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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson (fourth left); State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown (fourth right), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Ambassador Paul Robotham (third left); having a light exchange with members of the Conference Preparatory Committee (from left): Project Manager, Conference Logistics and Preparations, Lisa-Ann Ogilvie; Chairman, Conference Preparatory Committee and President and Chief Executive Officer, Victoria Mutual Group, Richard Powell; Chair, Programme and Content Sub-Committee and Executive Director, Jamaica Diaspora Institute, Professor Neville Ying; Senior Vice President, Operations and Marketing, GraceKennedy Money Services, Noel Greenland; and Chair, Logistics Sub-Committee, Commissioner of Customs, Major Richard Reese, at the launch of the 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on February 20.

Scope of Jamaica Diaspora Conference Broadened

The 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, to be held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James, from June 13 to 18, is being positioned as a global forum to mobilise Jamaicans worldwide. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addresses members of the Diplomatic Corps at the Knutsford Court Hotel in St. Andrew today (February 11). Also pictured (from right), is State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown; and Inter-Secretary, Bilateral and Regional Affairs, Foreign Affairs Ministry, Ambassador Joy Wheeler. The session was held as part of activities to mark the 17th annual staging of Diplomatic Week.

Rev. Thwaites Hails International Community for Supporting Education

Members of the Clarendon Parish Development Committee Benevolent Society, with banner displayed, distribute handbills during an anti-crime march through Lionel Town in Clarendon, recently.

March Against Crime and Teenage Pregnancy in Clarendon

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, delivers the keynote address at the media launch of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Research Days 2015, held on January 20 at the St. Andrew campus.

Climate Change Policy and Action Plan to be Tabled this Month

Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr Morais Guy (2nd right), getting acquainted with a map of the Hatfield area, during his tour of informal settlements in Central Westmoreland on January 15 and 16. Others (from left) are: Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing Regional Manager in Savanna-la-mar, Sherene Newman; Member of Parliament for Central Westmoreland, Dwayne Vaz; Director of Lands in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Vincent Haldane; and Sales Collection Officer, Everton Lynch.

Informal Settlements in Westmoreland to be Regularised

11 years ago 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...

11 years ago 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,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon.
Dr. Arnaldo Brown (right), in conversation with University of the West Indies Lecturer, Dr. Kadamawe K

11 years ago DiasporaForeign AffairsJamaican DiasporaVision 2030

Jamaican Diaspora Commended for Support to Country

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, has commended members of the Jamaican Diaspora for their consistent support and commitment to the country, having contributed US$2 billion in remittances to the economy over the last two years. “This amount constitutes the largest source of foreign exchange earnings outside of tourism and almost...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), having a light exchange with (from second left), Canadian High Commissioner, His Excellency Robert Ready and Chairman of the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), Quince Francis. Occasion was a ceremony held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, today (January 5), to launch several new educational programmes which have been initiated by the CCCJ.

11 years ago EducationVision 2030

New Associate Degree in Logistics Management Launched

A new Associate Degree in Logistics Management is among a slew of new educational programmes which have been initiated by the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ). The course, which has been developed in collaboration with the Canada-based Niagra College, will be offered by Excelsior Community College in Kingston. The curriculum will provide students with professional certification in supply...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (second left) along with Board Chairman of the Western Regional Health Authority, George Duncan (second right); Dental Surgeon, Dr. Lebert Wright (right) and Chairman of Friends of the centre, Nigel Moore, examine the new dental facility at the Ulster Spring Health Clinic in South Trelawny, on December 22. The Health Centre was extensively refurbished at a cost of $9 million.

11 years ago Health & WellnessVision 2030

Refurbished Ulster Spring Health Centre Re-Opens

The Ulster Spring Health Centre in South Trelawny, which was refurbished at a cost of $9 million, was officially re-opened by Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, on December 22. The facility, which currently serves more than 10 communities, now boasts an expanded dental department, improved dressing and treatment area as well as a brand new sewerage treatment plant....

Members of the Vauxhall High School Chorale in Kingston perform during the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) recent staging of its fifth Labour Market Reform Forum, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, under the theme: ‘Promoting Youth Employability and Entrepreneurship through Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)’. The forum was held to disseminate labour market information to a select group of participants to enable them to make informed career choices.

11 years ago Finance & Public ServiceLabourVision 2030

PIOJ Fully Supports Labour Market Reform

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Colin Bullock, says the agency fully supports the process of labour market reform, describing it as essential to ensure sustainable economic growth and social development in Jamaica. He also argued that the process is consistent with the Vision 2030 Jamaica goal of underscoring the empowerment of persons, thereby enabling them to...

Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Colin Bullock, addressing Friday’s (November 28) launch of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica’s (STATIN) 2012 Survey of Living Conditions, at the PIOJ’s New Kingston offices.

11 years ago DevelopmentFinance & Public ServiceVision 2030

STATIN Adds Two More Areas in Survey of Living Conditions

The number of areas on which comprehensive data and analyses are provided in the Statistical Institute of Jamaica’s (STATIN) Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC), has been expanded by two, in its 2012 edition, to include early childhood development and the elderly. These bring to eight, the number of focus areas incorporated in the report’s 23rd publication, the findings of...