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Prime Minister Andrew Holness met with Cabinet Ministers today (July 11) to discuss and review the issue of communication costs and high phone bills.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness met with Cabinet Ministers today (July 11) to discuss and review the issue of communication costs and high phone bills.
Office of the Prime Minister

Cabinet Ministers Take Responsibility to Clear Up their Cell Phone Bills

Prime Minister Andrew Holness convened a meeting of Cabinet Ministers ahead of the parliamentary session this afternoon (July 11) to discuss and review the issue of communication costs and high cellular phone bills being incurred for roaming and data charges....
Director General at the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy (right), gives details of an upcoming workshop for producers and users of statistics to be held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel from July 18 to 20, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on July 7. At left is Senior Statistician at STATIN, Shelly-Ann Chambers.
Director General at the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy (right), gives details of an upcoming workshop for producers and users of statistics to be held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel from July 18 to 20, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on July 7. At left is Senior Statistician at STATIN, Shelly-Ann Chambers.

Workshop for MDAs Involved in Production of Statistics
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton and former Head Boy of Manchester High School (left), receives an award from Clover Hunter-Moodie, a member of the Planning Committee for the school’s Class of 1987 30th Anniversary Reunion Dinner and Dance, held at the Golf View Hotel on Saturday, July 8. Minister Tufton was one of five outstanding past students who were honoured by their colleagues. The others were Attorney-at-Law and Solicitor General, Nicole Foster-Pusey; Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Christine Hendricks; Consultant Neurosurgeon and Medical Chief of Staff at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Dr. Carl Bruce, and Founder, President and CEO of PCN-Kids, Garth Abiola.
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton and former Head Boy of Manchester High School (left), receives an award from Clover Hunter-Moodie, a member of the Planning Committee for the school’s Class of 1987 30th Anniversary Reunion Dinner and Dance, held at the Golf View Hotel on Saturday, July 8. Minister Tufton was one of five outstanding past students who were honoured by their colleagues. The others were Attorney-at-Law and Solicitor General, Nicole Foster-Pusey; Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Christine Hendricks; Consultant Neurosurgeon and Medical Chief of Staff at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Dr. Carl Bruce, and Founder, President and CEO of PCN-Kids, Garth Abiola.

Jamaicans Urged to Include Physical Exercise in Daily Regime
Saffron Jackson poses with her creation, ‘Toya’, the first-ever patois-speaking doll.
Saffron Jackson poses with her creation, ‘Toya’, the first-ever patois-speaking doll.

Patois-Speaking Doll Promotes Jamaica and Culture
Chairman of the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) Board, Norman Brown (centre), speaks with Norwood resident, Dorothy Headley, during a land title presentation ceremony held at the Norwood Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. James on July 9. At left is Chief Executive Officer of the HAJ, Gary Howell.
Chairman of the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) Board, Norman Brown (centre), speaks with Norwood resident, Dorothy Headley, during a land title presentation ceremony held at the Norwood Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. James on July 9. At left is Chief Executive Officer of the HAJ, Gary Howell.

HAJ to Deliver 19,000 Titles

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Minister Grange Attending UNESCO Sport Conference in Russia

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport left Jamaica today bound for Kazan in Russia where she will be attending the Sixth International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport. The areas that will be considered by the Kazan Conference are: access to sport as a fundamental right for all, the...
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Culture

IOJ Summer Arts Workshop Under Way

The Institute of Jamaica’s (IOJ) annual Summer Arts Workshop is in full swing, with hundreds of young people expected to benefit from the four-week programme. It is being held from July 3 to 28 at the IOJ’s East Street headquarters and Simón Bolívar Cultural Centre, downtown Kingston; and the Greater Portmore Junior Centre in St. Catherine. The programme caters to...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), presents a land title to Norwood resident, Marcia Small. More than 100 residents of the St. James community received their titles during a ceremony held on Sunday (July 9), at the Norwood Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Economic Growth & Job Creation

More than 100 Norwood Residents Get Land Titles

More than 100 residents of Norwood, St. James, have received land titles for the property that they occupy. The presentation ceremony, under the Housing Agency of Jamaica’s (HAJ) land-titling programme, was held on Sunday (July 9) at the Norwood Seventh-day Adventist Church. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, who handed...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), makes a presentation to Alicia Morgan Jarrett of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation in recognition of the local authority’s performance in the collection of property tax. Occasion was a luncheon at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in St. James on July 7 for members of the all-island property tax collection team.
Finance & Public Service

Property Tax Collection Strong for First Quarter

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, is reporting an increase in property tax collections for the first quarter of 2017/18, with $3.7 billion garnered for April to June. The figure is $400 million higher than the $3.3 billion raked in for the similar period of 2016/17, when the county collected a record $7.62 billion in property...
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Local Raw Material Business Development Manager for Red Stripe, Dr. Cavell Francis-Rhiney (right), shakes hands with Director of the Office of Environment and Health, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Jamaica, Sara Buchanan (left). This was shortly before the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Red Stripe and the USAID-funded Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change II (Ja REEACH II) Project for the provision of technical support to boost commercial cassava production under Red Stripe’s Project Grow initiative. The signing ceremony was held on Friday, July 7 at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston. Looking on are board member of Ja REEACH, Mortimer Neufville (2nd left); and Chairman of the Desnoes and Geddes Foundation, operating company for Red Stripe, Noel DaCosta.
AgricultureCommerce

Red Stripe to Engage More Farmers in Cassava Cultivation

Red Stripe will be engaging an additional 200 farmers to cultivate cassava under its Project Grow initiative. They will add to the 103 farmers who have already been contracted by the company to grow the crop as a source of raw material to substitute for the imported high-maltose corn syrup used in the production of its world-famous Red Stripe Beer....
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP
Office of the Prime Minister

Nt’l Security Council Reviews Accountability Framework for Security Forces in Special Zones of Operation

Prime Minister Andrew Holness chaired a meeting of the National Security Council on Sunday, July 9 to review the provisions of the Law Reform (Zones of Special Operation) (Special Security and Community Development Measures) Act. In particular, the accountability framework for the Jamaica Defence Force and the Jamaica Constabulary Force in Special Zones of Operation was discussed. The Prime Minister...
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