Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Omar Sweeney made the statement today, following the announcement of the Green Climate Fund (GCF's) approval of the project. Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda formally disclosed the project at a press briefing this morning.

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That was the update given by the state-owned bus company's, Managing Director, Owen Ellington, at an event at the Caribbean Maritime University on Friday. Mr. Ellington noted significant improvements in the company's management, operations and output.

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Reggae singer Naomi Cowan says her JUNO Award win reflects the importance of recognizing that women have a voice in every space.

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Minister of Environment and Climate Change Matthew Samuda announced today that the Green Climate Fund has approved the project. He added that over 40 million of the sum is grant financing.

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UCASE acts on behalf of the Jamaica Association of Public Dental Surgeons (JAPDENS), the union for registered dental surgeons across the island. The dispute centres on a side letter agreement signed on October 8, 2024, which sought to correct an employment anomaly, where registered dental surgeons were employed as dental intern 2 instead of dental surgeon 1.

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Customer dissatisfaction and fatal shootings are issues the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says it continues to work on.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifford Chambers made the statement at the Office of the Commissioner of Police worship service at the Boulevard Baptist Church in Kingston yesterday.

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Opposition Senator, Ramon Small-Ferguson, has argued that the fiscal challenges now faced by the country did not begin with the passage of Hurricane Melissa last October.

Senator Small-Ferguson made the remark during his contribution to the debate on the Appropriations Bill in the Upper House on Friday.

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An unidentified male was shot and killed by gunmen, along the Ocho Rios Bypass in St. Ann, this afternoon. 

Police say at around 1:10 pm residents heard explosions and alerted them.

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The Adapt Jamaica: Enhancing Climate Change Resilience of Vulnerable Smallholders in Central Jamaica Project represents the first ever single country climate investment that Jamaica has received from the GCF.

It was approved Friday during the 44th meeting of the GCF Board in South Korea.

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Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green has pledged that the government stands ready to support the expansion of an initiative that was successfully implemented in Kitson Town, St. Catherine to other communities.

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