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Manager for Crime Stop Jamaica, Prudence Gentles (left) speaking at a JIS Think Tank held recently. At right is Director of Licensing and Registration and Acting Director of Enforcement, at the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Maurice Thompson.
Manager for Crime Stop Jamaica, Prudence Gentles (left) speaking at a JIS Think Tank held recently. At right is Director of Licensing and Registration and Acting Director of Enforcement, at the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Maurice Thompson.

Report Illegal Gambling to Crime Stop

Manager for Crime Stop Jamaica Prudence Gentles, is re-assuring persons that their calls to report illegal gambling among other crimes, are anonymous. “We do not know who they are. Crime Stop has never been compromised,” she says. The Manager was...
Economic Growth Council (EGC) Chairman, Michael Lee-Chin (left), addresses Thursday’s (January 26) quarterly media briefing at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Seated (from left) are EGC Deputy Chairman, Ambassador Nigel Clarke; and members, Adam Stewart and Pat Ramsay.
Economic Growth Council (EGC) Chairman, Michael Lee-Chin (left), addresses Thursday’s (January 26) quarterly media briefing at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Seated (from left) are EGC Deputy Chairman, Ambassador Nigel Clarke; and members, Adam Stewart and Pat Ramsay.

EGC Focused on Improving National Security and the Business Environment
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), greets vendor, Vivene Newman (left), during a tour of the Coronation Market in downtown Kingston today (January 27), following the staging of a pop-up information clinic at the market. Others (from second left) are: Councillor Dwayne Smith and Assistant
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), greets vendor, Vivene Newman (left), during a tour of the Coronation Market in downtown Kingston today (January 27), following the staging of a pop-up information clinic at the market. Others (from second left) are: Councillor Dwayne Smith and Assistant

Jamaicans Urged to Provide Information to the Police
Systems Operation and Environment Manager at Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dr. Milton Clarke, highlights initiatives being undertaken by the entity as part of its solid waste management project at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Systems Operation and Environment Manager at Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dr. Milton Clarke, highlights initiatives being undertaken by the entity as part of its solid waste management project at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

165 Persons Trained as Environmental Wardens
Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (3rd left) and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Deidre English Gosse (2ndright), shake hands after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on January 23 at the JSIF corporate offices in Kingston. Under the MoU, birth certificates for 4,200 beneficiaries from 18 Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) communities are to be processed. This will enable residents to access basic social services. Others (from left) are: Technical Team Leader, ICDP World Bank, Emanuela Monterio; General Manager, Technical Services-Project Management, JSIF, Loy Malcolm; and Development Manager, JSIF, Mona Sue-Ho.
Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (3rd left) and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Deidre English Gosse (2ndright), shake hands after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on January 23 at the JSIF corporate offices in Kingston. Under the MoU, birth certificates for 4,200 beneficiaries from 18 Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) communities are to be processed. This will enable residents to access basic social services. Others (from left) are: Technical Team Leader, ICDP World Bank, Emanuela Monterio; General Manager, Technical Services-Project Management, JSIF, Loy Malcolm; and Development Manager, JSIF, Mona Sue-Ho.

4,200 to Receive Birth Certificates Under JSIF Programme

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JSIF Supports ‘Break the Silence’ Campaign to Protect Children

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has provided support to the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) ‘Break the Silence’ campaign in the sum of $11.9 million through the Basic Needs Trust Fund. The Break the Silence campaign is an initiative with a multi-pronged approach to protect children against abuse. It aims to reach victims and their families with a...
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Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (centre) highlights components of the Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) at a JIS Think Tank session. The ICDP aims to promote public safety and transformation through the delivery of basic infrastructure and social services in 18 communities. Also present are: Systems Operation and Environment Manager, JSIF, Dr. Milton Clarke (left) and General Manager of Technical Services, Loy Malcolm.
Social Security

18 Communities Benefit from Social Intervention Initiatives

Some 18 communities across the island are benefiting from various social interventions and infrastructural initiatives being undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), aimed at promoting public safety and transformation. The initiatives are being administered as part of the Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) and funded through a US$42-million loan from the World Bank. The project, which commenced in...
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Systems Operation and Environment Manager at Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dr. Milton Clarke, addresses a JIS Think Tank on January 17, where he provided details about the solid waste management initiative being undertaken by the agency.
Social Security

30 Communities Benefiting from JSIF Solid Waste Management Project

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is undertaking a solid waste management initiative in underserved communities across the island aimed at improving environmental practices and facilitating the conversion of waste into income. Under the initiative, 30 communities spanning seven parishes have been exposed to waste separation, recycling and composting techniques and provided with the necessary equipment to keep their communities...
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Manager of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Social Protection Unit, Collette Robinson (left), converses with, from 2nd left, Social Research Consultant, Carol Watson Williams; Programme Manager for the PIOJ’s Poverty Reduction Coordinating Unit, Shelly Ann Edwards; and Director for the Institute’s Social Policy, Planning and Research Division, Easton Williams, during Thursday’s (November 3) presentation of the School-to-Work Transition of the Deaf in Jamaica Study. The presentation took place at the PIOJ’s head office in New Kingston.
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Private Sector Willing to Recruit Persons with Hearing Impairments

A Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)-commissioned study shows that an overwhelming majority of private sector organizations canvassed would recruit persons with hearing impairments. The School-to-Work Transition for the Deaf study notes that 94 per cent of the interviewees believe, among other things, that members of this group should be given similar opportunities, inclusive of employment, as are afforded to persons...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (back row, second right), with the 2015 and 2016 Margaret Moody Scholarship recipients, after the awards ceremony on September 21, at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. Seated are (from left) Jade Morgan (2015) and Ian Smith (2016). In the back row (from left) are Executive Director at the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks; Delon Smith (2016); Taskeka Payne (2015) and Shamar Bennett (2016).
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Three Disabled Young Men Receive Scholarships

Three young men are this year’s recipients of the Margaret Moody Scholarship Fund administered by the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD). The awardees, Delon Smith, Ian Smith and Shamar Bennett, who have varying forms of disabilities, were selected out of a competitive group of 13 applicants. Margaret Moody, who was a nurse at the University Hospital of the...
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Labour and Social Security Ministry to Mark Workers’ Week with Special Events

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will stage two special events in commemorating National Workers’ Week, from May 15 to 23. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, says these are a panel discussion and a public march, both aimed at heightening public awareness about occupational safety and health in the workplace. She said the engagements are intended to increase knowledge...
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