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  • Photo of High Internet And Mobile Data Charges Hampering Business Development – Professor

    High Internet And Mobile Data Charges Hampering Business Development – Professor

    Professor of Communications Policy and Digital Media at the University of the West Indies, Dr Hopeton Dunn has raised concerns that the high cost of Internet access and mobile data charges may be hampering the ability of Jamaicans to use the Internet for innovation driven activities. Responding to questions from the The Gleaner, Dunn pointed out several weaknesses in Jamaica’s Information…

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  • Jamaica delivers on promise to Dominica after Erika

    Jamaica, on Wednesday (November 4), shipped off close to $50 million worth of bridge infrastructure and materials to tropical storm-ravaged Dominica, fulfilling a pledge that was made nearly two months ago. The donation, initiated by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, represents a joint public/private sector partnership. It included two Bailey bridges from the National Works Agency (NWA), six…

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  • Photo of Jamaica Energy Ministry promoting culture of conservation among youth

    Jamaica Energy Ministry promoting culture of conservation among youth

    The Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining is promoting energy conservation and efficiency among the nation’s youth through its annually staged Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) Energy Week School Tour. State Minister, Hon. Julian Robinson, kicked off the week with a tour of Clan Carthy Primary School located on Deanery Road, Kingston, on November 9. The tour is…

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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 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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  • Photo of CARICOM/Spain  Reducing Youth on Youth Violence Project strengthens community partnership

    CARICOM/Spain Reducing Youth on Youth Violence Project strengthens community partnership

    Informed minds; proud faces and without  doubt hearts too; all  104 of them  between the ages of  5 to 18 years with their thirty-four parents of mostly mothers, indeed no less proud, no less informed. It was the occasion of the graduation ceremony of the Law Enforcement Assistive Programme for Schools (LEAPS), a project of the Cunupia Community Champions for…

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  • Photo of Jamaica to host Youth Development Conference in September

    Jamaica to host Youth Development Conference in September

    The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) of the University of the West Indies, is partnering with the Caribbean Regional Youth Council (CRYC) to convene the first SALISES Caribbean Youth Development Conference from September 30–October 2, 2015. The theme of the conference is ‘Youth Post 2015: Directions for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean’. The conference, which will be held at the UWI…

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  • Photo of Jamaica expanding cassava industry with help from Colombia

    Jamaica expanding cassava industry with help from Colombia

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tuesday August 4, 2015 – Government is moving to expand the cassava industry through partnerships with the private sector and the University of the West Indies, with support from the Colombian government. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, said the partnership between government and the manufacturer of Jamaican beer Red Stripe, which is using the tuber as part of its…

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  • Photo of Simpson Miller Calls for International Support to Fight Crime in Jamaica and the Caribbean

    Simpson Miller Calls for International Support to Fight Crime in Jamaica and the Caribbean

    NEW YORK, NY, July 31, 2015 – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says Jamaica and other Caribbean countries need greater international support to fight global organised criminals and reduce crime, particularly gun-related murders. Speaking at the powerful United Nations Security Council in New York yesterday, Prime Minister Simpson Miller said small countries like Jamaica require comprehensive debt relief and tangible…

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