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Support for Law and Order

With the maintenance of law and order high on the agenda of the Government, a total of $567 million has been budgeted to carry out activities to support this during the 2017-18 fiscal year. The money has been set aside...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Consultant of the Smart Health Care Facilities Project in Jamaica, Keron Crossman-Johnson.

Jamaica to Benefit from PAHO Smart Health Care Project

In this file photo, former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Elaine Foster Allen (left), has the attention of (from 2nd left): Caribbean Regional Director for the AIDS Health Care Foundation, Dr. Kevin Harvey; Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Winston De La Haye; and Regional Director for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Ken-Garfield Douglas. Occasion was the handover of a new mobile HIV testing unit donated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to the Western Regional Health Authority. The presentation was made during the Ministry’s 26th Annual Review and Planning Retreat at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in St. James on November 16.

Project to Reduce HIV Prevalence Among At-Risk Groups Gets $492.25 Million

Member of the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) Men with a Message advocacy group, Jermaine Austin, addresses young people who benefitted from a CSJP summer school workshop in 2015. (FILE)

$1 Billion Allocated to Undertake Crime Prevention Initiatives

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, highlights the importance of the tourism pillars at a recent ministerial briefing for diplomats at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

Tourism Pillars will Create Opportunities – Minister

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson. (FILE)

9 years ago Labour

Jamaica to Host ILO Meeting February 23-24

Jamaica will host the 10th International Labour Organization (ILO) meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour from February 23-24 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. The biennial meeting provides the opportunity for Labour Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and other high-level officials of the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean to discuss labour issues that are of mutual concern to the region. Minister...

Acting Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant (right), interacts with baby Brianna as her mother, Kandice Davidson (centre), is presented with a box of chocolates by Senior Vice President, Legal and Regulatory Affairs, Flow Jamaica, Rochelle Cameron. Occasion was an empowerment session held at the Women Resource Outreach Centre (WROC), Beechwood Avenue, in Kingston on February 14. Held under the theme: ‘Love Me to Live, Don’t Love Me to Death’, the session was organised by the LASCO/Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Top Cop finalists for 2016-2017.

9 years ago National Security and Peace

Jamaicans Urged to Build Safer and Healthier Family Relationships

Acting Commissioner of Police (ACP), Novelette Grant, is imploring Jamaicans to begin building safer and healthier relationships, starting with that between parent and child. She stressed that this initial interaction is of utmost importance, as the relationship between parents and children “basically sets the foundation for the family life, community life, and the life that we want as a nation.”...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre); Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Dr. Wayne Henry (left); and General Manager of the Inter-American Development Bank, Country Department Caribbean Group, Therese Turner-Jones, enjoy a light moment at the opening of a two-day Labour Market Forum at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on February 14.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Apprenticeship a Solution to Youth Unemployment, Low Certification

The Labour Market Reform Commission has identified apprenticeship as one solution to some of the issues facing the labour market, such as high youth unemployment and low levels of certification. This was disclosed by Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, at the opening of a two-day Labour Market Forum at the Spanish Court Hotel...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), signs documents during a ceremony at Jamaica House on Tuesday (February 14), to establish a Memorandum of Understanding between the National Water Commission (NWC), HEART Trust/NTA and Israel-based company, Miya. Looking on are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dean-Roy Bernard (left); and Miya Representative, Sophie Kanellopoulou (right). The NWC management and staff will be trained in best practices for the management of non-revenue water (NRW) as part of the Kingston and St. Andrew NRW Co-Management Project.

9 years ago Local Government

NWC Signs MOU for Staff Training

The National Water Commission (NWC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the HEART Trust/NTA and Israel-based company, Miya, for the training and capacity building for its management and staff. This is being done under the Kingston and St. Andrew Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Co-Management Project. The training, to include 150 personnel, is to ensure a highly skilled and dedicated...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre), is in light conversation with Chairman of JAMPRO, Don Wehby (left); and President of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA), Metry Seaga, at the media launch of the Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE) at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on January 11. The trade show is slated for the Montego Bay Convention Centre from June 1 to 4.

9 years ago Commerce

JMA Targets Investment Boost through Staging of International Exhibition

With the Government pursuing increased investment as a key driver of economic growth, the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association’s (JMA) inaugural staging of the Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE) is expected to have a significant impact. The three-day event kicks off at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on June 1 and should see the participation of some 600 local, regional...

Executive Director of the Private Security Regulation Authority, Rosalyn Campbell, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

9 years ago National Security and Peace

Security Guards Urged to Sign Up for Health Insurance Scheme

The Private Security Regulations Authority (PSRA) is urging security guards to sign up for the self-contributory health insurance scheme that is provided through Guardian Life. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ yesterday (February 14), Executive Director of the PSRA, Rosalyn Campbell, said health insurance is one of the most basic rights that all employees should have, including security guards. Mrs....

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left), signs contract for the purchase of two fire boats for the Jamaica Fire Brigade on February 14 at the Ministry’s head office in Kingston. Others (from left) are: Acting Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Raymond Spencer; Representative of United States boat manufacturer, Brunswick Commercial and Government Products (BCGP), Phillip Gibson; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe.

9 years ago Local Government

Jamaica Fire Brigade to Get Two Fire Boats

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is to acquire two new fire boats valued at US$1.3 million. A contract for the acquisition of the vessels was signed by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, the Jamaica Fire Brigade and United States boat manufacturer, Brunswick Commercial and Government Products (BCGP) on February 14 at the Ministry in Kingston. In his...