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Managing Director, HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton.

396 Students Already Enrolled in LIFT Programme

Three hundred and ninety-six students across Jamaica have, so far, been enrolled in the Government’s $2-billion Learning and Investment for Transformation (LIFT) programme. Launched on August 9, the programme aims to bolster the social mobility of 500 youth annually, over...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon.

Postal Services Urged to Consider New Revenue Streams

Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Hon. Robert Morgan, emphasises a point, while addressing a Constituency Development Fund (CDF) consultation at Clarendon College on Thursday (September 14).

CDF Benefiting Clarendon North Central Residents

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses Thursday’s (August 31) Town Hall Meeting on Housing and Land at Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James.

More Youth Needed in Jamaica’s Labour Force – Prime Minister Holness

The Office of the Prime Minister’s Housing and Land Town Hall flyer.

PM to Address Housing and Land Town Hall on August 31

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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.

2 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

HEART Student Applicants Assured of Enrolment

Jamaicans applying to the HEART NSTA/Trust, especially following the removal of fees up to level four, are being assured that if batches for courses are full at the time of their application, they will be accommodated in a future cohort. Speaking recently on ‘Good Morning, Minister’, aired on Love 101 FM, Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, addresses Thursday’s (August 17) opening of the New Longville Postal Agency at the Beulah All-Age School in Clarendon North Central.

2 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Residents of New Longville Get Postal Agency

Residents of New Longville in Clarendon North Central can once again enjoy some of the services of the Post and Telecommunications Department from their own postal agency. The relocated New Longville Postal Agency was officially opened by Information Minister and Member of Parliament, Hon. Robert Morgan, on Thursday (August 17), at its new home, the Beulah All-Age School. For roughly...

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.

2 years ago 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...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking during the ground-breaking ceremony for the $907-million Sheffield Palms housing development in Retreat, Westmoreland, on Friday (August 11).

2 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Jamaica’s Economic Dividends Must Be Used Wisely – Prime Minister Holness

The dividends of Jamaica’s economic performance must be used wisely and in the interest of the citizens, according to Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. Speaking during Friday’s (August 11) ceremony to break ground for the $907-million Sheffield Palms housing development in Retreat, Westmoreland, Mr. Holness maintained that “the economic benefits cannot be frittered away while people are suffering”....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), participates in the breaking of ground for the $907 million Sheffield Palms housing development in Retreat, Westmoreland, on Friday, August 11. He is joined by (from left) Acting Managing Director of the National Housing Trust (NHT), Donald Moore; Member of Parliament, Westmoreland Eastern, Daniel Lawrence; Director of Sheffield Palms Limited, Chescot Brownie; Member of Parliament, Westmoreland Western, Morland Wilson; and NHT Board Member, Doran Dixon.

2 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

PM Breaks Ground for $907 Million Sheffield Palms Housing Development

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday, August 11, broke ground for the $907 million Sheffield Palms housing development in Retreat, Westmoreland. Being executed under the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) Guaranteed Purchase Programme (GPP), the project will provide 60, two-bedroom housing solutions to Jamaicans in the first phase. The first 30 units are expected to be completed by...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, addresses today’s (August 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.

2 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Information Minister Says Government Acted Within the Law to Extend Retirement Age

The Government says the decision to extend the retirement age for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Auditor General was done within the law. “The Government acted constitutionally. There is no question about the legal process that the Government put forward. What is clear to the Government is that the Opposition is carrying out a personal vendetta against...

Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton.

2 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Adult Learners Can Access HEART/NSTA Trust’s HSDE Programme

Adult learners who have exited or may not have entered the formal education system and require access to learning opportunities can do so through the HEART/NSTA Trust’s High School Diploma Equivalency (HSDE) programme. Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, said the agency is all-inclusive and all about human capital development. “So, if it is you did not...