Jamaica

  • Photo of Regional Youth Leaders urged to help shape solutions for climate change and other issues

    Regional Youth Leaders urged to help shape solutions for climate change and other issues

    Participants at the fourth staging of the  Caribbean Youth Leaders’ Summit in Belize were encouraged to help shape the framing of solutions for issues such as climate change, reproductive health rights and reparations for native genocide slavery.  This charge was given to them by Programme Manager for Culture and Community Development at the CARICOM Secretariat Dr. Hillary Brown.  She was making remarks at…

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  • Photo of Prime Minister Says He Intends To Lead A Government Of Partnership

    Prime Minister Says He Intends To Lead A Government Of Partnership

    Newly installed Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness,  says  he intends to lead a Government  of  partnership, as the “solutions to  our problems do not rest with the Government alone.” “To achieve the vision of shared prosperity through inclusive growth and meaningful job creation, now more than ever, Government must lead, activate, empower and build real partnerships,” the Prime…

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  • The work begins:  Arrival Statement – CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Jamaica

    Mission Head, Ms. Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections Officer, Elections and Boundaries Department, Belize. The CARICOM Election Observation Mission mounted for Jamaica’s February 25 General Elections has hit the ground with meetings involving the country’s two major political parties – the ruling Peoples National Movement of Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller and the main opposition Jamaica Labour Party led by Andrew Holness. …

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  • National Company Registries Going Online

    Company registries within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) are set to go online this year. This development is due to an ongoing project funded by the 10th European Development Fund to create an online regional registry of companies. This will serve as a central repository of information on companies and other legal entities established in the CSME. This…

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  • Photo of CDB hosts Public-Private Partnerships ‘Boot Camp’ workshops for 40 regional participants

    CDB hosts Public-Private Partnerships ‘Boot Camp’ workshops for 40 regional participants

    In a bid to further provide practical support to regional governments who are seeking to implement Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is currently hosting the first of three PPP Boot Camps at its headquarters in Barbados. The Boot Camps are part of the US$1.2 million Regional PPP Support Program, which was launched in May 2015, in partnership…

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  • Photo of Guyana, Jamaica retain positions on Regional Population and Development Conference

    Guyana, Jamaica retain positions on Regional Population and Development Conference

    Guyana and Jamaica were re-elected as Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development. The second session of the conference took place in Mexico City, Mexico, 6-9 October, 2015. The first session was held in Montevideo, Uruguay, 12-15 August 2013. At the meeting’s first plenary last week, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States expressed gratitude to the presiding officers for the work they did in preparing…

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  • Photo of UNFPA Implements Strategic Framework Targeting Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health

    UNFPA Implements Strategic Framework Targeting Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health

    A sexual and reproductive health information programme, to teach parents how to talk to their children about sex, is among several strategies proposed by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in addressing adolescent pregnancy. The strategy is one of five elements outlined in a CARICOM/UNFPA Integrated Strategic Framework, aimed at reducing the number of adolescent pregnancies in each country of…

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  • Photo of UNFPA implements strategic framework targeting adolescent sexual reproductive health

    UNFPA implements strategic framework targeting adolescent sexual reproductive health

    KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – A sexual and reproductive health information programme, to teach parents how to talk to their children about sex, is among several strategies proposed by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in addressing adolescent pregnancy. The strategy is one of five elements outlined in a CARICOM/UNFPA Integrated Strategic Framework, aimed at reducing the number of adolescent pregnancies…

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  • Photo of CDB hosts Public-Private Partnerships ‘Boot Camp’ workshops for 40 regional participants

    CDB hosts Public-Private Partnerships ‘Boot Camp’ workshops for 40 regional participants

    In a bid to further provide practical support to regional governments who are seeking to implement Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is currently hosting the first of three PPP Boot Camps at its headquarters in Barbados. The Boot Camps are part of the US$1.2 million Regional PPP Support Program, which was launched in May 2015, in partnership…

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  • Photo of China funding half billion US-dollar university hospital project in Jamaica

    China funding half billion US-dollar university hospital project in Jamaica

    The University of the West Indies (UWI) and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), for a J$60 billion (US$511 million) development programme that will include the expansion of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) from a 500-bed to a 1,000-bed facility. As part of the expansion project, College Commons, which houses staff…

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