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Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry.
Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry.

Economy Grew By Estimated 1.5 Per Cent During June Quarter

The economy is estimated to have grown by 1.5 per cent during the April to June 2023 quarter, compared with the corresponding period last year. Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, made the disclosure during the...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.

Jamaica Among Ideal Locations to Do Business – State Minister
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams provides an update on the Ministry’s teacher recruitment and retention strategies during Wednesday’s (August 16) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams provides an update on the Ministry’s teacher recruitment and retention strategies during Wednesday’s (August 16) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

Education Ministry Implementing Strategies to Recruit and Retain Teachers
Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon Sir Patrick Allen (left), addresses members the Jamaica Military Band during their Concert at the Half Moon Conference Centre in Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday (August 13).
Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon Sir Patrick Allen (left), addresses members the Jamaica Military Band during their Concert at the Half Moon Conference Centre in Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday (August 13).

G-G Urges Support for National Poppy Appeal Drive
Senior Manager, Health Services, Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Monique Willis, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the Agency’s Head Office in Kingston, on Wednesday (August 16).
Senior Manager, Health Services, Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Monique Willis, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the Agency’s Head Office in Kingston, on Wednesday (August 16).

Heart Foundation Celebrates CPR Week from August 21-25

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HIV and AIDS Officer with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr. Denise Chevannes (left), along with (from second left) UNFPA Representative and Director of the Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean, Elizabeth Talbert; Executive Director of the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Dr. Lovelette Byfield, and former Training Officer with the NFPB, Ann-Marie Johnson, view demonstration item for the intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD), donated by the UNFPA, at a ceremony held on August 16, at the NFPB offices on Sylvan Avenue, in St. Andrew.
Health & Wellness

Jamaica Gets Donation of IUCDs from UNFPA

Jamaica has received a donation of intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUCDs), from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), to boost the work of the National Family Planning Board (NFPB). The IUCD is a highly effective method that affords women of childbearing age the opportunity to delay and space their pregnancies, thereby avoiding unwanted and mistimed births. Speaking at the handover ceremony...
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Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, delivers her Independence message at the Atlanta Jamaica Association (AJA) Annual Independence Ball and Scholarship Awards, held at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel, on Saturday, August 12.
Foreign Affairs

AJA Urged to Implement Uplift Programme

The Atlanta Jamaica Association (AJA) has been charged to implement a youth travel and mentorship programme – Upliftment, Learning and Intervention through Foreign Travel (UPLIFT). This was requested by Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, as she addressed the organisation’s Annual Independence Ball and Scholarship Awards, held at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel, on Saturday (August...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses Wednesday’s (August 16) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
Labour

PATH to Be Reformed

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is moving to reform the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) to make it more responsive. PATH is the most critical arm of the Government’s social protection programme, currently serving more than 284,000 vulnerable Jamaicans. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., said the Ministry is aware that there are some persons...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), congratulates wards of the State on emerging as top performers in the 2023 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations. Sharing in the celebration are State Minister in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith (right), and Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) Director of Programmes, Dr. Warren Thompson (left). The occasion was the CPFSA PEP Workshop and Awards Ceremony at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on Wednesday (August 16).
EducationYouth

Wards of the State Shine In 2023 PEP Exams

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) has awarded students in State care who completed the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) and will be matriculating to high school. The top girl was placed at Bishop Gibson High School in Manchester, while the top boy will be attending Jamaica College in Kingston. Speaking during the PEP Workshop and Awards Ceremony at...
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Acting Director in the Child Diversion Branch of the Social Justice Division of the Ministry of Justice, Venisa Clarke, speaks at a JIS Think Tank on August 15.
JIS Think TankYouth

Child Diversion Programme Impacts Participant

A beneficiary of the Child Diversion Programme has shared that it has changed his life, because before the programme, “he was just seeing darkness”. As recounted by Acting Director in the Child Diversion Branch of the Social Justice Division of the Ministry of Justice, Venisa Clarke, the beneficiary told her that he did not want to talk to anyone and...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right, seated), and Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left, seated) affix their signatures to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will facilitate implementation of the $50 million ‘New Limb, New Life’ Initiative, during Wednesday’s (August 16) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. Observing (from left) are Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan; Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Dr. Christine Hendricks; Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden.
Health & WellnessLabour

MOU Signed to Implement $50M ‘New Limb, New Life’ Initiative

The Ministries of Health and Wellness and Labour and Social Security have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to implement the ‘New Limb, New Life’ Initiative. The $50-million initiative aims to provide patients losing limbs due to a health condition or trauma with prosthesis. The signatories were Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton and Labour and Social...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (right), speaks during the August 9 launch of the Learning and Investment for Transformation (LIFT) programme at Jamaica House. Looking on is Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Office of the Prime Minister

Revamped Apprenticeship Programme to Be Launched Next Year

Jamaicans seeking on-the-job training in several skill areas can look forward to the revamped HEART/NSTA Trust’s apprenticeship programme, slated to be launched next year. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Oversight for Digital Transformation and Skills, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, made the revelation today (August 16), while speaking on Love101FM’s ‘Good Morning...
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