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The new look Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) was presented today (Feb. 18) at a rebranding ceremony, which included the unveiling of a new logo, a museum, gift shop, and refurbished facilities. Addressing the ceremony, held at the agency's Phoenix Avenue offices off Hope Road, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, commended the JCDC for continuing to...

The first parish symposium under the Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan, which aims to make Jamaica a place of choice to live, work and raise families and do business in 20 years' time, was hosted by St. Thomas, today (February 15). Hundreds flocked the Baptist Church Hall in Knightsville, Yallahs, St. Thomas to participate in the multi-faceted forum, which...

The National Council for Youth Development (NCYD) in collaboration with the Social Development Commission (SDC) will be conducting a national youth club survey and audit to ascertain the capacity of the clubs, as part of efforts to restructure community-based youth organisations. This is according to Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby, who was...

The Southern Regional Health Foundation has established its St. Elizabeth Chapter, aimed at supporting and promoting development of public health services in the parish. At the launch held at the Ashton Great House, on Thursday, (January 28) in the parish, Custos of St. Elizabeth, Hon. Alfred Farquharson, said he was confident that individuals and groups will work with the Foundation...

The critical objectives set out in Vision 2030 Jamaica for macro-economic stability are in keeping with strategies that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will consider in its programme for Jamaica. This is the word from Programme Director for the Plan Development Unit at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Mrs. Leila Palmer. She said that the strict framework of the...

A new energy policy document, based on national consultations and comments from a wide cross-section of society as well as current realities facing Jamaica, has been tabled in Parliament by Minister of Mining and Energy, the Hon Jams Robertson. According to the Minister the document represents a revision of the Energy Policy Green Paper 2006-2020, which had been tabled by...

Fifty eight civil servants have completed training in Results-Based Management (RBM), following two one-week training workshops hosted by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), at its Oxford Road office, New Kingston. The workshops, hosted November 30 - December 11, were intended to strengthen the capacity of the public sector, and its partners, to implement, monitor and evaluate the Vision 2030...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) has boosted its power-generating capacity with the re-opening of the Constant Spring Hydroelectric Power Plant, which had been out of service since 2001. The plant is powered by the Hermitage Dam and the Wag Water and Boar Rivers and will allow the JPS to add 0.77 megawatts of electricity to the national grid, which...

Minister of Energy and Mining, James Robertson has proposed to Cabinet that the Jamaica National Energy Policy 2009-2030 be tabled in Parliament as a White Paper to facilitate its timely implementation. Minister of Information, Daryl Vaz told this week's Post Cabinet Press briefing at Jamaica House in Kingston that the Energy Minister had presented Cabinet with a Submission in connection...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is taking action to strengthen the capacity of its public sector partners and stakeholders to implement, monitor and evaluate frameworks at the national level, with a view to generating results, by organising two workshops on results-based management (RBM). Some 23 public sector officers from 14 Ministries, agencies and departments, are currently participating in the...

Governments in the region have a critical role to play in providing an appropriate environment for the development and growth of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector, says Minster of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Michael Stern. "This is particularly important at this time when Governments throughout the Caribbean are increasingly recognising the significant...

Programme Director for the Plan Development Unit at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Ms. Leila Palmer, has expressed confidence in the country's ability to achieve the goals set out in the Vision 2030 National Development Plan but stated that "we all must play our part." She noted that the country has made improvements in many areas of human and...