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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
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

SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH) is anticipating positive and favourable public response, particularly from young people, to its national ‘Navel String’ project, which targets the cultivation of one million trees islandwide, over the next four years. This optimism stems from what...
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.
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.
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
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).
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).

CRP Parenting Workshops for More Inner-City Communities
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.
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.

ICDP Project Launched in Steer Town

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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...
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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...
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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.
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...
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Budget 2015/2016Office of the Prime MinisterVision 2030

Poverty Reduction Programme IV Gets $100 Million

Several infrastructural projects, as well as human development activities, are slated to be undertaken this year, under the Poverty Reduction Programme IV, with an allotment of $100 million. The funds have been provided in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project aims to empower residents of volatile communities to achieve their fullest potential and...
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Budget 2015/2016Health & WellnessVision 2030

Health Systems to be Strengthened

The Government will be spending $10 million towards its strengthening of health systems in Jamaica project. The objective of the project is to enable the reform of the public health sector to improve effectiveness, efficiency and quality care in Jamaica. This is outlined in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. For the 2015/16 fiscal year,...
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