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ODPEM to Receive $72.9 Million for Landslide Risk Reduction Project

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is to continue implementing the Community-Based Landslide Risk Reduction project this fiscal year with a provision of $72.9 million. This sum has been set aside in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure,...

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott (left), and CEMEX Director of Relations for Latin America and the Caribbean, Olivia Caldwell, view portions of the supporting structure of the bridge linking sections of the access road to the Riverton landfill in St. Andrew, during a tour of the area on January 22. The two-kilometre road is to be repaired by CEMEX, a Mexican building materials firm, under a collaborative arrangement between the Governments of Jamaica and Mexico. (FILE)

Riverton City Landfill Access Road to be Repaired

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), interacts with students from Epping Forest Primary School in South East St. Elizabeth, at the opening of the Potsdam Information and Communication Technology (ICT)centre, which has been established by the Universal Service Fund (USF) at a cost of $2.4 million. The facility, which was opened on November 20, has 13 new computers and other supporting equipment. (FILE)

Increased Access to ICT Services

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has students of Grade 1S at the Greenwich All Age School in South West St. Andrew, reading from the board on April 9. The Prime Minister was participating in Western Union National Reading Week activities, being celebrated from April 7-11 under the theme: ‘A Great Reader Makes A Great Leader’.

PM Urges Parents to Ensure Children Attend School

Executive Director of the Institute of Jamaica, Anne Marie Bonner.

IOJ Invites Public Sector Workers to Open House

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), makes a point while addressing a press briefing at the Ministry, in St. Andrew, today (April 8), where she provided an update on the latest reports on child abuse. Beside the Minister is Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey.

12 years ago Culture

Youth Ministry Ramping Up Fight Against Child Abuse

The Government will be embarking on several initiatives to continue the fight against child abuse, including widening partnerships to strengthen the response to the problem. Noting that abused children often become abusers of other children, Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says the national plan of action, will include a Cabinet submission for a comprehensive “integrated response to...

Police post based on the border of Tredegar Park and Gravel Heights, in the St. Catherine North Police Division. The post was established in 2010, following a series of gang related murders in the communities.

12 years ago National Security and Peace

Troubled Area Benefit From Community Policing

Residents of Tredegar Park and Gravel Heights have attributed an apparent reduction in criminal activity in that area to intense community policing efforts introduced by the Community Safety and Security Branch (CSSB) of the St. Catherine North Police Division. JIS visited the police post that serves the once volatile communities to see, first-hand, how programme works. At that time, Deputy...

Minister of State with responsibility for Primary Healthcare Infrastructure, Hon Luther Buchanan, addressing the World Health Day Celebration, at the Black River Methodist Church, in St. Elizabeth, on Monday April 7. He called for an heightened awareness of vector- borne diseases.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaicans Urged To Protect Themselves Against Mosquitoes

Region on Alert for New Vector-borne Disease Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Primary Healthcare Infrastructure, Hon. Luther Buchanan, is appealing to Jamaicans to protect themselves against an emerging vector-borne disease. According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), 10 countries in the region have recorded cases of the Chikungunya virus (commonly called Chick-V),...

Chief Executive Officer, Child Development Agency, Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey.

12 years ago Culture

Gage-Grey Appointed CEO of CDA

The Public Service Commission has announced the appointment of Mrs. Rosalee D. Gage-Grey as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Child Development Agency (CDA), with effect from March 1, 2014. A Senior Executive with over 25 years experience, she began her career in the Public Service in 1987 in the then Income Tax Department. After successfully completing the Revenue Agents...

Dr. Rebecca Tortella, General Manager-Spanish Foundation, Victoria Tur, Deputy Spanish Ambassador and the Minister of Education Rev. Ronald Thwaites at the Jessie Ripoll Primary on Read Across Jamaica Day in May 2013. (FILE)

12 years ago Budget 2014/2015EducationParliament

$205 Million for Reading Project in Primary Schools

Action to improve the reading skills of primary school students has been further bolstered with an allotment of $205 million in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The funds have been provided under a joint project between the Ministry of Education and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), aimed at increasing grades One...

National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), emphasises a point during conversation with commander of the newly refurbished Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) police station in Kingston, Superintendent Natalie Burton (left), and Police Commissioner, Owen Ellington, during a tour of the recently refurbished facility. The station, which was renovated by the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ)/Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) at a cost of $23 million, was officially handed over on September 4. (FILE)

12 years ago Budget 2014/2015National Security and PeaceParliament

Correctional Facilities to be Repaired and Expanded

Two of the country’s major correctional facilities are to be repaired and expanded this financial year. A sum of $200 million has been allocated in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to undertake the projects. A total of $100 million will be spent to facilitate structural repairs at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre. It is anticipated...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (right), observes as an employee of Rainforest Seafoods weighs mackerel. This was during a tour of company’s new processing facility last year, located on Slipe Pen Road, Kingston. (FILE)

12 years ago Budget 2014/2015Commerce

Allocation of $123 Million to Boost Export Capacity

A sum of $123 million has been allocated in the 2014/15 budget to strengthen the country’s capacity in the export markets, so as to decrease trade deficits. The funds will go towards the Economic Partnership Agreement II (EPAII) Capacity Building Project, to accelerate exports, enhance competitiveness, and further integrate the economy into global markets. Implemented by the Planning Institute of...