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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (third right) in dialogue with Ms Kelly Tomblin(second left), Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited JPSCo and other executives who accompanied her to a meeting with the Prime Minister on Wednesday, May 14 at Jamaica House. The meeting was convened to discuss the company’s decision to interrupt service to communities in which it is experiencing up to 70% theft of electricity. Also in attendance were Senator Sandrea Falconer, Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Julian Robinson, State Minister in the Ministry of Science Technology, Energy and Mining, Attorney General Patrick Atkinson, Hon. Horace Dalley, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Dr the Hon. Omar Davies, Minister of Transport, Works and Housing and Ms Onika Miller, Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister. (FILE)

PM Meets with JPSCO on Service Interruption Issue

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller convened a meeting on Wednesday, May 14, with officials from the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited, JPSCo, in the wake of the company’s decision to interrupt service to communities in which it...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), listens as Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, highlights a point regarding crime statistics for the last five years, while addressing journalists at a post-Sectoral Debate presentation press conference hosted by the Minister at Jamaica House, on Wednesday, May 14. (FILE)

Five-Year Low for Serious and Violent Crimes

Managing Director of Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Scarlette Gillings (left) and Chief Executive Officer of the Petro Caribe Fund, Dr. Wesley Hughes (centre), listen to Chairman of the Hope Zoo Preservation Foundation, Kenneth Benjamin, during a walk at the Hope Zoo, today (May 13). Occasion was the closing ceremony for the Alternative Livelihoods and Skills Development Hope Zoo Landscape Training Project.

Students Benefit from Hope Zoo Initiative

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, making his contribution to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 13.

Special Application to Report Crime Anonymously

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, makes a point during his presentation in the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 13.

CSJP Outdoing Major Targets

Director of Planning at the St. James Parish Council, Trevion Manning, (right) and Director of Administration Ricardo Rhoden (left) engaging members of the head table during the first of three island-wide consultations held by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing at the University of the West Indies, Western Campus in Montego Bay on Monday, May 12. Others are (from 2nd left) presenter, Nicola Satchell; Habitat III Coordinator, Alicia Smith; Acting Senior Director, Housing division of the Ministry, Paula Parkes; and Executive Secretary at the Ministry, Diane Shaw.

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Housing Ministry Starts Public Consultations on Human Settlement

The first of three island-wide public consultations on housing and human settlement by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, got underway on Monday, May 12, at the University of the West Indies, Western Campus in Montego Bay. Several representatives from government and non-government organisations, as well as from the western business community and the education fraternity, participated in discussions,...

Group Chief Human Resource Officer at GraceKennedy Limited, Dr. Cassida Jones presents, top awardee, Jaffet McDonald, formerly of Guys Hill High School with a plaque. Jaffet was one of the 22 students from non-traditional high schools across the island who were recognised for their outstanding academic achievement at the National Child Month Committee Youth Academic Achievement Awards Ceremony held recently at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. Looking on (centre) is Director of Children and Family Programmes at the Child Development Agency, Audrey Budhi.

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Child Month Committee Awards High Achievers

Twenty-four students from 22 non-traditional high schools, the Salvation Army School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and the Lister Mair Gilby High School were recognised for their outstanding achievement at the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) inaugural Youth Academic Achievement Awards ceremony. The ceremony, which was held on Friday May 9, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, is one of...

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Business Case for New Correctional Facility to be Completed in May

The business case for a new correctional facility is being prepared and will be completed by the end of May. This is included in a Ministry Paper that was tabled in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, May 13, by Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting. The document will advise on various funding approaches, with the intent that the...

12 years ago National Security and PeaceSectoral Debate 2014/2015

Security Minister Emphasises Importance of Collaborations to Reduce Crime

The Government is placing renewed emphasis on crime reduction for the enabling of safer communities, through collaborations with several partner groups, such as churches, businesses and youth organizations, while facilitating training and employability for persons in at-risk sections of the society. Making his contribution in the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, May 13, Minister of...

Mr. Rennie Wellington of JR Group Ltd. shows the keys for one of the newly acquired buses, which he handed over to Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (second left), recently.

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No Excuse By JUTC – Managing Director

Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Collin Campbell, has said the company should have no excuse for not providing commuters with the required number of buses in the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region. Speaking at the recent handing over ceremony for 73 buses by the Volvo dealer, JR Wellington Import-Export Corporation (JR Group) Ltd., on Thursday, May 8,...

Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) and Chairman of the Education and Training Committee of the Jamaica Logistics Hub, Dr. Fritz Pinnock, addressing the general session of the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) 32nd Annual Business and Workplace Convention, at the Sunset Jamaica Grand Resort and Spa, in Ocho Rios, on May 10. The convention was held from May 8 to 11 under the theme:

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London Model Recommended For Logistics Hub

Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr. Fritz Pinnock, is encouraging Jamaica to use the ‘London Model’ in its approach to developing its Logistics Hub. “The London Gateway is a major example for us. What London had to do was to take one of their most ecologically sensitive areas, 1,800 hectares, an old oil field with swamp lands...

Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (centre), and Head, European Union (EU) Delegation in Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei (right), cuddle the babies of two teenage mothers enrolled at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation’s (WCJF) Kingston centre, on Trafalgar Road, during their tour of the facility on Monday (May 12). Ambassador Amadei visited the centre to view operations there as part of the EU’s undertaking aimed at determining the extent of financial assistance which the organization can extend to the facility. The EU and Government of Jamaica are currently discussions in this regard. Also pictured is the Kingston centre’s manager, Beverly Martin Berry.

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EU and GOJ Discuss Funding for Women’s Centre of Jamaica

The European Union (EU) has expressed an interest in providing financial assistance to the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), to help boost the institution’s services. This intervention is expected to significantly enhance the Foundation’s services to teenage mothers, aged 17 and under, who have dropped out of secondary school due to pregnancy. Head of the EU Delegation in Jamaica,...