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Civil Servant of the Year 2013, Miss Enthrose Campbell, addressing an Empowerment Session for public sector employees, held under the theme: ‘Transformation and Renewal for a Better Tomorrow’, at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), in New Kingston, on Tuesday, July 8.
Civil Servant of the Year 2013, Miss Enthrose Campbell, addressing an Empowerment Session for public sector employees, held under the theme: ‘Transformation and Renewal for a Better Tomorrow’, at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), in New Kingston, on Tuesday, July 8.

Public Sector Employees Urged to be the Best

Public sector employees have been urged to make themselves the best in delivering service to the public and in their career advancement, and to find transformational cause in Vision 2030. Making the call at an Empowerment Session for public sector...
Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right), fields questions from journalists during today’s (July 3) Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston. Others (from left) are: Vice-President of Operations, National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Blair and Head, Meteorological Service Jamaica, Jeffrey Spooner.
Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right), fields questions from journalists during today’s (July 3) Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston. Others (from left) are: Vice-President of Operations, National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Blair and Head, Meteorological Service Jamaica, Jeffrey Spooner.

Stiffer Fines Coming For Breaches Of Fisheries Act
Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, responds to questions during Wednesday’s (June 11) Jamaica House media briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister.
Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, responds to questions during Wednesday’s (June 11) Jamaica House media briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister.

Jamaica Ratifies Arms Trade Treaty
Image Consultant, Althea Laing engages young ladies of the Homestead Residential Child Care Facility in St Andrew in a motivational session during the JIS Public Relations & Marketing department’s Child Month Outreach programme on Saturday, May 31.
Image Consultant, Althea Laing engages young ladies of the Homestead Residential Child Care Facility in St Andrew in a motivational session during the JIS Public Relations & Marketing department’s Child Month Outreach programme on Saturday, May 31.

JIS Gives Homestead Residential Care Facility Special Attention
Radio Writer/ Producer/ Presenter at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ruth-ann Carr, addresses students of Kilsyth Primary School in Clarendon, at their recently held Students Empowerment Day. At left is a list of services continuously offered by the JIS, including Graphic Designing, Website Development, Online Advertising, Multimedia Services, and Photography.
Radio Writer/ Producer/ Presenter at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ruth-ann Carr, addresses students of Kilsyth Primary School in Clarendon, at their recently held Students Empowerment Day. At left is a list of services continuously offered by the JIS, including Graphic Designing, Website Development, Online Advertising, Multimedia Services, and Photography.

Kilsyth Primary Stages Student Empowerment Day

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Cabinet Approves Amendment to Customs Act

Cabinet has approved an amendment to the Customs Act to provide the Commissioner of Customs with additional power to forego the security requirements on temporary importation of goods. This will be applicable in circumstances where the office is satisfied that the goods, once imported, will be re-exported from the island within the time specified. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator...
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Government Agencies to Reduce Cost of Producing Annual Reports

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, has informed that Cabinet is moving to reduce the costs often associated with the publication of annual reports by government entities. An annual report is a comprehensive statement on an entity’s activities throughout the preceding year. Annual reports are intended to give shareholders and other interested persons information about the company’s activities and financial performance. Speaking...
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Cargill to Chair PCJ

Businessman, Christopher Cargill, has been reappointed to serve as Chairman of the Board of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) for another two years, following an approval by Cabinet. The appointment takes effect this month and is valid until June 2016. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, made the disclosure on Wednesday, June 11, during the...
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Cabinet Approves Contract for Stokes Hall Biodigester Septic Tank

A biodigester septic tank is to be constructed at Stokes Hall, St. Thomas, at a cost of approximately $47.7 million. Cabinet approved the contract to Y.P. Seaton and Associates for constructing the biodigester, which will be done under the Barracks Relocation Project of the Sugar Transformation Programme. Minister of Information, Hon. Sandrea Falconer made the announcement at Wednesday’s, May 28,...
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Professor Anthony Harriott Appointed Commissioner for Tivoli Enquiry

Professor of Political Sociology at the University of the West Indies, Professor Anthony Harriott, has been appointed as the third Commissioner for the Tivoli Commission of Enquiry. Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, told journalists at Jamaica House Media Briefing on Wednesday, May 28, that Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has appointed the third Commissioner....
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Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right) and Chairman of the Inner-City Development Committee, Sameer Younis present participant in the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) Civic Affairs/Inner-city Development Committee youth leadership programme, Woman Constable Shamadeen Johnson, with a plaque after she was selected as the top police officer in the group. Occasion was the graduation exercise at the JCC’s Headquarters in downtown Kingston on May 22.
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59 Persons from Inner-City Communities Graduate from Youth Leadership Programme

Fifty-nine persons from various inner-city communities in the Corporate Area, including nine police officers, have completed their training in the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) Civic Affairs/Inner-city Development Committee youth leadership programme. The aim of the programme is to improve the relationship between citizens and the police, in order to reduce crime and to provide residents with the skills to...
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Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right), presents Head of the Jamaica Household Workers Union (JHWU), Shirley Pryce, with her certification package from the Management Institute for National Development (MIND). Occasion was a closing ceremony held on Sunday, May 11 at MIND’s Old Hope Road campus, for 30 women from the JHWU who participated in a six-week training programme.
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Household Workers Benfefit from Empowerment Course at MIND

Thirty women from the Jamaica Household Workers Union (JHWU) have been empowered in advocacy, negotiation, proposal writing, and mediation skills, through a $3.7 million training initiative being carried out at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND). Financed by the Fund for Gender Equity, a special facility of the United Nations Entity for Gender and Equality and the Empowerment of...
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