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Members of the Vauxhall High School Chorale in Kingston perform during the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) recent staging of its fifth Labour Market Reform Forum, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, under the theme: ‘Promoting Youth Employability and Entrepreneurship through Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)’. The forum was held to disseminate labour market information to a select group of participants to enable them to make informed career choices.

PIOJ Fully Supports Labour Market Reform

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Colin Bullock, says the agency fully supports the process of labour market reform, describing it as essential to ensure sustainable economic growth and social development in Jamaica. He also argued that...

British High Commissioner, David Fitton (right), speaking at a contract signing ceremony for Phase Three of the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) on December 11 at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, in Kingston. Canadian High Commissioner, Robert Ready (centre) and Country Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones, look on. The cost for CSJP III is valued at US$55 million.

British High Commissioner Lauds CSJP

State Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Luther Buchanan (2nd right), leads the discussion with members of the Rural Community Development Task Force on how Bethel Town in Westmoreland can become a model community. The group also toured Stetin in Trelawny on December 13 to get firsthand knowledge of the communities.

Major Work on Model Communities Early 2015

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left) and Principal of Dunrobin Primary School, Noel Watt, interact with students after the handing over of a 5000 gallon tank to the institution on December 12. In the background is the tank.

Dunrobin Primary Gets Water Tank

Heavy Rains in Northern Region

Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill.

11 years ago Tourism

Message from the Minister of Tourism & Entertainment for the start of the Winter Tourist Season 2014/2015

My fellow Jamaicans … With the hard work done throughout the year by all the players in the sector, we are well prepared for a successful winter tourist season. As you know tourism is one of our leading industries in its contribution to employment and foreign exchange earnings. Despite, many challenges, we have managed to perform very well. Our strong...

Grade 4 students of Chetolah Park Primary School (from left), Jamelia-Lyn Gregory, Eve Philburn and Patrice Forrester are intrigued as they read ‘Jamaican Folk Customs & Beliefs’, a publication recently presented to them, along with seven other books and heritage posters, by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS).

11 years ago EducationInformation

JIS Donates Books to Inner-City Primary Schools and State-Run Homes

Students of two inner-city primary schools and children of eight State-run homes are benefiting from a large collection of heritage publications donated to their libraries by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS). Additionally, 67 students at the Grade 4 level attending the two schools have received individual reading materials. The books, a gift from the Research and Publications Department of the...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Labour and Social Security, the Hon. Derrick Kellier.

11 years ago Labour

Delay in PATH Payments

Beneficiaries of the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) who are paid by cheque or Keycard Cash are being advised that due to technical difficulties, payments for the month of December will be made on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. The Ministry apologizes for any inconvenience which may be caused by this extended delay.

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd left), with Union Institute and University scholarship recipients, Adrian Stephenson (left), and Nyoka Taylor, from the St. Andrew based Haile Selassie High School. The scholarships valued at over $3 million, were presented today (December 13), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston, at a teaching strategy symposium organized by the Career Advancement Programme (CAP), in collaboration with the University. At second left is former Dean at the University, Professor Michael Tredinnick.

11 years ago EducationPrime Minister

PM Says no Student Will be Left Behind

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says students who leave the school system without marketable competencies will not be left behind, as the Government will continue second chance programmes. She pointed out that the Career Advancement Programme (CAP) is one of several initiatives designed to offer a second chance for educational attainment to students aged 16 to 18,...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (5th right), cuts the ribbon to a two-bedroom model unit situated in the Hills of Boscobel development in St. Mary, to mark the official hand over of the units to their new owners during a presentation ceremony in that community on December 11. Also pictured (from right) are: Managing Director of the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ), H. Karl Bennett; Permanent Secretary in the Housing Ministry, Audrey Sewell; Member of Parliament for Western St. Mary, Joylan Silvera; and Chairman of the HAJ, Derick Latibeaudiere. During the ceremony long time occupants of land in the adjoining community of Boscobel View, were presented with titles to those properties.

11 years ago Works / Construction

Govt. to Assist in Completing Unplanned Developments

The Government is currently seeking to identify suspended unplanned developments that it can assist in bringing to completion. This should result in the regularisation of informal settlements and a higher standard of living for these residents who are mainly low income earners. Making the disclosure on December 11 at a key and land title presentation ceremony in the Hills of...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Hon. Damion Crawford (2nd L), discusses aspects of the mitigation strategies to be implemented in the Bedward Gardens community with Research Analyst at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Christopher Gayle (L), and Councillor for the area Artnel McDonald (R). Occasion was the breaking of ground for the mitigation project on Thursday (Dec.11) in the community.

11 years ago CommunityEnvironment

$82 Million Landslide Mitigation Project Launched in Bedward Gardens

Ground was broken on Thursday (December 11) for an $82 million landslide mitigation project in the community of Bedward Gardens in rural St. Andrew. The project is aimed at reducing the community’s vulnerability to landslides, soil instability, flooding and falling boulders. It is part of a larger US$2.4 million Landslide Risk Reduction Mitigation programme encompassing four communities, which is being...

Director, Business Operations at Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB), Hecton Hemans, addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on December 9, at which he said that the JMB is developing a Housing Starts database.

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

JMB Developing Housing Starts Database

Jamaicans will soon be able to benefit from a database of housing starts that is being developed by the Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB). The Housing Starts Metrics will be used to provide information on, monitor and measure islandwide performance of housing starts. Housing starts is an economic indicator that reflects the number of privately owned housing units on which construction has...