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Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), emphasizes a point during Friday’s (May 16) media briefing at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston, where details were provided on Jamaica’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) fourth quarter review, for the January to March 2014 period. Listening keenly is Head, IMF Staff Mission Team to Jamaica, Dr. Jan Kees Martijn.
Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), emphasizes a point during Friday’s (May 16) media briefing at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston, where details were provided on Jamaica’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) fourth quarter review, for the January to March 2014 period. Listening keenly is Head, IMF Staff Mission Team to Jamaica, Dr. Jan Kees Martijn.

IMF Mission Gives Positive Report

Jamaica is on course to pass its fourth International Monetary Fund (IMF) quarterly review, for the January to March 2014 period, to secure a fifth drawdown of US$71 million, under the country’s US$958 million four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreement....
Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, addresses students at the Little London High School in Westmoreland on May 15. His visit to the school formed part of an official tour of the parish.
Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, addresses students at the Little London High School in Westmoreland on May 15. His visit to the school formed part of an official tour of the parish.

GG Urges Students to Make Use of Opportunities
Principal Director of Culture in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Dahlia Harris, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on May 15. Miss Harris spoke on activities for Workers’ Week and Labour Day 2014, which will observed under the theme: ‘Take a Stand… Beautify Our Land’.
Principal Director of Culture in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Dahlia Harris, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on May 15. Miss Harris spoke on activities for Workers’ Week and Labour Day 2014, which will observed under the theme: ‘Take a Stand… Beautify Our Land’.

Persons Urged to Seek Permission to Install Pedestrian Crossings
Charge d’Affaires, Republic of Korea, Kimo Lim (left), presents a Certificate of Title to beneficiary Rebecca Thorbourne, at the official launch of the Expansion of The Land Titling Project (LAMP II), held on May 15 at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester.
Charge d’Affaires, Republic of Korea, Kimo Lim (left), presents a Certificate of Title to beneficiary Rebecca Thorbourne, at the official launch of the Expansion of The Land Titling Project (LAMP II), held on May 15 at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester.

Certificate of Compliance to be Proof of Ownership
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller greets senior citizens at the official launch of the Expansion of The Land Titling Project (LAMP II), held on May 15 at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller greets senior citizens at the official launch of the Expansion of The Land Titling Project (LAMP II), held on May 15 at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester.

PM Requests Lower Title Rates for Seniors

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Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the upgraded Isaac Barrant health facility in Golden Grove, St. Thomas, on May 15. Assisting the Minister at right is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Jean Dixon. The centre was upgraded at a cost of $32 million, funded by the National Health Fund (NHF).
Health & Wellness

Upgraded Health Facility Opens in St. Thomas

Scores of persons in Golden Grove, St. Thomas, and sections of the neighbouring parish of Portland, now have access to the vastly upgraded Isaac Barrant health facility. With this upgrading, the facility has been promoted to one of four Centres of Excellence spread across the island. Infrastructural work was done at a cost of $32 million, financed by the National...
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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addresses the opening ceremony of the Cornwall Regional Hospital’s Child Protection Committee’s (CPC) annual Child Month exhibition on May 15 at the hospital, in Montego Bay. The exhibition has as its theme: ‘Parents take responsibility: break the cycle’.
Education

Education Minister Emphasises the Importance of Stable Family Structures

Minister of  Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is underscoring the importance of good parenting and stable family structures to Jamaica achieving its 2030 objectives for economic prosperity and social well being. “It is not okay for our young women and men to have children without knowing how they are going to take care of them.  A child grows up well...
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Principal Director of Culture at the Ministry of Youth and Culture Dahlia Harris makes a point at the Jamaica Information Service Think Tank held on Thursday, May 15, at the agency’s head office in Kingston. Discussions focused on activities for Workers’ Week and Labour Day 2014 under the theme, “Take a Stand… Beautify Our Land.”
CultureJIS Think Tank

Police Stations Selected as Labour Day Parish Projects

Fifteen police stations across the island that are in need of repairs have been selected as parish Labour Day projects. Labour Day will be observed on Friday May 23, under the theme, ‘Take a Stand…Beautify our Land.’ The stations were identified by the National Labour Day Planning Committee in collaboration with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the parish councils....
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Minister of Education. Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), speaks with Katalyxt representative, Stephanie Thomas, during the company’s Youth Innovators’ Competition awards ceremony, held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on May 14.
Education

Education Ministry to Focus on the Sciences in High Schools

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says increased emphasis will be placed on teaching the sciences in all secondary schools, starting this financial year. This move is consistent with the Ministry’s plans to fully and formally integrate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) into the education system. Rev. Thwaites, who was speaking at the Katalyxt Youth Innovators’ Competition awards ceremony...
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Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, injects some humour in his contribution to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 14.
Sectoral Debate 2014/2015Transport

Government/Investors Earnestly Working on Portland Bight Development

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon Omar Davies, says the Government is serious about implementing the Portland Bight Economic Zone and Transshipment Port. “The Administration does not pretend that it is ambivalent about the project.  We want to implement it. Both sides are seriously engaged in carrying out the necessary preliminary work for implementation,” Dr. Davies said....
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