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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second left), signs the Partnership For Jamaica Agreement (PFJ) on behalf of the Government, along with President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions, Lloyd Goodleigh (third right); while President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Christopher Zacca (left); and Youth Advocate, Jamaica Youth Advocacy Group, Kemesha Kelly (right), representing Civil Society, wait their turn to sign on behalf of their organizations. State Ambassador for Protocol, Elinor Sherlock (second right), assists in the process. The agreement represents the first official social partnership to be signed in Jamaica and was done at King’s House, on July 31.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second left), signs the Partnership For Jamaica Agreement (PFJ) on behalf of the Government, along with President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions, Lloyd Goodleigh (third right); while President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Christopher Zacca (left); and Youth Advocate, Jamaica Youth Advocacy Group, Kemesha Kelly (right), representing Civil Society, wait their turn to sign on behalf of their organizations. State Ambassador for Protocol, Elinor Sherlock (second right), assists in the process. The agreement represents the first official social partnership to be signed in Jamaica and was done at King’s House, on July 31.

First Social Partnership Agreement Inked at King’s House

By: Andrea Braham, July 31, 2013
The first ever signing of a social partnership agreement in Jamaica took place on July 31, among the Government, private sector, trade union and civil society groups, at King’s House....
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), has a special hug and a Certificate of Title for Melbourne Wilson of Creighton Hall, St. Thomas, who is one of 50 persons who will close out the Jamaica’s Jubilee year mortgage free, under a special debt forgiveness programme called the Jubilee ‘50 for 50’ Housing Initiative, by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing. The presentation was made on July 30 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston.

50 Jamaicans Free of Mortgage Under Special Debt Forgiveness Programme

By: Andrea Braham, July 30, 2013
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

By: Douglas McIntosh, July 30, 2013

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