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Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, addresses today’s (April 13) opening of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) five-day Women in Maritime Affairs (WiMA) conference, being held at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay.

Achieving Gender Equality Major Plank of Development Process – Senator Falconer

Minister of Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, says the Government has intensified its push towards achieving gender equality as a major plank of the development process. “The achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment are accepted development goals in...

Deputy Director General at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in charge of Sustainable Development and Social Planning, Claire Bernard, provides an update on the Government of Jamaica Adaptation Fund Programme (GOJ/AFP) at a JIS Think Tank on April 2, 2015.

Adaptation Fund Programme Building Climate Change Resilience

Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), plants an East Indian mango tree during the launch of the SCJ Holdings Limited's ‘Navel String' tree planting project in February on the grounds of the National Water Commission’s (NWC) Innswood Artificial Groundwater Recharge facility in St. Catherine. Observing (from left) are: Agriculture, Labour, and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier; Chief Executive Officer, SCJ Holdings Limited, John Gayle; and Chief Executive Officer, Forestry Department and Conservator of Forests, Marilyn Headley.

Navel String Project Engaging Jamaicans in Protecting the Environment

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), touring the $4 billion Faculty of Medical Sciences’ Teaching and Research Complex at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus, in St. Andrew, recently. Others (from left) are: Principal of the UWI, Mona Campus, Professor Archibald McDonald; Vice-Chancellor at UWI, Professor E. Nigel Harris; Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, and Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.

More Jamaicans to Access Medical Training

Director of Alumni and Development at the Mico University College, Sharon Wolfe (centre), provides details of activities for the institution’s Research Day 2015, slated for March 24 to 25, while addressing a JIS Think Tank on March 17. Listening are Acting Dean of the Faculty of Education, Mico University College, Rudolph Sewell (left); and Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Professor Bermadee Briscoe.

Mico University to Share New Trends in Mathematics Education

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Jamaica Taking Advantage of Climate Change Research

Jamaica is taking advantage of critical environmental and atmospheric information and research in order to strengthen the country’s capacity to mitigate the effects of hazards associated with climate change. Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, said with Jamaica listed as having the second highest economic risk to hazards, the country’s preparedness and action “must be...

11 years ago EducationLocal GovernmentSenateVision 2030

Senate President to Deliver Lecture at MIND March 31

President of the Senate and Head of the Centre for Persons with Disabilities at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Senator Floyd Morris, will address the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) 19th Annual Public Lecture. The lecture will be held on Tuesday, March 31, at MIND Kingston Campus, 235A Old Hope Road, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00...

11 years ago EducationVision 2030

UCJ Has Accredited Over 233 Programmes

The University Council of Jamaica (UCJ), as at March 2015, has accredited over 233 programmes and seven short courses. This comprises 207 programmes in more than 30 local universities, colleges and other learning institutions, and 26 programmes delivered in Jamaica by overseas institutions. Executive Director of the UCJ, Dr. Yvonnette Marshall, said the accreditation of programmes is in keeping with...

Participants in the Parade Gardens parenting workshop take time out to converse with the Art of Living Foundation (AOLF) International Programme Director, Dushyant Savadia (2nd left), and Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)/Community Renewal Programme (CRP) Technical Specialist, Socio-Economic Development, Charmaine Brimm (right).

11 years ago CommunityVision 2030Youth

CRP Parenting Workshops for More Inner-City Communities

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has moved to capitalise on the success of one of its latest Community Renewal Programme (CRP) initiatives - the staging of Parenting and Stress Management workshops over three days in the community of Parade Gardens, downtown Kingston, in November 2014. Held under the theme: ‘Know Your Child’, the workshops were staged in collaboration with,...

Member of Parliament for North East St Ann, Shahine Robinson (left) greets Police Superintendent, Steve Brown at the community launch of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP), at the New Testament Church of God, Steer Town, St. Ann on Friday, February 27. Over the next two to three months, JSIF will be in consultation with the community to determine the ICDP priorities for the 5 year project.

11 years ago CommunityDevelopmentVision 2030

ICDP Project Launched in Steer Town

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) on Friday (February 27) launched its Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) in the community of Steer Town in St Ann. The project was launched during a ceremony held at the New Testament Church of God, Steer Town Clarendon. Steer Town is among 18 similar communities across six parishes in which projects promoting institutional strengthening,...

11 years ago EnvironmentVision 2030Water

Over 6000 Residents to Benefit from Potable Water

Over six thousand residents in surrounding communities of Ewarton and Mount Rosser, St. Catherine, now have a reliable supply of potable water from a system developed at a cost of $460 million by the National Water Commission (NWC). Speaking at the official commissioning of the system on Friday (February 28), Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert...

General Manager for Project Management at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund, (JSIF), Loy Malcolm addressing the launch of the Fund’s Integrated community Development Project in Barrett Town, St. James on Thursday February 26 at the Barrett Town United Church. The project will focus on upgrading infrastructure, soft intervention and training and forms part of a national US$42M project to be implemented over 5 years across sections of the island.

11 years ago CommunityLocal GovernmentOffice of the Prime MinisterVision 2030

JSIF to Spend US$42 Million on Integrated Community Development Project

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund, (JSIF), will over the next five years spend some US$42 million on an Integrated Community Development project which forms a major part of the Government’s 2030 vision for Jamaica. The project was launched at the Barrett Town United Church Hall in St. James on Thursday February 26. Speaking at the launch, General Manager for Project...