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Participants in the recently concluded Alternative Livelihoods and Skills Development Hope Zoo Landscape Training Project, display their certificates during the project’s closing ceremony at the Hope Zoo in St. Andrew, earlier this month. Sharing the moment with them are: Instructor at Ebony Park Heart Academy, Kirk Williams (left); Hope Zoo Preservation Foundation, Kenneth Benjamin (3rd left); Chief Executive Officer, Petro Caribe Fund, Dr. Wesley Hughes (sixth left); Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Scarlette Gillings (seventh left); Director General, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Dianne McIntosh (right).

Eleven Inner-City Youth Receive Landscaping Certification

After undergoing two months of training, 11 young persons from several inner-city communities are now empowered to earn a living from skills they acquired through a landscape training project, undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).in collaboration with Hope...

Volunteer at the National Council on Drug Abuse, Gail Van-Reid (right), educates students from Long Road Primary School, Kwesi-Ann Wallen (left) and Janell Harrison on the hazards of smoking. They were at the National Schools ‘No Tobacco’ Poster and DJ competition, held at the St. Peter and Paul Church Hall on May 30.

National Support for Reduced Tobacco Use Encouraged

Registrar of the Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.

OCR Begins Training for Search and Rescue Operations

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (right), and Chairman of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission, Gary Peart, arrive at the inaugural Gaming Industry Summit, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on May 29.

Government Reviewing Bids for Three Casinos

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (second right), shares a light moment with (from left) Executive Director, Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Andral Shirley; Chairman of the BGLC, Gary Peart; and Chairman, Jamaica Racing Commission, Linton Walters, during the opening ceremony of the inaugural Gaming Summit, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on May 29.

Gaming Among Highest Earning Industries

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre) practises CPR as students from Negril All Age look on. Giving instructions are (from left): Health Educator/CPR instructor, Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Zayne-Ann Parkes and Senior CPR Instructor, Marco Broomfield (second left). Occasion was the National Schools ‘No Tobacco’ Poster and DJ competition, held at the St. Peter and Paul Church Hall on May 30, under the theme: ‘Smoke Free Public Spaces: It’s Your Right, Protect It’.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Benefits from Tobacco Regulations

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the country is already seeing the benefits of the promulgation of the tobacco Regulations under the Jamaica Public Health Act. “Jamaica is better for that decision. Already, we have seen in our public health clinics and hospitals reductions in admissions for certain kinds of diseases or patients who would normally have been...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, making his contribution to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 28.

12 years ago Sectoral Debate 2014/2015Transport

NWA Will Deliver Projects on Time – State Minister Azan

During the 2014/2015 financial year, the National Works Agency (NWA) will focus on delivering its projects on time, within budget and at acceptable quality. This assurance was given by Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, during his contribution to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives this week. Mr. Azan...

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (left), addresses stakeholders at the inaugural Gaming Industry Summit, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on May 29. Also pictured is: Executive Director, Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Andral Shirley.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Plans Far Advanced for Merger of JRC and BGLC

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley, says plans for the proposed merger of the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC) and the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), are far advanced. Mr. Dalley informed that work continues on the rehabilitation of the building at 78 Hagley Park Road, Kingston, which is to become the new...

$Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right); and Chief Executive Officer, GraceKennedy Group, Don Wehby (centre), applaud winner of the inaugural GraceKennedy/Heather Little-White Household Worker of the Year Award, Elaine Duncan, as she holds the trophy aloft, after receiving it during the presentation ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston on Friday, May 30\. Prime Minister Simpson Miller was the guest speaker.$

12 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Gracekennedy Rewards Household Workers

There were hugs, laughter, and tears of joy after Elaine Duncan won this year’s inaugural GraceKennedy/Heather Little-White Household Worker of the Year award. Miss Duncan topped the field of 11persons shortlisted from over 100 nominees for the award, which honours Jamaica’s finest and exemplary household workers. Second place went to Mervelyn Brown, while Edward McGowan, the only male in the...

Director for Safety and Security in Schools, Ministry of Education, Sergeant Coleridge Minto (left), listens to a question posed at the launch of the CARICOM - Spain Citizen Security project, at the Ministry of Education Region 4 offices in Montego Bay, on May 29. The project is aimed at reducing youth-on-youth violence in schools and communities in Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. Others (from second left) are: Deputy Ambassador at the Spanish Embassy, Ms Victoria Tur; Programmes Manager for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ms Beverley Reynolds, and Senior Education Officer for Guidance and Counselling, Mrs. Lisetha Adams.

12 years ago National Security and Peace

Multi-Partnership Approach to Tackle Violence in Schools

Director for Safety and Security in Schools, Ministry of Education, Sergeant Coleridge Minto, says the Government has taken a multi-partnership approach to tackle crime and violence in schools. He noted that this collaboration has been among the Ministries of Education and National Security, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and other stakeholders. The Director was speaking at the launch of the...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan, addresses the St. Ann Parish Development Committee (PDC) rebranding ceremony, held at the Couples San Souci Hotel, in White River, St. Ann, on May 29.

12 years ago Local Government

Jamaicans Must Understand Meaning of Sustainable Development – State Minister Fagan

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan, says for Jamaicans to contribute to sustainable development, they need to understand what it means. He cited the definition given by the Brundtland Commission (World Commission on Environment and Development) – ‘Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future...

Prime Minster, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, giving keynote address at the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) 95th annual general meeting, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, in downtown Kingston, on May 29.

12 years ago Finance & Public ServicePrime Minister

Government Completes Compensation Policy for Public Service

The Government has completed a wide ranging compensation policy for the public service. Prime Minster, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, made the disclosure during her keynote address at the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) 95th annual general meeting, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, in downtown Kingston, on May 29. “We decided that we needed to develop an instrument...