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Executive Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (left), is greeted by Group Aquacentre Director, Sandals International Resorts, Michael Clarke, at the launch of Competency Standards for Tourism, Hospitality and Community Service, at the Grandiosa Hotel in Montego Bay, on February 11.
Executive Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (left), is greeted by Group Aquacentre Director, Sandals International Resorts, Michael Clarke, at the launch of Competency Standards for Tourism, Hospitality and Community Service, at the Grandiosa Hotel in Montego Bay, on February 11.

Head of HEART Says Workers Must be trained for Hospitality Sector

By: Garwin Davis, February 12, 2016
Executive Director of the Human Employment and Resource Training/National Training Agency (HEART Trust/NTA), Dr. Wayne Wesley, says Jamaican workers must be trained to capitalize on the job opportunities that will...
Chairman of the Labour Market Reform Commission, Dr. Marshall Hall, makes a point during a recent interview with JIS News at the Planning Institute of Jamaica.

Labour Market Reform Commission Advances Mandate

By: Shari-Ann Palmer, February 11, 2016
Chief of Staff, United States Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Claudia Gordon, makes her presentation at a Disability Sector Advocacy Seminar hosted by the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) on Monday (Feb. 8), at Alhambra Inn in St. Andrew.

Deaf Jamaican-Born Lawyer Hails Passage of Disabilities Act

By: Shari-Ann Palmer, February 11, 2016

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Growth Momentum to Continue – PIOJ

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is forecasting positive economic growth for 2016, continuing on trends from 2014 and 2015. “We expect another year of positive growth (for) the calendar...
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By: Garfield L. Angus, January 27, 2016