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Permanent Secretaries in the Ministries of Labour and Social Security, Mrs. Colette Roberts Risden (right), and Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Maurice Smith (second right), in conversation with Permanent Secretary from the Ministry of Social Transformation, Local Government and Community Empowerment in St. Lucia, Ms. Juliana Alfred (second left), at the Pegasus Hotel on April 18 . At left is Chief Technical Director, Social Security, Mrs. Dione Jennings. Ms. Alfred is leading a five-member St. Lucian delegation that is studying the Programme of Advancement Though Health and Education (PATH).

Team from St. Lucia Studies PATH Programme

A delegation from the Ministry of Social Transformation, Local Government and Community Empowerment, in St. Lucia, is currently in the island for a one-week study tour of the Programme of Advancement Though Health and Education (PATH). The five-member team, headed...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

Tourism Minister Hails TPDCo

In this file photo, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (right); and Negotiating Officer at the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) representing Public Sector Pharmacists, Elvis Lennon (centre); sign the Heads of Agreement for the 2015/2017 contract period.

Pharmacists Sign Wage Agreement

Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) Co-Chairman, Richard Byles, addressing EPOC’s monthly media briefing held recently at Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited’s head office in New Kingston,

Lower Commodity Prices Saved Jamaica US$911 Million Last Year

Technical Advisor, Investment and Private Sector at the CARICOM Secretariat Office of Trade Negotiations, Joel Richards.

Cave Hill Students Examine Local Implementation of CSME

Telephone Operator at the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Gritley Williams, who is visually impaired, uses the MAGic software, a screen magnification and screen reading solution to improve her efficiency on the job.

10 years ago Technology

JCPD Acquires New Software to Improve Services

The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) has acquired new software to improve services to its blind and visually impaired clients as well as to help staff complete job functions. The Council received two software packages - Job Access With Speech (JAWS) and MAGic - in March, under the recently completed Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Trade and Competitiveness Project. This...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange (third right), along with Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Mrs. Juliet Holness (second left), engage in conversation with students from Mona Preparatory School (from left): Paris Mullings, Annaleese Dallas and Duncan McKenzie. Occasion was the unveiling of a Gateway sign in Papine Square, St. Andrew, leading to the Blue and John Crow Mountains on April 18.

10 years ago Culture

Communities to Benefit from World Heritage Site

Communities within and around the Blue and John Crow Mountains are set to benefit economically from the only mixed World Heritage site within the Caribbean. “I know there are many residents in the over 30 communities scattered in the Blue and John Crow Mountains who already have businesses and business ideas that reflect the rich culture of the area.... that...

Left to right: The Hon. Audley Shaw CD, MP, Minister of Finance and the Public service; Ainsley Powell, Commissioner General, Tax Administration of Jamaica (TAJ); Bevon Sinclair, Technical Specialist-TAJ; Ian Wood, APA expert.

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister wants non-adversarial approach to Transfer Pricing Implementation

Ian Wood, an Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) expert affiliated to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), met with Finance Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw and his technical teams from Tax Administration of Jamaica and the Taxation Policy Division (MoFPS) earlier this week at the Ministry. The discussions centred around possible bi-lateral agreements with agencies of government, and the application...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

MHPM Saddened by devastation in Japan and Ecuador

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness has expressed sadness at the impact of earthquakes, which have affected Japan as well as Ecuador over the past few days. The Prime Minister extended Jamaica's condolences to the Government and people of Japan and pledged Jamaica's support as they seek to recover from two earthquakes which have severely damaged sections of the country...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), is greeted by General Manager of the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, Koen Hietbrink, on arrival at the New Kingston-based hotel on April 15 for the official opening ceremony.

10 years ago Tourism

Jamaica Looks to Firm-Up Multi-Destination Marketing Deal

Jamaica’s tourism officials will meet with their counterparts in Cuba and the Dominican Republic this week to finalise an arrangement for the multi-destination marketing of the countries. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, made the disclosure at the grand opening of the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in New Kingston on Friday, April 15. The countries have been in talks towards...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (2nd right), affixes his signature to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will facilitate the creation and delivery of a leadership development programme for middle-level leaders in the public service. Also signing (from 2nd left), are: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), Ruby Brown; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Maurice Smith. Looking on at left is Director, Public Service Capability Development, MIND, Ann-Marie Smith. The MoU, which is a partnership between MIND and the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), was signed during a ceremony held at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on April 15.

10 years ago Education

Public Sector Leaders to Benefit from Training Programme

The competence of middle-level leaders in the public sector is to be strengthened under a new programme to be offered by the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) in partnership with the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL). Both entities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development and delivery of the training programme during a ceremony held at...

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left), greets United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency, Luis G. Moreno. Occasion was a visit by the United States Ambassador to the Ministry’s downtown Kingston offices on April 15, for talks on a range of issues.

10 years ago Labour

Gov’t Committed to Eradicating Child Labour and Human Trafficking – Labour Minister

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, says the Government remains committed to the eradication of child labour and human trafficking in Jamaica. She was addressing a meeting with United States (US) Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency, Luis G. Moreno, and other officials from the US Embassy, at the Ministry’s downtown Kingston offices on April 15. Minister Robinson informed...