, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, in New Kingston. The summit is being held from March 25 to 27 under the theme ‘Mathematics for Economic Growth and Sustainable Development’.

7 years ago Education

The Mico University Hosts Int’l. Mathematics Teaching Summit

The Mico University College, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, is hosting the inaugural Mico International Mathematics Teaching Summit from March 25 to 27. It is a knowledge-sharing forum that seeks to explore, analyse and consolidate international best practices in the teaching of mathematics. It features several plenary sessions and workshops, led by local and international...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the launch of the Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention (PHDP) Framework and Annual Implementation Plan at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge and Conference Centre in St. Andrew on March 25.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

National Family Planning Board Launches Health Initiative

The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) has launched the Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention (PHDP) Framework and Annual Implementation Plan to assist persons living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The globally recognised model puts infected persons at the centre of managing their health and well-being by linking HIV treatment, prevention, support and care issues within a human rights framework....

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre), responds to questions during a panel discussion at the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) Annual Budget Review and Public Forum, held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on Monday (March 25). Also taking part (from left) are JN Group Assistant General Manager, Dr. Dana Morris Dixon; and CaPRI Executive Director, Dr. Damien King.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

Measures Under ERP Generate Space for Capital Expenditure

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says measures under the Economic Reform Programme (ERP) are generating the fiscal space to facilitate increased Central Government capital expenditure. This, he notes, is evident over the last five years, during which inflation-adjusted programmed expenditures have increased by 162 per cent between fiscal years 2014/15 and 2019/20. The Minister...

Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson, in discussion with Senior Director, Adaptation, Climate Change Division, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Le-Anne Roper, during the National Conference on ‘Accelerating the Application of Climate-smart Agriculture Innovations and/or Technologies’, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston, on March 25.

7 years ago Agriculture

Farmers to Learn about Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices

Some 5,000 farmers from the parishes of St. Thomas, St. Mary and Portland are to benefit from a €400,000 (J$5.6-million) project, aimed at increasing their capacity to implement climate-smart agricultural practices. Dubbed, ‘Accelerating the Uptake of Climate-smart Agriculture in Jamaica’, the project is to strengthen the resilience to climate extremes and improve agricultural productivity and incomes of smallholder farmers in...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), attempts to clear a hurdle at the new East Track at the National Stadium in St. Andrew on Monday (March 25). Others (from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe; General Manager at Independence Park Limited (IPL), Major Desmon Brown; Chairman of IPL, Mike Fennell, and Deputy Chairman, David Shirley. Occasion was the official opening of the new track, which was developed at a cost of $71.5 million.

7 years ago Sport

Minister Grange Announces $12-Million Hurdles Pilot Project

The Government is undertaking a $12-million pilot project, aimed at expanding participation in the track and field discipline of hurdling among student-athletes. The project will target athletes in 25 secondary institutions across the island. Making the disclosure, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said that the Sport Development Foundation (SDF), in its development plan, has indicated...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, DPhil, MP

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

Central Government and Public Bodies to Invest $100.9 Billion on Projects

A sum of $100.9 billion is earmarked to implement 194 investment projects by Central Government and Public Bodies during the 2019/20 fiscal year, under the Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP). This is according to the 2019/20 Fiscal Policy Paper, which was tabled in the House of Representatives by Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. Just...