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The Government of Jamaica is looking to expand the overseas employment programmes by increasing the number of workers employed and the eligible categories of workers, and extending the programme to new countries.
"We are particularly aware of ...
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The Government will be partnering with Food For the Poor (FFP), to provide nearly 2,000 housing solutions, under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP).
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Ho...
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Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, says it is critical that public and private sector entities give priority to increasing exports to all markets, particularly those within the region, even as the Government wo...
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Journalists are being reminded that they will need to be accredited to cover the Independence Grand Gala at the National Stadium on August 6.
The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) is the agency responsible for media accreditation for the event, and...
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Jamaica will join the rest of the world in observing World Population Day on July 11, under the theme: 'Universal Access to Reproductive Health Service’.
Advocacy and Communication Advisor of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), A...
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The Independence Grand Gala, which will be the showpiece of the Golden Jubilee celebrations, promises to be a spectacular affair.
Acting Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Delroy Gordon, says that the three an...
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Police personnel attached to the Morgan’s Bridge Police Station in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, will be working in a more comfortable environment soon, as refurbishing of the facility is set to get underway during the July to September financial qu...
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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has outlined the benefits of CARICOM to the people of the region, as concerns mount on the need for the regional institution.
She was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Thirty-third Reg...
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Plans are underway for a National Sports Exhibition, which is expected to be open to the public during the Independence celebrations.
The display, which is to be housed on the second floor of the National Arena, is intended to be a tribute to...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has called on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government to do more to highlight the significance of the institution to the people of the region.
The Prime Minister was addressing the open...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says freedom of movement within CARICOM must be the foundation on which integration is built, and called for full freedom of movement in all categories by 2015.
She was speaking at the open...
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A total of 1,000 primary school students are set to benefit from a summer programme organised to raise the educational achievement levels of under-performing students at the Grade Three level.
The programme dubbed, Camp Summer Plus 2012, will comme...
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The public is being invited to submit nominations for this year’s Public Sector Customer Service Competition, which opens on Monday (July 9).
The biennial competition, which is open to all public sector organizations, seeks to promote an...
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Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, said that theNationalSummer Employment Programme is being restructured to return it to its original focus of being a service initiative rather than a job opportunity.
The primary objective, she said, is ...
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Principal Executive Officer of Court Management Services, (CMS) Deborah Gardner, has described the family court as a “beacon of hope,” offering opportunities for growth and development.
She noted that not only does the court “exec...
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Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, made the disclosure during her contribution to the 2012/13 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 3, under the theme: ‘On a Mission to make Jamaica Great’.
The index, she sai...
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Jamaica received US$242 million in Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in 2011, which was a 5.8 per cent increase over the US$228 million in 2010.
This is contained in the latest World Investment Report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and De...
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Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, is calling on Jamaicans to commit to taking bold action against crime and violence this Jubilee year, and to bringing crime statistics down to first world levels within the shortest possible time.
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Earnings from exports of manufactured goods increased by 14.3 per cent in 2011, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, has said.
He said that the total value of exports from the sector was US $739.2 million, incr...
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Government’s efforts to address the country's energy challenges are to receive a boost under the United Nations 'Sustainable Energy for All' Initiative.
Under the programme, which will be officially launched on July 31, Government...