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Unemployment Falls to Record Low of 8.4 Per Cent

The country’s unemployment rate has fallen to a new record low of 8.4 per cent, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) Labour Force Survey for July 2018. This out-turn is 1.3 per cent lower than the 9.7 per...

Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dr. Andrew Spencer.

TPDCo Implements Anti-Harassment Initiatives

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange (left) and Her Excellency, the Most Honourable Lady Allen interacts with adolescent mothers at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation, an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. The Centre was visited today (Wednesday) by Lady Allen who shared with the teenage mothers the intricacies of social etiquette.

PHOTO: Minister Grange and Lady Allen visit Women’s Centre

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium) leads an activity with students of the Jamaica-China Goodwill Infant Schools during his address at the ribbon cutting and handing over ceremony of the institution in West Central St. Andrew on October 31. The other school is located in Eastern St. Thomas.

Removal of Auxiliary Fees, Corporal Punishment Non-Negotiable – PM

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, highlights a point while making a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 30).

Special Reward for Information Relating to Crimes Against Children, Elderly

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (right), in conversation with Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska (left) and Assistant Secretary General, Directorate of Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Douglas Slater. Occasion was the opening of the two-day Regional Meeting for Advancing Recommendations for Addressing Gaps in the Human Rights Response under the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) Justice for All programme, on Tuesday (October 30), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston

8 years ago Justice

Cabinet Submission on Human Rights Institute Completed

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the Cabinet submission to set up the National Human Rights Institute has been completed. The Institute will complement the existing network of institutions that are mandated to protect the rights of nationals. Mr. Chuck said the Government remains committed to advancing the human rights of Jamaicans, and the National Human Rights Institute will provide...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (centre), interacts with wards at the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, during a visit in August, to participate in the ‘We Transform’ sports day

8 years ago National Security and Peace

We Transform Helping Youth Offenders Beat the Odds

When then 13-year-old *Sophie was placed at the South Camp Juvenile Correctional and Remand Centre for Girls for committing aggravated assault, she cried every day for weeks. The 18 months she was ordered to spend at the juvenile centre seemed like an eternity of misery, but now she is grateful for the experience and the way it helped to turn...

A section of the Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO)/Alpart Jamaica plant in Nain, St. Elizabeth.

8 years ago Energy

JISCO/Alpart Giving Back to Communities

The Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO)/Alpart bauxite company, located in Nain, St. Elizabeth, is giving back to the various communities in which it operates. Public Relations Officer, Julian Keane, tells JIS News that the company supports more than 70 districts in St. Elizabeth and Manchester through education, sports, healthcare, agriculture, and general community development. “We have our mining operations...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (left), speaks at the launch of the new Quarry Managers Training Programme, held at the Ministry of Transport and Mining’s office on Maxfield Avenue in Kingston on Tuesday (October 30). With the Minister are Commissioner of Mines, Roy Nelson and Executive Director, Council of Community Colleges in Jamaica, Dr. Donna Powell-Wilson.

8 years ago Transport

Opportunity for Quarry Managers to be Trained at Tertiary Level

The Mines and Geology Division of the Ministry of Transport and Mining and the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ) have launched an inaugural Quarry Managers Training Programme, which will offer the managers certificates they can use to seek further studies at the tertiary level. The programme was launched at The Ministry's office located on Maxfield Avenue, in St....

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (centre), converses with MoneyMasters Limited (MML) Director, Dennis Hickey (right), during the entity’s ‘Conversation with the Analysts’ breakfast forum, held at Eden Gardens Wellness and Spa Resort in St. Andrew on Tuesday (October 30). Mr. Vaz was the keynote speaker. The forum was held under the theme ‘Opportunities for Local Financing of Jamaica’s Infrastructure Development’. At left is MML President, Claudette Crooks.

8 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Government Pursuing Several Public-Private Partnership Deals

The Government is pursuing the development of several other potential Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreements. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says these include the soon-to-be-launched schools solar energy and energy efficiency pilot to be undertaken in 30 institutions, for which five firms have been shortlisted for consideration and participation. Other substantive...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), shakes hands with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Innovative Corporate Solutions, Neil Abrahams (second right), following the signing of a contract for a new phase of the Tablets in Schools Project at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on October 30. Sharing the occasion (from left) are Acting CEO, e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Izett McCalla; CEO, GeoTechVision, Valerie Grant; and Principal Financial Officer, Ministry of Science and Technology, Richard Fonseca. Contracts totalling US$30 million were signed with GeoTechVision and Innovative Corporate Solutions.

8 years ago Education

Contracts Signed for Tablets in Schools Project

A new phase of the Tablets in Schools Project is slated to get under way soon, following the signing of two contracts totalling US$30 million. Of the sum, US$16 million has been awarded to GeoTech Vision Limited, while US$14 million goes to Innovative Corporate Solutions Limited for the supply and delivery of tablet carts and services. The contracts were signed...

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (centre), with the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) 2018 Humming Bird awardees; Founder and CEO of New York-based VP Records, Patricia Chin; and President and CEO of A.J. Dwoskin & Associates, Albert Dwoskin, at the AFJ’s Hummingbird Gala at the Plaza Hotel in New York on Friday, October 26.

8 years ago Prime Minister

Architects Present Designs of New Houses of Parliament to PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Tuesday (October 30) met with the top-five entrants in the Houses of Parliament Design Competition to examine the concepts of each. The top-five registered architects and their teams outlined the design plans and models, developed based on the guidelines laid out in the competition brief, to the Prime Minister at Jamaica House....