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Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, has said that the annual Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC), published jointly by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), plays a key role in informing policy planning and development. Senator Nelson, who was speaking at the official...

President of the Association of Women's Organisation (AWOJA), Hermionie McKenzie, has said that if Jamaica is to adequately address the issue of violence against women, then there must be a change in how females are perceived. Mrs. McKenzie was speaking at the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) function, held recently at the Terra Nova All...

Twenty Parliamentarians, representing 10 Caribbean countries and territories, have formed a network to promote population and reproductive health and rights, as well as gender issues. The network was formed on November 25, in Paramaribo, Suriname, at the end of a two-day Meeting of Caribbean Parliamentarians, on Population and Development, organised by the Inter American Parliamentary Group (IAPG) and the United...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, says that Government is being vigilant with matters relating to labour and the economy at this critical time. He was welcoming listeners to his monthly radio call-in programme, "Jamaica House Live" during last night's (Nov 26) airing, the last show for the year. "Government has been careful, meticulous and judicious in managing this situation and also...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has said that the divestment of state owned sugar estates were proceeding as expected and that worker compensation will be in place. The Prime Minister was responding to an email on the Jamaica House Live call-in programme aired last night (November 26). "Everything is on track," the Prime Minister said. He noted that a team of...

The Jamaican High Commission in London is mourning the loss of Donovan Hammond, the long serving Office Manager who died on November 26, after a battle with cancer. High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Burchell Whiteman, has expressed condolence to Mr. Hammond's wife and family. He said Mr. Hammond's family, the High Commission, the UK Jamaican community and indeed,...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) will be hosting Consumer Action Day, on Friday, November 28, on the grounds of its new location at 2 Seaview Avenue, Kingston 6. Speaking with JIS News, Communication Specialist at the CAC, Dorothy Campbell, outlined that the primary purpose of Action Day is "to re-energise consumers, letting them know that we are here, who we...

As of October 31, 302,000 beneficiaries have been registered with the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), with the majority of those being in the parish of St. Catherine. This figure is up from 247,629 persons on record, as at April 31 of this year. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles, who made the disclosure in...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, has said that in 2009, the Government will be developing an action plan to address gender-based violence. "In the coming year, we will be seeking to develop a national plan of action on gender-based violence taking into consideration all the appropriate, comprehensive and protective measures and this will include legislation, better...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, has emphasised that women and men must fight to break the culture of violence against women and children. Noting that over the past months, there have been some gruesome stories of violence perpetrated against Jamaican women and girls, Minister Grange said: "Let me categorically state that violence against women is unacceptable."...

Farmers with common law titles and good farming projects, could soon be able to borrow money to improve their operations, under a collateral-free loan scheme. Minster of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, along with a team of experts, is looking at instituting the loan scheme, which will be modelled from the Grameen collateral-free micro financing system. The proposed scheme will add...

At least 35 persons from various disaster groups and agencies in St. Thomas are slated to benefit from a training course in Mass Casualty Management. The six-day training course, which will be held from December 1 to 6, is being organised by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)...