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Investment Climate Reform Facility Intervention in Jam...

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Inter-Agency Network Youth Development Programme Launc...

About The signing of the partnership agreement for the PIOJ CRP Inter-Agency Network Youth Development Programme on February 4 2021. Partners are: PIOJ, HEART Trust NSTA, NCU, SDC, Hope Programme, Project Management Global Institute. […]

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360 Recycle Tackles Food Insecurity

The United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA ERS) International Food Security Assessment, 2020–2030: COVID-19 Update and Impacts on Food Insecurity report released in January 2021 reveals that 12.8 per cent of […]

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NATIONAL MSME & ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY IMPLEMENTA...

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries through the MSME Division has launched the National MSME Entrepreneurship Policy Implementation Committee (PIC). The committee was launched on June 14, 2018. The committee will be […]

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Parade Gardens Residents Take Part in Parenting Worksh...

One hundred and fifty residents of Parade Gardens (Central Kingston), are participating in a three-day workshop on stress management and parenting. The workshop began today (November 25) and will last until Thursday (November 27). […]

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17 Communities to Benefit from CRP Interventions

The Community Renewal Programme (CRP) will be rolling out its social intervention initiatives to reach 17 communities in Kingston and St. Andrew. The move comes following a successful pilot of the programme in Majesty […]

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SOCIAL ENTERPRISES CRITICAL IN ADDRESSING SOCIAL ISSUE...

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Floyd Green, says that social enterprises are critical in addressing Jamaica’s social issues and accelerating economic growth and development. Social enterprises are […]

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Scores trained under Peckham Bamboo Project

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Eighty young people from communities in and around Peckham, Clarendon, have been trained and certified in the production of bamboo by-products, including the infusion of bamboo in light-emitting diode (LED) […]

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Inner-City Cooks to Showcase Skills on May 17

Budding chefs and household cooks in the inner-city communities of Southside and Tel-Aviv in downtown Kingston will get a chance to showcase and improve their talent on Saturday, May 17, as Gas Products Limited […]

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OAS Provides $15 Million for Peckham Bamboo Project

The Organization of American States (OAS) has provided just over J$15 million (US$130,000) in funding support for the Peckham community bamboo project in North West Clarendon. The project is being implemented under the Ministry […]

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PIOJ Partners with GASPRO to Uplift Inner-City Communi...

The overwhelming response to the first ‘Street Style Cook-Up’ initiative in Kingston earlier this year, sponsored by cooking gas company, Gas Products Limited (GASPRO), bodes well for other sections of the island being targeted […]

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Growth & Jobs | SEBI Brings Hope

Government agencies, the managers, employees and beneficiaries of social enterprises which gained from the initiatives of the Social Enterprise Boost Initiative (SEBI), a project of the JN Foundation and the United States Agency of […]