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Executive Director, National Youth Service (NYS), Melvin Smith, addresses a Statistics Symposium hosted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge, University of the West Indies, St. Andrew today (October 15). Entitled: ‘Youths, ages 15 to 24 – A Situational Analysis’, the event was staged as part of activities to commemorate Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Statistics Day. The forum provided a profile of young people in the 15 to 24 age group in relation to employment, education, fertility and crime.

Disabled Youth to Benefit from Employment Opportunities

Young people with disabilities across five parishes are to receive employment opportunities as well as career and personal development training under an empowerment programme being undertaken by the National Youth Service (NYS). To be launched in November in Kingston and...

Chairman of the Board of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Professor Winston Davidson (left), having a light exchange with (from second left), Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Ambassador Paola Amadei; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Stephen Wedderburn; and Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica, Colin Bullock, at the official handing over ceremony for $34.7 million worth of state-of-the-art equipment to the BSJ, for its chemistry and microbiology laboratories, on October 15. The equipment has been provided under the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreement.

BSJ Gets State-Of-The-Art Equipment to Improve Testing of Samples

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer. (FILE)

ChikV Cleanup Allocations Clarified

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), presents an elated Dujun Brown (second right) with his own personal tablet computer, during a presentation ceremony at the Rennock Lodge All Age School in Kingston, on October 14. Looking on (from second left) are: Chairman of the school Board, and Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Angela Brown-Burke; and Dujun’s father, Noel Brown. Dujun is among the 130 students enrolled at the school to receive devices under the Government’s $1.4 billion Tablets in Schools pilot programme.

Parents Optimistic About Tablets In Schools Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller in discussion with Minister of Finance and Planning, the Hon. Peter Phillips at a special meeting at Jamaica House on October 14. Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Fenton Ferguson is seated left. Mrs. Simpson Miller updated Parliamentarians on the country’s Ebola emergency preparedness and response mechanisms.

Ebola Surveillance to be Heightened at Ports of Entry

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday, October 14. Dr. Phillips tabled the interim report on the Fiscal Policy Paper for the 2014/15 fiscal year. The Fiscal Policy Paper provides information on the economic outturn of the previous financial year; the performance of the first quarter of the financial year; projections to the end of the current financial year; and projections for the succeeding financial year and the medium term.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister Presents Positive Report to the House

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says the economic performance of the country during 2013/14 and the first quarter of the 2014/15 fiscal year has been positive. The Minister’s comment came as he tabled the interim report on the Fiscal Policy Paper for the 2014/15 fiscal year, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on...

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

IMF and Jamaica to Hold High-Level Conference on Growth in the Caribbean

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in collaboration with Jamaica’s Ministry of Finance and Planning will hold a high-level conference on “Unlocking Growth in the Caribbean” on October 23-24, 2014 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The event will focus on how to unlock growth in the region and will examine key issues such as improving the reliability and efficiency of energy provision,...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), shares a light moment with Chairman of the Barita Education Foundation, Rita Humphries-Lewin (centre), and Executive Director of the HEART/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley. Occasion was a breakfast forum to mark the 10th anniversary of the Barita Education Foundation, held on October 14, at the Terra Nova Hotel, St. Andrew.

12 years ago Education

Education Ministry Begins Clean Schools Campaign on Wednesday

The Ministry of Education will, on Wednesday, October 15, launch a clean schools campaign, to rid and prevent breeding sites for mosquitoes in and round educational institutions. The initiative is part of a national effort to reduce vector-borne diseases, including Chikungunya (CHIKV). Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, made the announcement at Barita Education Foundation’s 10th anniversary breakfast forum...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, addresses the re-launch of the up-graded Ligunea Post Office Internet Cafe in St. Andrew on October 9. He said that number portability will be in place by May 2015.

12 years ago Technology

Minister Paulwell Assures Number Portability by May 2015

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says that number portability will be in place by May next year. Number portability allows users of mobile and fixed telephones to retain numbers assigned to them, if they choose to switch service providers. The Government had previously targeted May 2014 to implement number portability but this was revised after...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addresses the homecoming gala of the Mount Alvernia High School alumni association’s Central Florida chapter, held on October 11 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall.

12 years ago Education

Education Ministry Looking to Partner with Alumni Groups

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Government is looking to partner with alumni associations in Jamaica and the Diaspora to enhance the education process. Rev. Thwaites, who was addressing the fundraising gala of the Mount Alvernia High School alumni association’s Central Florida chapter, held on October 11 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, said...

Ms. Miranda Townsend, who has been awarded the Badge Of Honour For Long And Faithful Service to the Child Protection Sector, by the Government of Jamaica. She will receive her award at the National Honours and Awards ceremony, to be held at King’s House on Heroes Day, Monday, October 20. Ms. Townsend has been a Foster Mother for more than 45 years.

12 years ago Culture

Foster Mother to be Honoured Heroes Day

Monday, October 20, will be a special day for Miranda Judith Townsend, of Holly Hill in Darliston, Westmoreland. She will be presented with a national award by the Government of Jamaica - the Badge Of Honour For Long And Faithful Service to the Child Protection Sector - at the National Honours and Awards ceremony, to be held at King’s House....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd right), provides details about Jamaica’s national emergency response and preparedness for Ebola, at a meeting involving Government Ministers, Parliamentarians, and representatives of state agencies, at Jamaica House on Tuesday (October 14). From left are Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey; Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott; Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson; Minister of Finance and Planning, Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips; and Acting Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson.

12 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Government Develops National Ebola Action Plan

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the Government is putting in place a National Action Plan to effectively address the Ebola virus, and to deal with the disease, in the event of a outbreak. Additionally, she said, an Integrated National Coordinating Team, to be headed by the Ministry of Health and Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), is being...