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Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean, Sheila Roseau, discusses the issue of adolescent pregnancy in the Caribbean, at a Jamaica Information Service Think Tank held today ( September 25) at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

Framework Developed to Reduce Adolescent Pregnancy in the Caribbean

The United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean has developed an Integrated Strategic Framework for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy across the region. Director of the Sub Regional Office, Sheila Roseau, made the disclosure during a Jamaica...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, the Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill. (FILE)

Message from Minister of Tourism And Entertainment to Mark World Tourism Day

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan (right), shares a light moment with President of the Jamaica Pig Farmers Association (JPFA), Hanif Brown (2nd right), at yesterday’s (September 24) annual general meeting of the organisation held at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville. Sharing in the occasion (from left) are: Business Development Manager at Hi-Pro, Dayne Patterson; and Corporate Affairs Manager at Caribbean Broilers (CB), Dr Keith Amiel.

Pork Industry On Steady Growth Path – Buchanan

Director of Nutrition in the Ministry of Health, Sharmaine Edwards.

Employers Encouraged to Assist Lactating Mothers

Justice Minister, Mark Golding addresses the 4th Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers (CAJO), September 24 at the Hilton Rose Hall, Montego Bay. Also pictured (left to right) are Professor Richard Drayton, Rhodes Professor of Imperial History, King’s College London; Chief Justice ZailaMcCalla; Sir Dennis Byron, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice; Justice Adrian Saunders, Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice and Justice C. Dennis Morrison, Acting President of the Court of Appeal, Jamaica.

Justice Minister Calls for Bipartisan Support of CCJ Bills

Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, addresses the opening of the 4th Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers, held on September 24 at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, St. James.

11 years ago Justice

Country Approaches Crucial Juncture

Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, says Jamaica is approaching a crucial juncture in its history, when in October the Senate will debate the three Bills that seek to amend the Constitution to entrench the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the country’s final appellate court. He reminded that the three Bills were debated and passed earlier this...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), and Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Western, Hon. Anthony Hylton, at the official opening of the Waterhouse Community Multi-purpose Centre, held on September 24. The centre constructed through the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP).

11 years ago National Security and Peace

CSJP Constructs Modern Multi-Purpose Centre In Waterhouse

Residents of Waterhouse and surrounding communities in St. Andrew now have access to a $50.6 million, fully solarised multi-purpose centre. The Citizen Security & Justice Programme III (CSJP III), in partnership with the Environmental Health Foundation (EHF), the Universal Service Fund (UAF) and the Waterhouse Community Development Committee (CDC) Benevolent Society, constructed and furbished the Waterhouse Community Multi-purpose Centre. The...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), is in discussion with Deputy Director, Sustainable Development, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Claire Bernard, during the official launch of the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism Project at the Hotel Four Seasons in Kingston today (Sept. 24).

11 years ago Environment

Key Sectors to Benefit from Climate Resilience Project

A number of key sectors will benefit from technical support to boost climate change resilience under a US$19.8 million programme, which was officially launched today (September 24). The project, the first Adaptation Programme implemented by the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) under the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience will provide strategies and action plans for the water, health and tourism...

Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams (right).

11 years ago National Security and Peace

Get The Guns Campaign Reaping Results

Commissioner of Police, Dr. Carl Williams, says some 16 firearms have been recovered over the past 36 hours under the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) ‘Get the Guns Campaign’. This brings to 26, the total number of firearms recovered since the launch of the campaign on September 17. The Commissioner was speaking at a customs seminar today (Sept. 24), at the...

Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund, Clyde Harrison, address a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (September 23).

11 years ago Tourism

Tourism Awareness Week to Focus on Linkages Hub

This year’s Tourism Awareness Week celebrations will focus on the Tourism Linkages Hub, as the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment highlights the various businesses that support the sector. The week will be observed from World Tourism Day on September 27 to October 3 under the theme: ‘One Billion Tourists: One Billion Opportunities’. This is also the theme that the United...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Government of Jamaica Preparing to Host Special Guests

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says the Government is preparing to host official visits to Jamaica by two special guests of the Government of Jamaica between September 29 and October 1. The timing of the announcement of both the visits and their itineraries, is being agreed between the Government of Jamaica and the respective foreign Governments. The matters to be discussed will be...

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, addresses the opening of the 13th annual meeting of the Latin American Competition Forum at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on September 23.

11 years ago Commerce

Gov’t Committed to Fostering Competitive Business Climate

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, said the Government is committed to fostering a competitive environment for business in Jamaica. She said there are clear benefits for business and consumers from operating in an open, competitive environment, stressing that the Government is working towards ensuring that there is fair competition in all sectors....