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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. (FILE)

Public Education Campaign On Ganja For Youth

The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) will be embarking on a full scale youth public education campaign to delay initiation into smoking and to provide young persons with information about healthy coping and lifestyle options. Minister of Health, Dr....

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (at podium), addresses the opening of Ackee Village in Portmore, St. Catherine, on July 19. At left is Mayor of Portmore, Leon Thomas.

2,300 Young Persons to be Employed by Municipal Corporations

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, emphasises a point while addressing journalists
at Wednesday’s (July 19) post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House. Seated (from
left) are: Press Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, Naomi Francis; and Education,
Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. — Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, emphasises a point while addressing journalists at Wednesday’s (July 19) post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House. Seated (from left) are: Press Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, Naomi Francis; and Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

Government Rescinds Decision to Sell Land in St. James

: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses the Upper House.

Senate Approves Bill for Single Anti-Corruption Agency

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), with Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) Child Ambassador for St. Catherine, Terry-Ann Wilson. They were participants in a workshop held to discuss the National Plan of Action for an Integrated Response to Children and Violence (NPACV), which is expected to be finalised within six months. The event was staged at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, on July 20. The goal of the NPACV is to create and maintain a protective environment, supportive of and responsive to the issues of violence, child abuse and maltreatment of children in Jamaica.

Plan of Action to Protect Children

Project Manager for the Household Expenditure Survey (HES), Shelly-Ann Chambers (left), gives an update on the year-long survey being conducted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) at a recent Think Tank session. At right is Director General of the Institute, Carol Coy.

9 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Jamaicans Urged to Support Household Expenditure Survey

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is urging persons to support its household expenditure survey (HES) now underway. The survey, which is being conducted from February 6, 2017 to February 2018, collects information on the amount households spend on consumer goods and services such as food, education, health, transportation, recreation and communication. Data obtained is critical to the decision-making processes...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (2 nd right), is introduced to Tourism
Product Development Company Limited’s (TPDCo) Manager of the Year for 2015/2016,
Julian Thompson (left), by Community Awareness Coordinator, Marlene Stephenson-
Dally (right), at the company’s staff service awards function held at the Caymanas Golf
and Country Club in St. Catherine on July 18. Sharing in the moment (from 2 nd left) are
Employee of the Year awardees Doreen Forrester and Lorna Newsome. Mrs.
Stephenson-Dally was named Manager of the Year for 2013/14 and 2014/15.

9 years ago Tourism

Tourism Minister Hails TPDCo

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has hailed the Tourism Product Development Company Ltd (TPDCo) for its critical role in the advancement of the nation’s tourism sector. He said the entity continues to be a custodian of integrity and quality advancing the reputational value of the industry. “TPDCo stands in the gap between the promise made to the (tourists) in the...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

9 years ago National Security and Peace

Cabinet Approves Additional Sum of $2.57 Billion for Security Ministry

Cabinet has approved an allocation of $2.57 billion for the National Security Ministry over what was initially tabled in the Budget, for consideration by the Finance and Public Service Minister. According to Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, this is to facilitate activities associated with Zones of Special Operations and provide additional resources required by the...

9 years ago Education

Education Minister Says Sector Must Respond to Needs of Industry

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the education sector has been undergoing a transformation process to make it more practical, relevant and flexible in response to the critical needs of industry. “It is imperative that leaders in the public education system keep themselves updated on the new directions in education and training across the...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Diaspora Institute (JDI), Professor Neville Ying.

9 years ago Foreign Affairs

JDI Undertakes Initiatives to Empower Young People

The Jamaica Diaspora Institute (JDI) has been undertaking several initiatives aimed at empowering young people in vulnerable communities. Working through the Diaspora Youth Connect (DYC) project, which was launched in 2013 in partnership with the non-profit organisation, CUSO International, the initiatives are leveraging the human and financial resources that exist within the Diaspora to strengthen the business management skills of...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking in the House of Representatives on
July 18.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Comprehensive Tobacco Bill Drafted

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says a comprehensive Tobacco Control Bill has been developed and is under review. Making his contribution to a private member’s motion brought by Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Rev. Ronald Thwaites, on public health issues arising from tobacco and ganja use, in the House of Representatives on July 18, Dr. Tufton...

9 years ago Tourism

Tourism Earns US$ 1.46 Billion in Six Months

Jamaica generated US$1.46 billion in tourism earnings during the first six months of the 2017 calendar year to record an impressive 7.5 per cent increase over the corresponding period in 2016. Additionally, the country welcomed 2,165,330 visitors up to the end of June this year, which was 3.9 per cent higher than the corresponding period in 2016. These included 1,186,646...