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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), presents keys to Winston Chambers, one of the beneficiaries of the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) Longville Park Phase III Housing Scheme, during a handing over ceremony on February 20 in Clarendon. Some 882 solutions will be handed over in this phase of the development.

Thousands Benefit from Social Inclusion Policy

Thousands of Jamaica’s most vulnerable benefitted from the Government’s strategic policy of Social Inclusion during 2013. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, told the nation during her 2013 Budget Debate presentation in the House of Representatives, in April,...

Minister of Health, the Hon. Fenton Ferguson at the launch of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica’s (HFJ) annual ‘Run for your Heart’ event on October 29, at Emancipation Park in New Kingston.

Access to Quality Health Care Advanced in 2013

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (seated centre), is pictured with some of the 1,000 students that will benefit from the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Tertiary Bursary intervention for fiscal year 2013/2014. The Minister, on November 13, signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with representatives of the 18 institutions, through which the bursaries will be offered, during a ceremony at the Knutsford Court hotel in New Kingston. Director of Social Security in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe (standing 2nd right), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Alvin McIntosh (standing at right), also shared in the moment.

Strengthening of Human Capital a Major Strategic Objective

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (centre), along with Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Colin Fagan (second left), and Public Defender, Earl Witter (left), peruse a copy of the Medium-term Socio-Economic Framework 2012-2015, at the launch of the governance thematic working group, at the Ministry’s Hagley Park Road offices on December 17. Looking on are (from fourth left): Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dione Jennings, and Programme Director, Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat, Richard Lumsden.

Drafting Instructions Given for Local Governance Laws

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), greets resident of the Golden Age Home, Tanny Johnson (left), while attending a Christmas fair, held on Wednesday, December 11, at the facility located in Vineyard Town, Kingston. Looking on is Chairman of the home, Fabian Brown.

Jamaicans Urged to Care for Senior Citizens

12 years ago Climate ChangeLocal GovernmentVision 2030

Hazard Mitigation Planning and Disaster Management a Priority for Growth

New York: - Jamaica’s Minister of Local Government and Community development, the Hon. Noel Arscott, told a United Nations conference that hazard mitigation planning and disaster management is a priority for the country’s growth agenda. Speaking at a conference on “Sustainable Cities Days” at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Thursday, December 12, the Minister pointed out that...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (2nd right), in discussion with (from left): President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Christopher Zacca; Chief Executvie Officer, PSOJ, Dennis Chung; and Hon. R. Danny Williams O.J., at the PSOJ’s annual members’ Christmas luncheon, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, on December 11.

12 years ago CommerceVision 2030

Government Continues to Push PPP Agenda

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says the Government continues to push the public-private partnership (PPP) agenda, as the country moves towards realizing its National Development Plan. He emphasized that if Jamaica is to become a place to live, work, raise families, and do business, as set out in Vision 2030, the economy must be transformed into...

12 years ago LabourVision 2030

PIOJ Stages Labour Market Forum Next Week

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will be staging a Labour Market Forum at two venues in Kingston from December 9 to 10. Themed ‘Reshaping the Jamaican Labour Market to Foster Economic Growth and Development’, the two-day forum is intended to provide a platform to discuss ways of developing a comprehensive labour market reform agenda, in tandem with the goal...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (second right), is assisted by Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris (right) and Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Ronald Jackson (second left), to cut the ribbon to officially open the 8th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM), at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, on December 2. The five-day conference is being held under the theme:

12 years ago Climate ChangeLocal GovernmentVision 2030

Countries Urged to Put in Place Sound Disaster Risk Reduction Systems

Countries in the region have been urged to put in place urgently, sound environmental management and disaster risk reduction systems, as they are at greater danger to natural hazards than other countries worldwide. The call came from Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, as he delivered the keynote address at the official opening of the 8th...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Colin Bullock (left), emphasises the importance of the e-Dashboard of National Indicators for the Vision 2030 National Development Plan, at the launch of the online tool, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston, on Wednesday, December 4. Others participating in the event are (from right): Research Assistant, JamStats Secretariat, Kirk Chambers; Programme Director, Plan Development Unit, PIOJ, Michael Lumsden; and Deputy United Nations Children

12 years ago Finance & Public ServiceVision 2030

PIOJ Launches Online System to Track Vision 2030 Progress

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has launched an online tool, which will enhance the transparency and accountability of the monitoring and evaluation process for the Vision 2030 National Development Plan. The e-Dashboard of National Indicators, which was launched on Wednesday, December 4, in Kingston, gives users a synopsis of how the country is progressing towards meeting the various Vision...

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Clifford Blake (right), assists Secretary, Police and Judicial Services Commissions, Judith Cheese-Morris (2nd right), in cutting the ribbon, symbolising the opening of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) museum at the Police Academy in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine on November 26. Also participating (from left) are: Former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Allan Lewis and Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Training and Chief Chaplain, JCF, Bishop Dr. Gary Welsh.

12 years ago National SecurityVision 2030

JCF Preserves Its 146-Year-Old History

The rich legacy of the more than 100-year-old Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is being preserved, with the opening of a Police Museum on the grounds of the Jamaica Police Academy in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine. The museum, which is housed at the library of the training school, showcases artefacts collected over the JCF’s 146-year history. It was opened on Tuesday,...

General Manager of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Desmond Malcolm, speaking at a JIS Think Tank on November 26. To his left is Senior Planner at the UDC, Shyril McIntosh Wilson.

12 years ago JIS Think TankTourismVision 2030

UDC Plans to Regularize Business Operators at Ocho Rios Fishermen’s Village

The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) says that plans are in place for the regularization of persons, who operate business at the Ocho Rios Fishermen’s Village, so that they will be included in the overall transformation of the facility. “As part of the plans going forward, approved restaurant operators will also be provided with lease agreements, so legally, they will be...