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Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) Director of Enforcement and Monitoring, Faith Graham,​ addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, held on Thursday (February 21), at the JIS headquarters in Kingston.
Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) Director of Enforcement and Monitoring, Faith Graham,​ addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, held on Thursday (February 21), at the JIS headquarters in Kingston.

202 Conditional Approvals Issued By CLA

The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has issued 202 conditional approvals from a total of 563 applications since its establishment in 2015. The approvals fall under the five licence categories that the Authority regulates – cultivation, research and development, transportation, and...
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, interacts with students of the Liberty Hill Infant School in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, at the institution’s reopening on Wednesday (February 20).
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, interacts with students of the Liberty Hill Infant School in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, at the institution’s reopening on Wednesday (February 20).

Gov’t Increases Support to Early-Childhood Institutions
Legal and Policy Specialist at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Tania Chambers, makes a presentation on the Child Care and Protection Act, at a two-day technical workshop on bullying, held at the Police Officers
Legal and Policy Specialist at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Tania Chambers, makes a presentation on the Child Care and Protection Act, at a two-day technical workshop on bullying, held at the Police Officers' Club in St. Andrew from February 20 to 21.

Child Protection Agency Stages Anti-Bullying Workshop Kingston
HEART Trust/NTA representatives (seated at left), provide members of the public with information on training programmes, at a Career Youth and Information Forum and Exposition held at Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay on Tuesday (February 12).
HEART Trust/NTA representatives (seated at left), provide members of the public with information on training programmes, at a Career Youth and Information Forum and Exposition held at Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay on Tuesday (February 12).

St. James Custos Calls for Greater Focus on Entrepreneurial Studies
Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, provides an update on the Government’s Public Sector Transformation Programme, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston recently.
Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, provides an update on the Government’s Public Sector Transformation Programme, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston recently.

ICT Network Across Government Being Revamped

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Budget 2019/2020EducationInformationYouth

$134 Million Provided for Schools’ Safety and Security Programme

Approximately $134 million has been allocated by the Government for the ‘Partnership for Improved Safety and Security in Schools’ project for the 2019/20 fiscal year. Details are provided in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. Launched in 2017, the project, which involves collaboration between the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, United States...
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Children’s Homes to Benefit from $40-Million Fire Safety Project

Supreme Ventures Foundation is partnering with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information to improve fire safety and security at 30 children’s homes at a cost of $40 million. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the undertaking was signed on Wednesday (February 13) at the York Park Fire Station in Kingston. The project will be implemented over two years, with...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), greets Founder of LearnFest Caribbean and Chief Executive Officer of Project Management Global Institute (PGMI), Sherrone Blake Lobban, during the opening ceremony of LearnFest Caribbean 2019 on Wednesday (February 6) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. The two-day event is being held from February 6 to 7 under the theme ‘Level up and Set Yourself Apart’.
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Minister Green Says Organisations Must Improve Efficiency

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, has called for organisations to put measures in place to ensure greater efficiency in operations. “We have to take a look at our processes...especially across the public sector. We lose a lot of productive time and unnecessary energy, which leads to a retardation of our possibilities for...
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Jamaican Foreign Language Teachers Encouraged to Upgrade Skills

Jamaican teachers of foreign languages are being encouraged to upgrade their skills, in order to enhance students’ learning capabilities. The charge comes from Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, who was speaking at the 10th Foreign Languages Conference, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, in downtown Kingston, on Friday (February 1). “Take advantage of scholarships...
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Foreign Minister Extends Condolences to Cubans

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, has extended condolences to those who lost loved ones in Cuba, following a tornado that hit the country on Sunday (January 27). “The Government and people of Jamaica express our deepest condolences to those who are mourning and wish a speedy recovery to the many who were...
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More Math Specialists for Primary Schools

The Minister of Education, Youth and Information will be expanding the number of expert mathematics teachers at the primary level under its ‘Specialist Model’. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, said that 39 schools are currently benefitting under the initiative, which was piloted at the start of the 2018/19 academic year in September. He said plans are in place...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), sharing a good laugh with (from left) Opposition Senator, Dr. Floyd Morris; President, Kiwanis Club of Barbican, Dane McLean; and Lieutenant Governor, Pam Rodney-Whyte, during the Club’s fourth anniversary meeting at the Guardian Life head office in New Kingston, on January 22.
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Service Clubs Encouraged to Strengthen Partnership with Education Ministry

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is encouraging more service clubs to strengthen their partnership with the Ministry to bolster programmes being undertaken to ensure the holistic development of the nation’s children. This call was made by Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, during the Kiwanis Club of Barbican fourth anniversary meeting at the Guardian Life...
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