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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.
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

By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, August 1, 2013
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....
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

By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, 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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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).
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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)....
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By: Glenis A. Rose, July 13, 2013
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.
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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...
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By: Alphea Saunders, July 11, 2013