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The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange ‘Rings the Bell for Gender Equality’ at the Jamaica Stock Exchange as part of activities to celebrate International Women’s Day. The bell ringing ceremony, hosted by stock exchanges globally, aims to raise awareness of the pivotal role the private sector can play in advancing gender equality to achieve Goal 5 of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Also photographed are: Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica; Alison Mclean, Representative, UN Women Multi-Country Office in the Caribbean; Andrea Kelly, General Manager, Jamaica Central Securities Depository and the JCSD Trustee Services and Therese Turner Jones, Representative, Inter-American Development Bank in Jamaica (left to right).

PHOTO: Grange Rings the Bell for Gender Equality

Students’ Loan Bureau Gets $3 Billion

Winner of the 2018 Jamaica Festival Song Competition, O’Neil Scott, known as ‘Nazzleman’, with his trophy which he received after being announced the winner of the competition, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, in Kingston, on July 15.

Entries for Festival Song Competition Close March 15

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second right), speaks to HEART Trust/NTA Chairman, Edward Gabbidon (right), at a contract signing ceremony between the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the HEART Trust/NTA to train ancillary workers in schools, at JSIF’s headquarters, in Kingston, on March 7. Also sharing in the dialogue are (from left): General Manager of Technical Services at JSIF, Loy Malcolm, and JSIF Managing Director, Omar Sweeney.

Programme to Train and Certify Workforce to be Launched in April By Heart

President of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Gloria Henry, announces the launch of the Outsource2Jamaica (O2J) Symposium and Expo 2019, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on March 7.

Public Sector Entities Partner with BPIAJ to Stage Conference

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange

7 years ago Gender Affairs

Message by The Honourable Olivia Grange, CD, MP Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport for International Women’s Day

You can tell a great deal about a country by the way it treats its women and children. The status that they occupy in the hierarchy of the society is usually a good indicator of whether the country is progressive or backward, oppressive or caring. What can we say about Jamaica? Over the years, Jamaica has made progress at lifting...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), prepares to cut the ribbon to open the new mammography unit at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) on Thursday (March 7). Looking on (from left) are UHWI Board Chairman, James Moss-Solomon; and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

UHWI Opens $78 Million Mammography Unit

The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), on Thursday (March 7), opened a new mammography unit at its Women’s Imaging Centre, boasting advanced technology for the detection of breast cancer. Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, welcomed the launch of the $78 million unit, noting that it will help in increasing the diagnosis of breast cancer at...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, announces the Revenue Measures for the financial year 2019/20, as he opens the 2019/20 Budget debate in the House of Representatives on March 7. Seated from left are: Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

Debt-to-GDP Ratio to Fall to 96 Per Cent at End of 2018/19

Jamaica’s Debt-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio will fall to 96 per cent at the end of the 2018/19 financial year on March 31. Opening the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday (March 7), Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said the figure represents “the lowest level of debt in nearly...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, opens the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 7. Seated from left are: Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

Gov’t Places Priority on Improving Public Safety

Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the National Security Ministry’s 2019/20 budgetary allocation of $20.2 billion reflects the priority being placed by the Government on improving public safety. The provision, which is 28 per cent of the Central Government’s $72.1 billion programmed capital expenditure, is the largest Ministerial provision earmarked for the new fiscal year....

Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point during Friday’s (March 8) post-Budget press conference at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston. He is flanked by Financial Secretary, Darlene Morrison (left), and Deputy Financial Secretary, Diane Black.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

2019/20 Budget Represents Economic Opportunity for All – Dr. Clarke

Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the Government’s 2019/20 programmed expenditure of $835.9 billion represents an inclusive Budget, geared towards improving the quality of life for all Jamaicans. Details of the expenditure were outlined during the Minister presentation to open the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday (March 7). “This Budget...

Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III Communications/Social Marketing Specialist, Patrice Tomlinson-Nephew, addressing patrons during the National Safe Schools Peace Day Concert at Nelson Mandela Park, Half way Tree, St. Andrew, on March 6.

7 years ago Justice

Safe Schools Peace Day Concert Organisers Recognise CSJP III

Organisers of the annual National Safe Schools Peace Day Concert have recognised the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III for supporting the initiative over the past six years. Representatives of CSJP were presented with an award by the concert’s planning committee during the event’s staging at Nelson Mandela Park in Half Way Tree, St. Andrew, on March 6. Speaking...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), greets United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, Dr. Elsie Laurence-Chounoune (right), during the International Women’s Day Breakfast on Friday (March 8) at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in New Kingston. Sharing in the moment is UNDP Gender Seal Project Manager, Cordia Chambers- Johnson. The event was hosted by the UNDP under the theme: ‘Breaking Through to Next-Level Gender Equality in the Jamaican Workplace’.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Gender Affairs

Two More National Women’s Shelters to be Established

Two additional shelters for abused women are to be established during the 2019/2020 fiscal year. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, told JIS News that approximately $86 million has been allocated in the Budget to purchase property to house the facilities. They will bring to three, the number of national women’s shelters across the island, with...