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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), is presented with a copy of the book, ‘H is for Happiness’, by co-authors and Co-Founders of Choose Life International (CLI), Faith Thomas (right), and Dr. Donovan Thomas. Rev. Thwaites was keynote speaker at a special breakfast meeting, organised by CLI, and held at the Knutsford Court hotel in New Kingston on February 7.

Education Minister Invites CLI to Help

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has extended an invitation to Choose Life International (CLI) to partner with the Ministry, in providing counselling and behavioural assessment services to students with special education needs. Choose Life International, a faith-based, non-governmental...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (left) and President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Kelly Tomblin interact with one of the participant in the internship programme, Horace Bailey following the official signing of the partnership agreement between the Ministry and JPS at the company’s Sports Club in Kingston on Thursday, February 6. The initiative which is estimated to cost $5 million will see 20 youth from the Citizens Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) receiving on the job training at the JPS over a six month period.

CSJP Continuing to Change Lives

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right); along with National Housing Trust (NHT) Chairman, Hon. Easton Douglas (centre); and Chairman, YUTE Limited, Joseph M. Matalon hold aloft a cheque for $32 million that the government, through the NHT, is providing in financial support for phase two of the Youth Employment Through Upliftment (YUTE) Build programme. Occasion was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for Phase 2 of the Programme, on February7 at the Office of the Prime Minister.

$32 Million Allocated to Phase two of YUTE Programme

Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (right), presents resident of Donaldson, St. Thomas, Clover Blake, with her certificate of title during Friday’s (February 7) land titling ceremony for lots developed in the community by the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ), at the Hampton Court community centre in the parish. Forty residents received titles.

40 St. Thomas Residents Receive Titles

Public Relations and Communications Manager at the Child Development Agency, Prudence Barnes

CDA to Observe Foster Care Recognition Week, FEB 9 – 15

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (second right) officially commissions into service, a new solar-powered water supply system for the Windsor Heights community in St. Catherine, during a ceremony on Friday February 7. Assisting the Minister (from third right) are: Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Catherine, Denise Daley; and Mayor of Spanish Town, Councillor Norman Scott. Observing the process (from left) are: Councillor for the Dela Vega City Division, Enos Lawrence; and Managing Director of Rural Water Supply Limited, Audley Thompson.

12 years ago CommunityEnvironment

Windsor Heights Residents accessing steady potable Water Supply

Residents living in elevated areas of the Windsor Heights community in St. Catherine are now benefitting from a steady supply of potable water from a newly installed $3 million supply system. The solar-powered system, which is the second of its kind installed by Rural Water Supply Limited, was yesterday (February 7) commissioned into service by Minister of Water, Land, Environment...

Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Family Planning Association, Saint Rachel Ustanny (right), explains the need for community outreach programmes, such as health festivals, at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. Listening keenly is Acting Programme Director for the Community Renewal Programme, Sherrian Gray. The JFPA (Famplan) and the Community Renewal Programme are to stage two health festivals in the communities of Trench Town and Majesty Gardens on February 8 and 12, respectively.

12 years ago National Security and Peace

Health Festival for Trench Town February 8

Hundreds of residents in Trench Town, St. Andrew, are to benefit from a Health Festival to be held at the Vin Lawrence Park, on Saturday, February 8. The festival, which forms part of a series of events to commemorate the birthday of the late Reggae superstar, Bob Marley, will also facilitate research that will assist the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Country Representative in Jamaica, Therese Turner-Jones (left), sign copies of two loan agreements for the IDB’s provision of just over $15 billion (US$140 million) in budgetary support to the government to undertake the country’s Fiscal Structural Programme for Economic Growth, and Competitiveness Enhancement Programme (III). The signing took place at the Finance and Planning Ministry, in Kingston, on February 6. Overseeing the proceedings is the Ministry’s Communications and Public Relations Director, Cheryl Smith.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Jamaica Gets $15 Billion Support from IDB

Jamaica has received additional multilateral funding support, totaling just over $15 billion (US$140 million), from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The loan provisions, which were approved by the IDB’s Board on February 5, will provide the Government with the necessary budgetary support to undertake the country’s Fiscal Structural Programme for Economic Growth, and Competitiveness Enhancement Programme (III). A sum of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, addresses a ceremony for the handing over of new homes to sugar workers in Steelfield (Spicy Hill) Trelawny on February 6. Some 39 sugar workers benefited under the project, which comes under the European Union-funded Sugar Barracks Relocation project.

12 years ago AgriculturePrime Minister

Government to Spend $2.4 Billion in Sugar-Dependent Parishes

The Government of Jamaica will be spending approximately $2.4 billion on social programmes to benefit sugar-dependent communities over the next three years. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, made the announcement on February 6, as she addressed a ceremony for the handing over of 39 housing units at the Steelfield (Spicy Hill) housing development in Duncans, Trelawny. She...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, addresses members of the Diplomatic Corps at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston on February 5 where he provided details on major infrastructural projects being undertaken.

12 years ago National Security and Peace

Dr. Davies Outlines Major Investment Projects To Diplomatic Corps

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, has assured members of the diplomatic corps that Jamaica has in place, long-term plans and projects for the development of the island’s infrastructure, that will positively impact economic growth. “What we would like you to say to your capitals, is that here is a country facing macro-economic challenges, but...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), is greeted by President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Kelly Tomblin on his arrival at the company’s Sports Club in Kingston for the official signing of a partnership agreement, through which 20 youth from the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) will receive on the job training at the JPS over a six-month period. The signing took place at the company’s Sports Club, in Kingston, on February 6. At centre is Senior Vice President, JPS, Gary Barrow.

12 years ago National Security and Peace

JPS Opens Door to At-Risk Youth

The Ministry of National Security has partnered with the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) to create job experience opportunities for at-risk youth in the Corporate Area.The initiative, which is estimated to cost $5 million, will see 20 youth from the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) receiving on the job training at the JPS over a six-month period.Of the cohort, 10...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (left), is greeted by Board Chairman of the National Youth Service (NYS), Maureen Webber, when she arrived at the Courtleigh Hotel in Kingston, on February 6, to participate in the official launch of the NYS’ Graduate Work Experience Programme (GWEP).

12 years ago Culture

Employers Assured of Skilled Youth

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, is assuring potential employers that a cadre of highly skilled and disciplined youth is being groomed by the National Youth Service (NYS), to become invaluable assets to their companies. She said following a strategic move a year and a half ago, the NYS was revamped and strengthened to have a greater impact...