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Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Project Manager, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Mrs. Mary-Ann Gooden, telling JIS News about the RiVAMP project in Negril.
Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Project Manager, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Mrs. Mary-Ann Gooden, telling JIS News about the RiVAMP project in Negril.

Data Being Collected Through RiVAMP to Mitigate Effects of Climate Change

Accurate collation of data on the impact of climate change on Jamaica’s environment is essential to efforts to mitigate the damaging effects of this phenomenon. Against this background, State agencies, such as the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), have been...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), is in discussion with President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, prior to addressing the opening session of the European Development Days forum in Brussels, Belgium on November 26. The event is the largest development forum in Europe and is being held under the theme:
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), is in discussion with President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, prior to addressing the opening session of the European Development Days forum in Brussels, Belgium on November 26. The event is the largest development forum in Europe and is being held under the theme: 'A decent life for all by 2030 - building a consensus for a new development agenda’.

PM Calls for More Focus on Challenges Faced by Middle Income Countries
Entrepreneur Dawn Bartley makes final adjustments to display items in her booth, at the Trench Town Trade and Investment Fair held recently, at Emancipation Park, New Kingston.
Entrepreneur Dawn Bartley makes final adjustments to display items in her booth, at the Trench Town Trade and Investment Fair held recently, at Emancipation Park, New Kingston.

Thousands Support Inaugural Trench Town Trade Fair
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), is in discussion with Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency, Josef Beck, at the opening of the Second Caribbean Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) of genetic resources, held on Monday, November 25, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston.
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), is in discussion with Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency, Josef Beck, at the opening of the Second Caribbean Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) of genetic resources, held on Monday, November 25, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston.

Jamaica Hosting CARICOM Workshop on Genetic Resources
Teacher at the Kitson Town Seventh Day Adventist Evening Institute, in St. Catherine, Wycliffe Brown (left), conducts a session with his students.
Teacher at the Kitson Town Seventh Day Adventist Evening Institute, in St. Catherine, Wycliffe Brown (left), conducts a session with his students.

Kitson Town Evening Institute Provides A Second Chance

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.
Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Simpson Miller to Attend European Development Days Activities in Brussels

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller left the island Sunday to participate in bilateral meetings and activities at the 8th Annual European Development Days (EDD) organised by the European Commission. The European Development Days event is Europe's premier forum on international affairs and development cooperation. This year's programme is focused on "A decent life for all by 2030...
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Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (centre), converses with Chairman of Europe’s third largest hotel chain, Melia Hotels International (MHI), Gabriel Escarrer Julia (left), during the signing of an agreement between MHI and the National Insurance Fund (NIF) for the provision of upwards of 400 jobs at the Braco Hotel in Trelawny which MHI will operate over the next 15 years. The signing took place at the Braco Hotel on November 21. Arrangement for the jobs were finalized following discussions involving Dr. McNeill; Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), under whose portfolio the NIF falls; and Mr. Julia.
Tourism

400 More Jobs for Jamaicans at Braco Hotel

Up to 400 more jobs will be provided for Jamaicans in the long term, under a management agreement between the National Insurance Fund (NIF) and Europe’s third largest hotel chain, Melia Hotels International (MHI). Under the agreement, the Spanish hotel chain will operate the Braco Hotel in Trelawny, for the next 15 years. This follows negotiations, which involved Minister of...
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American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica (AMCHAM) Executive Director, Becky Stockhausen (left, seated); and Chief Executive Officer, Trinidad and Tobago Coalition for Service Industries (TTCSI) Chief Executive Officer, Nirad Tewarie (centre, seated), both Co-Chairpersons of Services of the Caribbean (SOCA), affix their signatures to the document formalizing SOCA’s establishment during the programme’s launch at the Organization of American States’ (OAS) offices in Washington, D.C., USA, on November 21. Persons observing the formalities are: United States Chamber of Commerce Director for the Americas, Jose Raul Perales (right, seated); and back row, from left: President, Manchester Trade Limited President, Stephen Lande; Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad and Tobago, Hugh Howard; Chief Executive Officer, TSL Group, Nicholas Galt; and President, Caribbean Central-American Action, Cornelius Prior.
Foreign Affairs

Caribbean Coalition Pursuing US-CARICOM Trade in Services

A Caribbean private sector coalition is piloting an initiative aimed at facilitating trade in services between the United States (US) and regional countries, under the exisitng  Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) preference programme. Aptly named Services of the Caribbean (SOCA), the initiative will focus on advancing  new trade and investment opportunities between the US’ and CARICOM’s services industry. The undertaking is...
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Former Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Kenneth Hall (left), converses with Deputy Financial Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Wayne Jones (right), Accountant General, Accountant Generals’ Department, Carlene Murdock (second left), and Chairman, Jamaica Government Pensioners’ Association, Charles Jones, following the opening ceremony of Pensioners’ Day 2013, held at the Emancipation Park in New Kingston on November 22.
Finance & Public Service

Pensions Increase Proposal for 2014/15 Sent to Cabinet

Deputy Financial Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Wayne Jones, is assuring pensioners that the Ministry is doing all it can to ensure that they receive their annual increase in benefits for fiscal year 2014/2015. Speaking at the opening of the inaugural Pensioners’ Day 2013 at Emancipation Park in New Kingston on November 22, Mr. Jones said the proposal has...
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Minister with responsibility for Sport in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley. (FILE)
Sport

New JADCO Board to be Appointed

A new Board of Directors is to be appointed for the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO). Minister with responsibility for Sport in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, revealed at a press briefing on November 22, that the current Board has tendered its resignation, which will take effect on December 31. “Quite recently, JADCO’s Commissioners met and acknowledged...
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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites is greeted by student ushers at Vere Technical High School where he attended the school
Education

Schools Urged to Address Weaknesses in English and Math

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is urging secondary school teachers and administrators to focus on advancing students’ competencies in English Language and Mathematics, where weaknesses in these subjects have been identified. Speaking at Vere Technical High School’s annual prize giving ceremony at the institution’s campus in Hayes, Clarendon, on Thursday, November 21, Rev. Thwaites lamented that a significant percentage...
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Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, launching TPDCo’s Language Skills Training Programme for Tourism Workers to participate in Russian and Spanish classes, at the Swept Away Resort, in Negril on Thursday, November 21.
Tourism

Language Skills Training Programme For Tourism Workers

The Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, through the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), has embarked on a Language Skills Training Programme, aimed at training some 300 persons in the tourism industry, in conversational Russian and Spanish. This move complements the Ministry’s efforts to secure increased airlifts to Jamaica from several non-traditional tourist destinations, including Russia, Latin America and Europe. Addressing...
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