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State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (seated left), navigating the newly developed Social and Health Management software (SOHEMA) – Child Case Management System (CCMS) during the launch on August 16 at the Child Development Agency (CDA) headquarters in downtown Kingston. Developed by Canadian software development company, Avocette, the software allows child-protection officers to upload and track cases of children who are registered in the child-protection system. Seated (from second left) are Acting Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Rebecca Robinson, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Avocette, Scott Ross. In the background (from left) are System Administrator for the CDA, George Bowes; Project Integration Manager for Avocette, Cathy Deluca and Chief Executive Officer for the CDA, Rosalee Gage-Grey.
State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (seated left), navigating the newly developed Social and Health Management software (SOHEMA) – Child Case Management System (CCMS) during the launch on August 16 at the Child Development Agency (CDA) headquarters in downtown Kingston. Developed by Canadian software development company, Avocette, the software allows child-protection officers to upload and track cases of children who are registered in the child-protection system. Seated (from second left) are Acting Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Rebecca Robinson, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Avocette, Scott Ross. In the background (from left) are System Administrator for the CDA, George Bowes; Project Integration Manager for Avocette, Cathy Deluca and Chief Executive Officer for the CDA, Rosalee Gage-Grey.

Services in Child Protection Sector Being Streamlined

The Government is streamlining services within the child protection sector with the launch of the Child Case Management System (CCMS), incorporating the Social and Health Management (SOHEMA) software. Developed by Canadian software development company, Avocette, the software allows child-protection officers...
Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Brian Wynter (left), addresses the media at the Bank’s Quarterly Press Briefing, at its headquarters in downtown Kingston on August 16. Others (from second left) are Senior Deputy Governor, John Robinson; Deputy Governor of Financial Institutions, Supervisory Division, Maurene Simms; and Deputy Governor, Administration and Technical Services, Finance and Technology and Payment System and Risk Management, Livingstone Morrison.
Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Brian Wynter (left), addresses the media at the Bank’s Quarterly Press Briefing, at its headquarters in downtown Kingston on August 16. Others (from second left) are Senior Deputy Governor, John Robinson; Deputy Governor of Financial Institutions, Supervisory Division, Maurene Simms; and Deputy Governor, Administration and Technical Services, Finance and Technology and Payment System and Risk Management, Livingstone Morrison.

April to June Quarter Records 4.4% Inflation
Interim Executive Director at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, Orville Hill (left), presents a trophy to Juliet Johnson Clarke, who received the Noteworthy Writer award, at the Jamaica Creative Writing Competition and Exhibition awards ceremony held at The Knutsford Court Hotel on August 15.
Interim Executive Director at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, Orville Hill (left), presents a trophy to Juliet Johnson Clarke, who received the Noteworthy Writer award, at the Jamaica Creative Writing Competition and Exhibition awards ceremony held at The Knutsford Court Hotel on August 15.

JCDC Recognises Amateur and Professional Writers
National Mathematics Coordinator at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Tamika Benjamin.
National Mathematics Coordinator at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Tamika Benjamin.

Maths Coaches and Specialists to Attend Training Workshop
Minister of Energy, Science and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley.
Minister of Energy, Science and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley.

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Farmers harvesting cane in Clarendon.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Employment at All-Time High

More Jamaicans are now employed than at any other period in the country’s history. Data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) show that the number of persons securing employment peaked at a historic 1,204,800 in April 2017, which was 35,800 more than the 1,169,000 persons employed in April 2016. The out-turn bettered the employment level of 1,187,000 in July...
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Member of Parliament, East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right), hands out school supplies to children during a back-to-school treat held at the Harbour View Primary School in St. Andrew yesterday (August 15).
Office of the Prime Minister

Scores of Children Receive Back-to-School Supplies

Scores of children from Harbour View and Bull Bay in East Rural St. Andrew received educational supplies and free health checks at separate back-to-school-treats hosted by Member of Parliament the Most Hon. Juliet Holness. The students, who will be attending basic, primary and high schools in September, received knapsacks and lunch bags, notebooks, pens, pencils, rulers, sharpeners, and book vouchers....
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Assistant Pastor at the Bethel Baptist Church, Reverend Norman Mills (left, back row), and Executive Director of the Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment Foundation (PAEF), Pauline Gregory-Lewis (7th left, second row), with the organisation’s 2017 bursary awardees, at a ceremony held yesterday (August 15), at the St. Catherine parish office of the Social Development Commission (SDC), in Spanish Town. Twenty students were presented with educational grants totalling $300,000.

20 Students Receive Bursaries from PAEF

Back-to-school preparation has been made easier for the families of 20 high-school students in the parish of St. Catherine with bursaries totalling $300,000 presented by the Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment Foundation (PAEF). The children were presented with the educational grants today (August 15), at the St. Catherine parish office of the Social Development Commission (SDC), in Spanish Town. Executive Director...
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Major General Antony Anderson.
National Security and Peace

National Security Council Must Get Report on ZOSOs

The National Security Council is expected to receive a 10-day report on the happenings in areas designated Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs). National Security Advisor, Major General Antony Anderson, explains that the report is a requirement under the Law Reform (Zones of Special Operations) (Special Security and Community Development Measures) Act. “It is not something you fire and forget... ....
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Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, delivers the keynote address at the Atlanta Jamaican Association Independence Gala and Scholarship Awards on Saturday (August 12), at the Sheraton Hotel, downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
Foreign Affairs

Jamaica on Path to Economic Independence – Marks

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, says Jamaica is firmly on the path to attaining the true national mission of this generation, that of achieving and establishing economic independence. Delivering the keynote address at the Atlanta Jamaican Association Independence Ball on Saturday night (August 12) at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Atlanta, Ambassador Marks said the...
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