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Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, addresses the opening ceremony of the Jamaica Diaspora Conference 2013 on Sunday (June 16), at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, addresses the opening ceremony of the Jamaica Diaspora Conference 2013 on Sunday (June 16), at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay.

Diaspora Conference Draws Record Numbers

By: Bryan Miller, June 17, 2013
The 5th biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference got underway on Sunday, June 16, with a record 700 persons in attendance. These include local and overseas delegates, speakers, exhibitors and journalists. The...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, addresses the opening ceremony of the 5th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference yesterday (June 16), at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James.

Diaspora Central to Jamaica’s Progress – PM

By: Garfield L. Angus, June 17, 2013
Posing with framed copies of the winning pieces in the 2013 World Plumbing Day International Poster Competition are (from left): Corinaldi Avenue Primary Grade 3 Teacher, Dane Julius; Grade 5 student and 2nd place winner, Nakelia Humphrey; Grade 5 student and 1st place winner, Andrew Malcolm; and Grade 6 Teacher, Donette Salmon.

Corinaldi Avenue Primary Tops International Poster Competition

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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (centre); is about to sign as witness to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ) and HEART /NTA, while BPIAJ President, Yoni Epstein (left); and Executive Director of HEART/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (right); sign on behalf of their respective organizations. The event took place on June 14, on the University of the West Indies Western Jamaica campus, Montego Bay.
Technology

BPIAJ and HEART/NTA Sign MOU

Montego Bay - The Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ) and the HEART Trust/ National Training Agency (HEART/NTA), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see both...
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By: BRYAN MILLER, June 17, 2013
Labour

Over 80 percent of Needy Receiving PATH Benefit

Over 80 per cent of Jamaica's neediest are receiving assistance under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) initiative. This was disclosed by Consultant to the Ministry of...
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By: CHRIS PATTERSON, June 16, 2013
Director of Social Security in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Denzil Thorpe (right) conversing with Professor Godfrey Gibbison during an editor’s forum on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) initiative at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on June 14. The forum focused on the Beneficiary Identification Systems (BIS) and Findings of the 2012 Targeting Assessment of the PATH which was undertaken by Professor Godfrey Gibbison.
Labour

PATH Recertification on Track

Some $35 million is being spent by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to re-certify 38,000 families who are beneficiaries under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education...
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By: CHRIS PATTERSON, June 16, 2013
Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Garth Wilkinson, encourages residents of Duanvale, Trelawny, to pay their property taxes, as he addresses a ceremony hosted by the Housing Agency of Jamaica at the Duanvale Primary School on June 13, where 35 persons received titles for their land.
Environment

35 in Duanvale Get Land Title

MONTEGO BAY - The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) took its land titling programme to Duanvale, Trelawny, where it handed over 35 titles last Thursday (June 13). Senior Manager with...
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By: GARFIELD L. ANGUS, June 15, 2013