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State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (left), is being groomed by Correctional Officer/Trainer, Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Remand Centre in Kingston, Donnahugh Ashman (right). Looking on is Commissioner of Corrections, Ina Hunter. The State Minister toured the facility on Monday (April 16), where the observed male wards engaged in different areas of skills training.
State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (left), is being groomed by Correctional Officer/Trainer, Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Remand Centre in Kingston, Donnahugh Ashman (right). Looking on is Commissioner of Corrections, Ina Hunter. The State Minister toured the facility on Monday (April 16), where the observed male wards engaged in different areas of skills training.

Metcalfe Street Juvenile Centre Farm to be Expanded

State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, says the Ministry will be working to expand the farm programme at the Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Remand Centre into one that is sustainable and profitable. The young male...
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), examines a field of scallion with Randre Reynolds, a RADA extension officer, during a tour of the New Forest-Duff House Agro Park in Manchester on Friday April 13.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), examines a field of scallion with Randre Reynolds, a RADA extension officer, during a tour of the New Forest-Duff House Agro Park in Manchester on Friday April 13.

Minister Says Farmers Must be Paid More for Their Crops by Middlemen
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), observes as Clinical Pharmacist at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), Dr. Amanda Daley (second right), demonstrates the new Mobile Dispensing Unit (MDU), at the launch of the pilot project at the hospital in St. Andrew on April 16. Looking on are Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson (second left); and Senior Medical Officer (SMO) at the Bustamante Hospital, Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson.
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), observes as Clinical Pharmacist at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), Dr. Amanda Daley (second right), demonstrates the new Mobile Dispensing Unit (MDU), at the launch of the pilot project at the hospital in St. Andrew on April 16. Looking on are Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson (second left); and Senior Medical Officer (SMO) at the Bustamante Hospital, Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson.

NHF Launches Mobile Dispensing Unit Pilot Project
Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre), shares a joke with Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry (left), and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Caribbean Country Department General Manager, Therese Turner-Jones, during the 10th PIOJ/IDB Labour Market Forum held recently at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.
Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre), shares a joke with Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry (left), and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Caribbean Country Department General Manager, Therese Turner-Jones, during the 10th PIOJ/IDB Labour Market Forum held recently at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.

Prepare Workforce for Technologically Driven Future – Turner-Jones
Communication and Social Marketing Coordinator with the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, Patrice Nephew, delivering remarks at the recent launch of Project GOLD.
Communication and Social Marketing Coordinator with the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, Patrice Nephew, delivering remarks at the recent launch of Project GOLD.

CSJP Supports New Programme to Assist At-Risk Youth

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Social Security

Bulletproof Vest Saves Cop’s Life

Twenty-seven-year-old police constable Craig Kyle* is expressing gratitude for the upgraded ballistic vests provided to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) one of which saved his life during a police operation last July. “I have to say that I am truly grateful to the Government for (these) provisions,” Constable Kyle tells JIS News. The vests are of a different make and...
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The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister at the Eighth Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru.
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Jamaica Committed to Cooperating with International Partners to Combat Corruption – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reaffirmed Jamaica’s commitment to combatting corruption. Speaking at the eighth Summit of the Americas underway in Lima Peru, Mr. Holness said Jamaica will also continue to partner with international stakeholders to battle corruption. “Jamaica remains committed to cooperating with international bodies and other Member States to combat corruption in the forms of bribery, international graft,...
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General Manager, Caribbean Country Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones (second right), addresses public forum at the University of the West Indies (UWI), staged by its Department of Economics and the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) on April 12. Listening (from right) are Head, Department of Economics, UWI, Professor David Tennant (right); Director General, PIOJ, Dr. Wayne Henry; and Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, UWI, Professor Claremont Kirton.
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IDB Official Wants to See More Investment in Robotics Technology

General Manager, Caribbean Country Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones, says more economic growth can be achieved if members of the private sector invest more in robotics technology for their operations. Speaking at a forum on the ‘Findings of an Assessment of the Implementation and Impact of Key Initiatives under the National Economic Growth Inducement Strategy’,  Mrs. Turner-Jones said...
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Project Manager, JamaicaEye, Major Sheldon Bryan, highlighting aspects of the initiative, during the launch of the national closed-circuit television (CCTV) system at the National Indoor Sports Complex in St. Andrew on March 14.
Social Security

CCTV Surveillance Programme Gets Private Sector Support

The national closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance programme, geared at improving public safety and security, is receiving strong support from members of the private sector, who believe that the initiative will make an impact on crime in the country. Dubbed ‘JamaicaEye,’ the public-private partnership, launched in March, is designed to network CCTV cameras owned by the Ministry of National Security as...
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Environment and Project Officer at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Stacey-Anne Preston highlights plans for the development of a National Risk Information Platform (NRIP), at a JIS Think Tank session.
Development

JSIF Spearheads National Risk Information Platform

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is spearheading the development of a National Risk Information Platform (NRIP), which will allow all risk data to be located and updated in a centralised platform that is available to government agencies and the public. In an interview with JIS News, Environment and Project Officer at JSIF, Stacey-Ann Preston, said that the NRIP will...
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