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With more than 70 per cent of Jamaicans having access to piped water, Programme Director for the Rural Water Programme, Ian Gage, says the Government's push to eventually provide the commodity to all Jamaicans, is well on the way to being a reality. Through consistent improvements to the country's water supply systems, he says Jamaicans, for the most part, have...

The planned meeting of CARICOM Heads of government and Opposition leaders will take place in St. Lucia on July 2, prior to the Summit of Heads on July 3. Senator Whiteman made the announcement at the weekly post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House yesterday (May 9). The meeting had been scheduled for Jamaica at an earlier date, but had...

Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry Wilson has cited leadership, clarity of mission, and clear objectives as the ingredients that should be at the forefront of efforts to achieve globally competitive workforces in Jamaica and the Caribbean. Speaking at the opening ceremony of a Directors' Workshop for Centres of Excellence for Teacher Training (CETT), at the Knutsford Court...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Dr. Donald Rhodd has stressed that Jamaicans must take responsibility to reduce the impact of natural disasters on the environment and consequently their lives, by engaging in environmentally friendly activities and utilizing proper disaster preparedness techniques. Speaking at a Labour Day press briefing at the Knutsford Court Hotel, yesterday...

Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, Portia Simpson Miller has lauded the Life of Jamaica (LOJ) Insurance Company and its High Flyers Club on their commitment to give back to the community as part of their corporate social responsibility. Minister Simpson Miller noted that LOJ's sense of corporate social responsibility spanned health, culture, education and sports with the...

The planned meeting of CARICOM Heads of government and Opposition leaders will take place in St. Lucia on July 2, prior to the Summit of Heads on July 3. Senator Whiteman made the announcement at the weekly post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House yesterday (May 9). The meeting had been scheduled for Jamaica at an earlier date, but had...

Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry Wilson has cited leadership, clarity of mission, and clear objectives as the ingredients that should be at the forefront of efforts to achieve globally competitive workforces in Jamaica and the Caribbean. Speaking at the opening ceremony of a Directors' Workshop for Centres of Excellence for Teacher Training (CETT), at the Knutsford Court...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Dr. Donald Rhodd has stressed that Jamaicans must take responsibility to reduce the impact of natural disasters on the environment and consequently their lives, by engaging in environmentally friendly activities and utilizing proper disaster preparedness techniques. Speaking at a Labour Day press briefing at the Knutsford Court Hotel, yesterday...

Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, Portia Simpson Miller has lauded the Life of Jamaica (LOJ) Insurance Company and its High Flyers Club on their commitment to give back to the community as part of their corporate social responsibility. Minister Simpson Miller noted that LOJ's sense of corporate social responsibility spanned health, culture, education and sports with the...

Mr Speaker, I wish to thank the Most Honourable Prime Minister for his timely establishment of the National Task Force on Education, which has provided for us a strategic foundation on which we must continue to build to create a globally competitive world-class education system. Not only has he taken a positive stand for education again, but he has translated...

Mr Speaker, I wish to thank the Most Honourable Prime Minister for his timely establishment of the National Task Force on Education, which has provided for us a strategic foundation on which we must continue to build to create a globally competitive world-class education system. Not only has he taken a positive stand for education again, but he has translated...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth & Culture, Dr. Donald Rhodd, today (May 9) commended the public and private sectors for their support of the National Labour Day Project, whilst urging other private sector entities to contribute to Labour Day activities at the national or community level. Speaking at a press briefing held this morning (May 9)...