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Twenty-two year old Robert Lewis wraps a piece of furniture at Boss Furniture, in Kingston, where he has received permanent employment through a Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Project done through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. (FILE)
Twenty-two year old Robert Lewis wraps a piece of furniture at Boss Furniture, in Kingston, where he has received permanent employment through a Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Project done through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. (FILE)

EGC Says Education and Training Must Align with Labour Market Demands

By: Douglas McIntosh, February 1, 2017
Economic Growth Council (EGC) member, Senator Kavan Gayle, says there is need for a detailed labour market information system that identifies emerging jobs and the attendant skill sets, in order...
Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, responding to questions during a press launch for the Household Expenditure Survey (HES) to be conducted across Jamaica by STATIN from February 2017 to February 2018. The launch was held at The Knutsford Court Hotel on January 31. The HES will provide data to be used for the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

Household Expenditure Survey Critical – STATIN

By: Denise Dennis , January 31, 2017
Chairman of the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ), Professor Dale Webber (left), and Christopher Collins of the St. Elizabeth Agricultural Cooperative Society, sign documents for grant funding to undertake a greenhouse project. Looking on (from left, standing) are: Programme Manager, Inter-American Development Bank, Anaitée Mills; Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Lt. Col. Oral Khan; and Myrtle Myers Hall from the St. Elizabeth Agricultural Cooperative Society. The group was one of 18 awarded grants totalling $84.92 million to implement climate change adaptation and resilience-building projects, during a ceremony at The Knutsford Court Hotel on January 30. The grants were provided by the EFJ from the Special Climate Change Adaptation Fund on behalf of the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (AP&FM PPCR).

18 Community Projects Receive $84. 92 Million in Grants

By: Denise Dennis , January 31, 2017

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