KINGSTON, March 9 (JIS): BY: SHARI-ANN PALMER
Each year, the Government makes known its plans for the economic and social development of the country, through its Budget.
Chief Executive Officer, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Dennis Chung, explains that “the Budget is a provision and projection of what we [Jamaica] expect to receive in terms of income and what we expect to spend in terms of expenses for the coming (financial) year”.
KINGSTON, March 9 (JIS):
Community groups and grassroots micro-entrepreneurs in and around St. Mary are signing up in large numbers to participate in this year’s staging of the Social Development Commission’s Creative Arts and Skills Festival (CASfest) in the parish.
The event, which is scheduled for the Claude Stewart Park in Port Maria on Friday, March 10, is being staged for the third time as part of the Local Economic Development Support Programme (LEDSP), which facilitates entrepreneurship, economic growth and job creation at the community level.
KINGSTON, March 9 (JIS):
The Human Employment and Resource Training Trust/National Training Agency (HEART Trust/NTA) will be hosting a ‘Try-a-Skill’ Village at the Social Development Commission’s (SDC) Creative Arts and Skills Festival (CASfest) on Friday, March 10 at the Claude Stewart Park in Port Maria, St. Mary.
The village will allow interested patrons to participate in activities designed to determine their competence in specialist skill areas.
KINGSTON, March 9 (JIS):
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says five new high schools are to be built at locations across the island to ease overcrowding.
The areas identified are Old Harbour in St. Catherine; Christiana in Manchester; and in St. Ann and St. James.
KINGSTON, March 9 (JIS)
The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) National Focal Point for Barbados, Paula Byer, is visiting Jamaica for one week of meetings with representatives of public- and private-sector entities administering the five CSME Regimes.
The Regimes cover the free movement of goods, skills and capital as well as the provision of services and the right of establishment.
KINGSTON, March 9 (JIS):
The Social Development Commission (SDC) will be hosting a Creative Arts and Skills Festival, dubbed ‘CASfest’, on Friday, March 10, at the Claude Stewart Park in Port Maria, St. Mary.
The festival aims to provide an opportunity for residents of the town and wider parish to showcase their entrepreneurial creativity and innovation.
CASfest, which supports the SDC’s Local Economic Development Support Programme (LEDSP) in St. Mary, provides a platform for grassroots initiatives and micro-entrepreneurship.
Message from Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith,
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade,
on the occasion of International Women’s Day
8th March 2017
Jamaica joins the international community in the celebration of International Women’s Day, today 8th March. The 2017 International Women’s Day campaign theme, “Be Bold For Change”, heralds a call for us all to be agents of change, to create a more inclusive society, where women and girls are empowered to achieve their full potential.
KINGSTON, March 8 (JIS):
The Legal Aid Council (LAC) in the Ministry of Justice is continuing its community outreach this month through its Mobile Justice Unit.
The unit, which began operations in January 2017, provides free consultation, advice, and completes court assignments for clients with criminal matters.
Executive Director of the LAC, Hugh Faulkner, told JIS News that the unit has been making a great impact.
KINGSTON, March 8 (JIS):
Eight persons have been selected as Jamaica House Fellows and were officially pinned by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, today (March 8).
They are Jerome Cowans, Lavois Cruikshank, Christopher Graham, Karelle Samuda, Andrae Shawn Silburn, Aubrey Stewart, Mark Tracey and Sherona Forrester.
Prime Minister Holness hailed the awardees, who were selected following a rigorous process that started in June 2016.
KINGSTON, March 8 (JIS):
The Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) is appealing to Jamaicans over the age of 45 to get screened for colon cancer.
Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Consultant Gastroenterologist at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UWI) and JCS volunteer, Dr. Mike Mills, noted that colon cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related death in Jamaica in both males and females.
