Prime Minister challenges Community Colleges to re-brand, NWC set to upgrade its sewage system in parts of the island and new road traffic act to be passed by year’s end. The details after this message.
Special arrangements made for persons with outstanding tickets who had started payment process prior to expiration of amnesty, more net billing licenses to be issued this year and ODPEM to host disaster risk management seminar for journalists. The details after the break.
Government working aggressively on measures to encourage investments in Jamaica, NWC gets $3billion dollars for Rehabilitation of Water storage Tanks across the Island and Education Minister, responds to negative reports concerning Jamaica’s education system.
This is JIS news, coming up: National Insurance Scheme to pay additional 1.5 billion dollars in benefits over the next fiscal year, Government implements street light energy saving initiative and the Road Safety Unit to conduct comprehensive analysis of fatal road crashes for 2012.
As we continue our look at Jamaica’s effort to eliminate child labour, we highlight the recently unveiled Child Labour Handbook for professionals, developed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.
This is JIS news, coming up: Cabinet signs off on economic reform measures for IMF agreement, Child Development Agency to work closely with Department of Correctional Services to protected juveniles on remanded, and Government seeks to bring salaries of Early childhood teachers in line with their counterparts at the Primary and Secondary levels.
We continue our look at Jamaica’s efforts to eliminate child labour, with the work of another government body – The Organised Crime Investigation Division, OCID of the Jamaica Constabulary Force.
Let’s now hear from our main presenter, Marva Ximines. Ms. Ximines is the Director of the Child Labour Unit in the Ministry of Labour, and she will be telling us about child labour and how it affects our children.
Health ministry receives 14 new vehicles, NEPA to clamp down on charcoal exporting and Jamaicans warned against the use of the Black Mosquito destroyer Coil.
A tell you what, Director of the Child Labour Unit in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Marva Ximinies will be at our PTA meeting next Monday at 5 pm. Make sure you come out if you want to hear more
The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has established a $20 million US dollar facility for on-lending to investors. Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller says this is in an effort to finance and support the construction of information and communications technology (ICT) facilities.
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