GRANGE

Minister of information, culture, youth and sports (MICYS), Olivia Grange, with responsibility for Women's and Gender Affairs and Community Development, yesterday announced the establishment of the corporate offices of the MICYS, at 64 Knutsford Boulevard, New Kingston.

In addition to the corporate offices, the location also houses the Culture Division ofthe ministry.

The former Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation complex at South Odeon Avenue, St Andrew, which houses the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica and the Access to Information Unit, now also accommodates the Information Division, and the Bureau of Women's Affairs.

The Trevennion Park Complex, Half-Way Tree Road, houses the Youth Division, which comprises the offices of the Parliamentary Secretary, Senator Warren Newby, as well as the National Centre for Youth Development and the Kingston Youth Information Centre, which have been relocated from the Caenwood Centre, Arnold Road.

Streamline activities

Grange said the establishment of the Corporate Offices would streamline the activities of the ministry, providing a hub to coordinate the various departments of the MICYS, which is responsible for the process of social transformation through integrated development initiatives at the community and national levels.

The New Kingston offices will serve as the information and communications hub of the Government, providing strategic services in the implementation and management of government information and communications systems.