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The Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan, which sets out a framework for the country to achieve developed status by the year 2030, is ready for implementation, the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has said. Economic Specialist at the PIOJ, Richard Lumsden, speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (Sept.1), informed that the Prime Minister, in his budget presentation...

Jamaica's 2030 Vision, which aims to catapult the island into developed country status by that year, is driven by a plan and an approach that is unique in Jamaica's history of developmental planning. This is the view being expressed by the Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wesley Hughes. Dr Hughes was speaking recently at a...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) is reporting a huge success from its recent Overseas Outreach Programme in North America, having successfully processed 204 of approximately 238 applications from the Jamaican Diaspora. The two-week mission conducted from July 12 to 24, was a vast improvement from last year's programme, which received fewer than 100 applications. This year's outreach also saw the...

Chairman of the Health Committee for the Cultural, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, Dr. Aggrey Irons says Jamaica needs to seek out research based intervention methods to both prevent and curtail the high level of violence plaguing the country. Addressing the weekly JIS Think Tank, the Chairman said that violence impacted on health, development, investment, and educational standards....