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Students of the St. Andrew Technical High School are in light conversation just before the start of the Commonwealth Day 2015 Youth Forum held today (March 9), at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. They are (from left): Jervorney Gordon; Lateesa McKenley; Daniel McLeod; Akeli Stampp; and Aaliyah Smith.

Govt Committed to Youth Development – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the Government is committed to ensuring that the country’s youth are given the best opportunity to realise their fullest potential, through education and training, and other means. “It is imperative that...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, addresses a recent forum hosted by the Jamaica Mortgage Bank, in Kingston, where he informed stakeholders about the latest amendments to the Mortgage Insurance Act.

Stakeholders Urged to Take Advantage of Amended Mortgage Insurance Act

Manager, Public Education and Corporate Communications Division, National Environment & Planning Agency (NEPA), Dionne Rose (right), hands over a certificate of participation to Acting Principal of the Mico Practising Primary and Junior High School, Geraldine Allen (left), at the recent handing bovver of a vegetable garden on March 6.

MICO Practising Benefits from Garden Project Set Up By NEPA

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator the Honourable A.J. Nicholson, QC and the Minister President of the Flanders Region, Mr. Geert Bourgeois.

Jamaica and Belgium to Strengthen Relations

President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards, highlights planned activities for Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF) 2015, at a recent press briefing at the JAMPRO offices in Kingston. JIF 2015 is scheduled for March 10 to 12 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

New Features at JIF in Mo-Bay March 10 to 12

State Minister in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan (centre) and Board Member of the Board of Supervision, Lawrence Madden (right), meet one of the participants of the Human Services Professional Training Programme, Jennelle Daley (left), at the launch of the Human Services Diploma Programme on March 6, at the Vocational Training Development Institute (VTDI) on Gordon Town Road, in Kingston. In the background are other participants of the programme.

11 years ago Local Government

Board of Supervision Provides Training for Workers

The Board of Supervision has allocated $3.5 million to improve the Human Services sector, through its Professional Training Programme. The Board is partnering with the HEART Trust/NTA to address the increased demand on the Poor Relief sector, through the capacity building of participants in the programme. They will be trained in key areas of human and social services to care...

Minister of Industry, Investment & Commerce, the Hon. Anthony Hylton, addresses a press briefing on the 2015 Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF) being held March 10 to 12 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

11 years ago Commerce

Jamaica Investment Confab Focused on Bankable Projects

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Jamaica’s Trade and Investment Agency is putting finishing touches to the 2015 Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF) being held March 10 to 12 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre. The Jamaica Investment Forum, a JAMPRO event, is Jamaica’s premier international investment and business conference, designed for eager investors and business executives, who want to discover business opportunities and...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (at head table) and members of the Inter-Ministerial Working Group on Children, discuss issues pertaining to corporal punishment at a meeting held on March 6 at the Youth Ministry’s head office, in Kingston.

11 years ago Culture

National Dialogue on Corporal Punishment

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says a national dialogue will have to take place before the country can make a decision on the issue of corporal punishment. Miss Hanna was addressing an Inter-Ministerial Working Group on Children, at the Ministry on March 6, which she convened to begin preliminary discussions on corporal punishment. “I could not take...

Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, speaking at a ceremony in Clarks Town, Trelawny, on March 6 to officially commission into service the Clarks Town Water Supply Pipeline Replacement Project.

11 years ago Environment

Jamaicans Urged to Settle Outstanding Accounts with NWC

Jamaicans who owe outstanding sums to the National Water Commission (NWC) are being urged to settle their accounts. Making the call, Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, said the NWC is currently owed $20 billion as a result of citizens not paying their bills. The Minister is also appealing to persons with illegal connections, to...

Participants in the Parade Gardens parenting workshop take time out to converse with the Art of Living Foundation (AOLF) International Programme Director, Dushyant Savadia (2nd left), and Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)/Community Renewal Programme (CRP) Technical Specialist, Socio-Economic Development, Charmaine Brimm (right).

11 years ago CommunityVision 2030Youth

CRP Parenting Workshops for More Inner-City Communities

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has moved to capitalise on the success of one of its latest Community Renewal Programme (CRP) initiatives - the staging of Parenting and Stress Management workshops over three days in the community of Parade Gardens, downtown Kingston, in November 2014. Held under the theme: ‘Know Your Child’, the workshops were staged in collaboration with,...

Academic Dean at the All American Institute of Medical Sciences in Black River, St. Elizabeth, Dr. Sheila Campbell Forrester (left), in discussion with Chairman of the Board, Dr. Simon Clarke (right), at the institution’s inaugural graduation exercise on December 4.

11 years ago Education

Healthy Start by First Off-Shore Medical School

The All American Institute of Medical Sciences (AAIMS), in Black River, St. Elizabeth, staged its inaugural graduation exercise on December 4, in which 19 Pre-Medical and 34 Pre-Clinical students graduated. The AAIMS, which is Jamaica’s first off-shore private medical school, opened in 2011 with an enrolment of six students. This was made possible after Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon....

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), with the Venezuelan Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Maria Jacqueline Mendoza (centre) and Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, during a commemoration function to mark the second anniversary of the passing of the late President, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias, at Devon House on March 5.

11 years ago Prime Minister

Hugo Chavez Remembered

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, headed the list of dignitaries who attended a ceremony at Devon House on March 5, to commemorate the second anniversary of the death of the late President, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias. Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, who addressed...