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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left) and Chairman/Founder, Children of Jamaica Outreach, Inc. (COJO), Gary Williams (right), sharing a moment with the six scholars who have been awarded tertiary-level scholarships totalling US$22,500 by COJO. The presentations were made on Wednesday (September 13) during a luncheon at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. The scholarship recipients (from second left) are Aaron Rowe, Shantanna Dixon, Nickorta Samuels, Golda-Mae Bullock, Kareem Carr and Chantell Campbell.

Former State Wards Awarded Tertiary Scholarships Valued at US$22,500

Six former wards of the State have been awarded tertiary-level scholarships totalling US$22,500 by diaspora charity Children of Jamaica Outreach Inc. (COJO). The presentations were made on Wednesday (September 13) during a luncheon held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), and Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), listen as Head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Team to Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, outlines details of the second review conducted under the IMF's three-year Precautionary Stand-by Arrangement. She was speaking during the joint Government of Jamaica/IMF press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister on Thursday, September 14.

Jamaica Achieves all Targets in IMF Review

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Floyd Green (right), spells his name in sign language at the launch of the Partnership for Literacy Enhancement for the Deaf Project on Wednesday (September 13) at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston. Looking on are Chairman of the Executive Board of the Jamaica Association for the Deaf (JAD), Christopher Williams; and Acting Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Rebecca Robinson.

Deaf Students to Benefit from Literacy Project

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on September 13.

Cabinet Approves Revised Budget to Complete FINSAC Report

Nursing students at the Trench Town Polytechnic College, in St. Andrew, pay keen attention to address by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, at a media launch of the College, on September 13.

Students Must See Investment as Push to Achieve Greatness – Education Minister

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck. (FILE)

9 years ago Justice

Custodes and JPs Have Important Role to Play in ZOSO – Justice Minister

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says that custodes and justices of the peace (JPs) will have an important role to play in ensuring the success of the Zones of Special Operations (ZOSO). Speaking at a sensitisation session for lay magistrates in the parishes of Trelawny, St. Ann and St. James on September 13, at the Royalton White Sands Hotel...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second right), is being shown a map of works to be undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), while on a tour of sections of Central Clarendon on September 14. Looking on (from left) are Project Officer of JSIF

9 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Government to Regularise Informal Settlements in Central Clarendon

The Government is taking steps to acquire lands in sections of Central Clarendon with a view to regularising informal community settlements. On a tour of the communities of Bucks Common, Effortville and Juno Crescent, yesterday (September 14), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, said upgrading the settlements is important and...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague (right), highlights a point to executives of the newly formed Security Programme Oversight Committee (SECURIPOC), Co-Chair and Chairman, Doreen Frankson, and Peter Moses, respectively. Occasion was the launch of SECURIPOC during a ceremony at the Oxford Road offices of the Ministry of National Security on September 14. The Committee, which comprises a wide cross section of stakeholders in the public and private sectors, academia and civil society, is tasked with monitoring the compliance and progress of the departments and agencies of the Ministry of National Security in relation to implementation of their key performance indicators and make recommendations as necessary to the Minister.

9 years ago National Security and Peace

Security Programme Oversight Committee Launched

The Government is aiming to improve delivery on its policies and strategies to enhance the safety and security of citizens, with the launch of a 15-member Security Programme Oversight Committee (SECURIPOC). The Committee, which comprises a wide cross section of stakeholders in the public and private sectors, academia and civil society, was officially launched at a ceremony at the Oxford...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert-Roberts (left), shakes hands with Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Lee Young-Gyu. Occasion was a ceremony at the Ministry’s Dominica Drive offices in Kingston on Wednesday (September 13), where Mr. Lee formally handed over three sport utility vehicles (SUV), valued at US$100,000, to the Jamaican Government.

9 years ago Foreign Affairs

Korea Donates Three SUVs to Jamaican Government

The Republic of Korea has donated three motor vehicles valued at US$100,000 to the Government of Jamaica. The gift was made possible through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), a government-funded agency dedicated to providing grant-aid programmes for the sustainable socio-economic development of partner countries. Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Lee Young-Gyu, formally handed over...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry (left), addresses a press conference held yesterday (September 14) at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices. Others (from second left) are Advisor to the Minister, Leroy Lindsay; and President and Chief Executive Officer, Airports Authority of Jamaica, Audley H. Deidrick.

9 years ago Transport

Full Restoration of Air Services Within 48 Hours

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, says full restoration of air services should take place within the next 48 hours. He was speaking yesterday (September 14), at a press conference held at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices. Major damage to the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) radar communication system, due to a lightning strike last Friday (September 8),...

Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte (left), greets Alternate Executive Director, World Bank, Hoe Jeong Kim (right), when he, along with other members of the World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors, arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, today (September 14). Others (from second left) are Country Director for Caribbean Countries, in the Latin American and Caribbean region, World Bank, Tahseen Sayed; and Operations Officer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit, World Bank Group, Karlene Francis.

9 years ago Justice

Attorney General Says Government has Full Support of World Bank

Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, says the Government has the full support of the World Bank on key initiatives that aim to enhance the country’s growth agenda. “They report that we are at a good place at this time, and they are in full support of what the Government is doing, particularly on the economic-reform front, on the public-sector-reform...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left), delivers a presentation to a team at the Ministry during a ceremony hosted for a visit by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on September 6. In the audience (front row, from left), is IDB Country Representative, Therese Turner Jones; and IDB Executive Vice-President, Julie Katzman. The visit was hosted at the Ministry’s North Street office to highlight to IDB the location and operation of the Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE) programme, a component of the Labour Market Information System (LMIS).

9 years ago Labour

Labour Market Information System Facilitates Jobs for 2,000 Persons

Some 2,000 persons have been successfully placed in employment through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Labour Market Information System (LMIS) since 2013, when the website was enhanced and redeployed. Additionally, more than 3,700 vacancies were identified and 6,000 individuals referred for employment. Through the LMIS, employers can post job openings and search for matching candidates, while jobseekers can...