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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), receives a copy of the special video feature entitled: ‘Climate Change and its Impact on Jamaican Farmers’, from GIS Analyst, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Nadine Brown, during a launch at the Institute’s headquarters, in Kingston, on July 31.

Jamaicans Need to be More Aware of Climate Change – Minister Pickersgill

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, has emphasised the need to increase climate change awareness among Jamaicans, noting that the issue is “everybody’s business.” Mr. Pickersgill said tackling the effects of climate change on Jamaica...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right), converses with UN Resident Co-ordinator, Dr. Arun Kashyap, during the opening ceremony of the Global Validation and Lessons Learned Workshop on Gender Equality in the Context of HIV/AIDS, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on July 30.

NFPB/National HIV Programme Will Boost Response to Disease – Health Minister

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left), addressing participants attending Tuesday’s (July 30) opening ceremony for the two-day Private Sector and Civil Society Gender Summit, organized by the Bureau of Women’s Affairs (BWA) and Dispute Resolution Foundation (DRF), at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.

Information Minister Calls for More Gender Equality Policies

Director of Production at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Miss Enthrose Campbell.

JIS Marks 50 Years of Service

Taskforce to Aid in Growth of Animation Industry

13 years ago EducationLabourSocial SecurityVision 2030

Jamaicans Urged to Support Children with Disabilities

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is urging Jamaicans to be more supportive of children with special needs. “They need us more than ever to assist in their overall development. We also need to work much harder as a nation to create a society that is caring and inclusive for the disabled community, in keeping with the...

13 years ago Health & WellnessVision 2030

Ban on Smoking Part of Broader Strategy – Health Minister

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the ban on smoking in public places is part of a broader strategy that will tie into the National Development Plan, Vision 2030, to make Jamaica the place of choice to live, work, raise families and do business. Speaking on the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Issues and Answers’ programme on July 18, the...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites (2nd left), exchanges pleasantries with Member of Parliament for East Central St. James, Edmund Bartlett (2nd right), at yesterday’s (July 11) opening ceremony of the 12th Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators (ACHEA), at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James yesterday (July 11). Looking on are President of ACHEA, Dr. Kofi
Nkrumah-Young (centre) and Immediate Past President of ACHEA, Clement Iton (right).

13 years ago EducationVision 2030

Talks Continue on SLB Financing

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says that discussions continue with the private financial institutions towards a workable solution for the financing of the Student Loan Bureau (SLB). He was speaking at the official opening of the 12th Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators held on July 11, at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort...

Regional Director at the Ministry of Education, Hilary Foster (seated), reads to students at the launch of the reading initiative for Region 4, dubbed, ‘Read Until Something Happens’ (RUSH), held recently at the Montego Bay Community College, in St. James.

13 years ago EducationVision 2030

Overwhelming Support for Literacy in the West

The drive by the Ministry of Education (Region 4), to achieve 100 per cent literacy by the year 2015 in St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland, has received strong backing from key stakeholders, including the students. While the success of the plan is heavily dependent on the efforts of officers at the Ministry, who will be using different reading methods at...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right) and Chairman of the JFLL, Audrey Hinchcliffe, peruse a document at the launch of the Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning’s (JFLL) “Renaissance” initiative today (June 10), at the institution’s Camp Road headquarters in Kingston.

13 years ago EducationVision 2030

JFLL Undergoes Renaissance

The Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) on Wednesday, July 10, launched its “Renaissance” initiative, which is aimed at repositioning the institution as a viable option for persons, who want to further their education to the secondary level. The rebranding under the theme: ‘Lifelong Learning for Lifelong Opportunities’ is in keeping with the Government’s focus on improving the human capital...

13 years ago Climate ChangeEnvironmentVision 2030

Small Island States Must Address Climate Change Mitigation

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Lt. Col. Oral Khan, says that while Small Island Developing States (SIDS) such as Jamaica, are not the major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, they must play a part in the mitigation agenda. He said that as Jamaica works towards Vision 2030, “we recognise that we not...

13 years ago CommunityOffice of the Prime MinisterVision 2030

Portmore Urged to Develop 10-Year Plan

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has challenged the leaders and citizens of Portmore to develop a 10-year plan for the municipality, which must be aligned to the National Development Plan: Vision 2030. Mrs. Simpson Miller said the steps and strategies in the attainment of that Portmore Vision 2030, must involve broad-based community consultation. She said that the...