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Director General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy.
Director General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy.

High Employment in Service and Shop and Market Sales Category

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting that the largest increase in employment by occupation group, in April 2022, was recorded in ‘Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers’, which climbed by 18,500 persons to 283,900. This represented...
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, is in discussion with Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Masaya Fujiwara (left) and Director General for the International Affairs Global Strategy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan, Onodera Osamu, when they visited the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on July 15.
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, is in discussion with Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Masaya Fujiwara (left) and Director General for the International Affairs Global Strategy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan, Onodera Osamu, when they visited the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on July 15.

Minister Vaz Receives Courtesy Call from Japanese Officials
State Minister in the Ministry Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (right), engages in discussion with French Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Olivier Guyonvarch, during a reception held at the French Embassy in St. Andrew on Thursday (July 14) to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Jamaica and France and to celebrate the French National Day “Bastille Day”.
State Minister in the Ministry Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (right), engages in discussion with French Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Olivier Guyonvarch, during a reception held at the French Embassy in St. Andrew on Thursday (July 14) to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Jamaica and France and to celebrate the French National Day “Bastille Day”.

PHOTOS: France, Jamaica Reinforce Ties on Bastille Day
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security and Chairman of the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP) Courtney Williams (left), looks on while United States (US) Ambassador to Jamaica, Nick Perry (centre), shakes hands with Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, the Hon. Zavia Mayne. Occasion was the third Bilateral Dialogue for the US-Jamaica Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership held on July 13, at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Kingston.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security and Chairman of the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP) Courtney Williams (left), looks on while United States (US) Ambassador to Jamaica, Nick Perry (centre), shakes hands with Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, the Hon. Zavia Mayne. Occasion was the third Bilateral Dialogue for the US-Jamaica Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership held on July 13, at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Kingston.

Gov’t Strengthening Measures against Human Trafficking
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, delivers remarks at the third Bilateral Dialogue for the US-Jamaica Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership, held on July 13 at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel, in Kingston.
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, delivers remarks at the third Bilateral Dialogue for the US-Jamaica Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership, held on July 13 at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel, in Kingston.

Government Committed to The Fight against Human Trafficking – Mayne

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, shares a light moment with healthcare workers at the Healthcare Workers Appreciation Day - Western Region Fun Day at Paradise Park by the River in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on Wednesday (July 13).
Health & Wellness

Healthcare Workers in The West Feted at Fun Day

Healthcare workers in the west were feted at a Fun Day on Wednesday, July 13, held at Paradise Park by the River in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. The event was staged on National Healthcare Workers Appreciation Day, and formed part of the activities for ‘Healthcare Workers Appreciation Month’, being observed in July under the theme: ‘Honouring Commitment, Service and Sacrifice’. The month-long...
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Director-General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy.
Finance & Public Service

Record Low Unemployment

Jamaica’s unemployment rate fell to a new record low of six per cent in April 2022, to continue the downward trajectory occurring in recent months. This outturn, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica’s (STATIN) April Labour Force Survey, is 0.2 percentage point lower than the figure for January 2022. Director General, Carol Coy, said it also represents a three-percentage...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left) discusses plans for the Morant Bay Urban Centre project with, from left, Mayor of Morant Bay, Councillor Michael Hue; Architect, Bryan Morris; Kencasa Project Management group representative, Claire-Ann Kennedy; and Chairman of the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ), Lyttleton Shirley. The Prime Minister toured the site on Thursday (July 14) where he observed preparation work underway on the project.
Transport

Work Underway on Morant Bay Urban Centre

Preparation work on the $6 billion Morant Bay Urban Centre project in St. Thomas has now commenced and is expected to advance in the coming month. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, toured the site on Thursday (July 14) and observed demolition exercises at the old Goodyear Factory in the parish, where the centre is being constructed. “I'm very...
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Deputy Registrar, National Children’s Registry (NCR), Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Warren Thompson. (JIS File Photo)
Youth

CPFSA’s Transitional Living Week July 18-22

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) will observe its annual Transitional Living Week from July 18-22 under the theme: ‘Preparing now for a Better Tomorrow’. Director of Children and Family Programmes at the CPFSA, Warren Thompson, told JIS News that the objective of the week is to give youngsters in State care the opportunity to be exposed to...
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The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development will be undertaking electrification and water supply projects in Chamber’s Pen, Hanover. “In another couple of weeks, I will be signing the contract for [electrical] installation of 150 households in Chamber’s Pen and another 150 [communities] between the Corporate Area and Portland,” portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, told JIS News. The installation works will be undertaken as part of the Ministry’s Rural Electrification Programme (REP) being spearheaded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). The programme aims to extend electricity to rural Jamaica as part of measures to stimulate economic and social activity, and improve the quality of life in rural communities. So far, several rural areas across the island have been benefiting from the project. Chamber’s Pen will also be the focus of a major water supply project. “An extensive amount of work [will be done] to bring water to the community… and that will be done by Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL),” Minister McKenzie said, while addressing a water supply commissioning ceremony in Top Aberdeen in St. Elizabeth, recently. Chamber’s Pen is the pilot community under the Ministry’s $650-million Rural Development Programme. The programme, which will create temporary and permanent employment opportunities across the country, includes the installation of water, electricity, Internet access, roads, sidewalks, community parks and indigent housing. -30-
Local GovernmentWater

Improved Access to Water Supply for Westmoreland Communities

Hundreds of residents of communities in Westmoreland are to see improvement in access to water supply. Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said that come September, the Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL) will commence the rehabilitation and upgrading of the storage system in Ashton. “This is a catchment tank in the community and it is expected...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right) presents a plaque to senior lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of the West Indies, Mona, Dr. Winklet Gallimore (centre), during the official launch of the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) Science & Technology XXtrordineers JA programme at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on July 14. At right is Executive Director, SRC, Dr. Charah T. Watson.
Gender Affairs

SRC Honours Nine Women as ‘Science & Technology Xxtrordineers’

Nine trailblazing Jamaican female scientists, who have distinguished themselves in their respective areas of expertise have been the honoured as ‘Science & Technology XXtrordineers’ by the Scientific Research Council (SRC). They are biochemist, Dr. Simone Badal; senior lecturer, Dr. Winklet Gallimore; biochemist and medical microbiologist, Dr. Michelle Hamilton; oceanographer and Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) specialist, Dr. Ava Maxam; plant health...
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