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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, is urging the country's youth to resist the temptation to migrate to more developed countries; but to remain in Jamaica and assist in the nation’s growth and development. Addressing students at a special assembly at the Hillel Academy in St. Andrew on Tuesday (March 20), Miss Hanna said Jamaica needs more young...

Minister of Justice, Senator Mark Golding, has stated the government’s intent to introduce legislation that will provide greater protection to the country’s innovators and inventors. He said that work has been underway on a new Patent and Designs Bill for some time, and the government is committed to “taking it as quickly as possible to the point where it can...

Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, says the Government is committed to putting a fully developed local government structure in place, as a means of effective governance and sustainable urban development. He said the administration also “firmly believes” that in order to advance an urban development agenda for Jamaica, “the voice of the people must be...

State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Julian Robinson, says the Government intends to adopt several strategies to strengthen the capacity for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), to advance national development. Speaking at the launch of a Strategic Roadmap development for STI in Jamaica, at Jamaica House, Tuesday March 13, Mr. Robinson said that although it is...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, has emphasised that productivity must be the main focus, if the social policy and the economic development agenda are to be realised. Addressing the 10th Anniversary Church Service of the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), held at the Mt. Salem Seventh Day Adventist Church, in Montego Bay, on...

Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says the Ministry intends to place greater focus on its behavioural change programme in schools, to better address the problem of disruptive students. Speaking at a ceremony to commemorate Peace Day 2012, at the Gleaner Sports Club, downtown, Kingston on March 6, Rev. Thwaites said the success of the Ministry’s programmes aimed at...

The Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier has emphasised that the Government is committed to securing social protection for all citizens. “The Government understands and accepts that social protection is a human right for all citizens, and is an integral element of the concept of social justice,” he stated at a Social Protection lecture, held on March...

Chief Executive Officer of the Public Sector Transformation Unit, Patricia Sinclair McCalla, says Jamaica has produced exemplary women in representational politics over the years despite the challenges they have faced. Some of the challenges she alluded to include: lack of resources to support the female candidate; the social construct of the society; environmental issues and reproductive responsibilities. In pointing out...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, said that Jamaica is fully committed to the principles of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Decent Work Agenda, in improving productivity and ensuring the social protection of workers. “All the tenets of the Decent Work Agenda are being adhered to, with respect to the Labour Advisory Council, the employers, the unions...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, has laid out an "integrated 10-point strategy" to be implemented in order to achieve the goals of Vision 2030, Jamaica’s National Development Plan. The plan was unveiled on Tuesday Feb. 28 at a media briefing at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices. Minister Hylton explained that the plan comes as the Ministry...

The latest key indicators of national well-being: ‘health status; education status and labour force quality’ under the Vision 2030 Jamaica - National Development Plan’, has revealed that tertiary level enrolment for 2011 recorded a 3.1 per cent increase over the previous year. Meanwhile,thelabour force quality quarterly survey, showed a 2 per cent improvement, while immunization coverage for children showed a...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has been integral  in  developing a number of programmes to strengthen the island's capacity to effectively deal with climate change. One such project is the Strategic Programme for Climate Resilience (SPCR),  which seeks to address vulnerable areas across Jamaica. There are several components to the programme - improving climate change information and data management;...