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Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses the milestone ceremony of the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism (AP&FM) for the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) on Thursday (Dec. 9), at the Church of the Open Bible in May Pen, Clarendon. The AP&FM Project works to help Jamaica adjust more easily to climate change. It supports the integration of climate change issues into development planning by government agencies, and provides funds for climate change adaptation work in small and medium sized businesses as well as communities islandwide. It is being implemented with US$19.86 million in funding from the Climate Investment Fund through the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Government of Jamaica.
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses the milestone ceremony of the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism (AP&FM) for the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) on Thursday (Dec. 9), at the Church of the Open Bible in May Pen, Clarendon. The AP&FM Project works to help Jamaica adjust more easily to climate change. It supports the integration of climate change issues into development planning by government agencies, and provides funds for climate change adaptation work in small and medium sized businesses as well as communities islandwide. It is being implemented with US$19.86 million in funding from the Climate Investment Fund through the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Government of Jamaica.

Minister Charles Jr. addresses Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience ceremony

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses the milestone ceremony of the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism (AP&FM) for the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) on Thursday (Dec. 9), at the Church...
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation, in Savanna-la-Mar, on Thursday (December 9).
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation, in Savanna-la-Mar, on Thursday (December 9).

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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (right); and British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Judith Slater (centre), exchange greetings on arrival at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (Dec. 9) to particiapte in the National Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Fourm. Looking on is Director, Donor and Partnership Management, National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris. The forum was staged by the NET under the theme: ‘Setting the stage for a national vision on STEAM Education in Jamaica.’
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (right); and British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Judith Slater (centre), exchange greetings on arrival at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (Dec. 9) to particiapte in the National Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Fourm. Looking on is Director, Donor and Partnership Management, National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris. The forum was staged by the NET under the theme: ‘Setting the stage for a national vision on STEAM Education in Jamaica.’

PHOTOS: Minister Williams address STEAM forum
Acting Policy Analyst in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Youth and Adolescents Policy Division (YAPD), Davey Haughton. (Contributed Photo)
Acting Policy Analyst in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Youth and Adolescents Policy Division (YAPD), Davey Haughton. (Contributed Photo)

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Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (left), and Custos Rotulorum of Clarendon, Hon. William Shagoury (centre), present newly appointed Justice of the Peace (JP) for Clarendon, Sasha-Gaye Belnavis, with her Instrument of Appointment and training completion certificate, during the commissioning ceremony for 37 JPs from Clarendon, held at the Wembley Centre for Excellence in the parish on Wednesday (Dec. 8).
Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (left), and Custos Rotulorum of Clarendon, Hon. William Shagoury (centre), present newly appointed Justice of the Peace (JP) for Clarendon, Sasha-Gaye Belnavis, with her Instrument of Appointment and training completion certificate, during the commissioning ceremony for 37 JPs from Clarendon, held at the Wembley Centre for Excellence in the parish on Wednesday (Dec. 8).

PHOTOS: Minister Chuck at Commissioning of JPs in Clarendon

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