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Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica Corporate Affairs and Communications Manager, Camille Taylor (centre), speaking at a Jamaica Information Service Think Tank on June 1 at the Agency’s head office in Kingston. Listening (from left) are: Wigton Wind Farm Limited Project Manager, Michelle Chin Lenn, and Training Coordinator/Engineer, Sanja Simmonds.
Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica Corporate Affairs and Communications Manager, Camille Taylor (centre), speaking at a Jamaica Information Service Think Tank on June 1 at the Agency’s head office in Kingston. Listening (from left) are: Wigton Wind Farm Limited Project Manager, Michelle Chin Lenn, and Training Coordinator/Engineer, Sanja Simmonds.
Energy

Wigton Wind Farm Offering Renewable Energy Training Course

Registration is now open for Wigton Wind Farm Limited’s upcoming training course in photovoltaic system design, from June 18 to 22. The week-long course, to be held at Wigton’s renewable energy training laboratory in Rose Hill, Manchester, will entail theoretical...
Senator, Matthew Samuda
Senator, Matthew Samuda

Senate Approves Parliamentary Committee’s Housing Order Reports
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), points of something of interest to Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd right), and Chief Executive Officer of the National Works Agency (NWA), E.G. Hunter (3rd right), during a tour of the Constant Spring Road Improvement Project today (June 1). The Prime Minister toured several road upgrading projects in the Corporate Area, which fall under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), points of something of interest to Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd right), and Chief Executive Officer of the National Works Agency (NWA), E.G. Hunter (3rd right), during a tour of the Constant Spring Road Improvement Project today (June 1). The Prime Minister toured several road upgrading projects in the Corporate Area, which fall under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP).

Road Upgrading Will Boost Workforce Productivity – PM
Executive Director of the Public Investment Management Secretariat (PIMSEC), Douglas Levermore, emphasises a point during a JIS Think Tank on May 30.
Executive Director of the Public Investment Management Secretariat (PIMSEC), Douglas Levermore, emphasises a point during a JIS Think Tank on May 30.

Robust Use of Public Investment Management System
A section of the newly upgraded Barbican Road in St. Andrew. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, toured the completed Barbican Road Improvement Project today (June 1). It was implemented under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP).
A section of the newly upgraded Barbican Road in St. Andrew. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, toured the completed Barbican Road Improvement Project today (June 1). It was implemented under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP).

PM Tours Completed Barbican Road Project

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Environment

Education Ministry Encouraging World Environment Day Activities in Schools on June 5

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is encouraging school administrators to engage their students in positive activities to mark World Environment Day on Tuesday, June 5, under the theme: ‘Beat Plastic Pollution – If You can’t Reuse it, Refuse it’. The day is used by the United Nations’ to heighten global awareness and action for the protection of the...
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Development

JSIF to Remove Zinc Fences In Mount Salem

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, says some $27 million will be spent on the Mount Salem Zinc Fence Substitution Project to greatly improve the aesthetics of the St. James community. He noted that the Government, through the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, is providing $26 million for the undertaking with contribution of...
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Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary, points to the Tacky Monument at the Claude Stewart Park, in St. Mary, one of the many sites that will be included by the St. Mary Municipal Corporation in its soon-to-be-launched Tour Project, to attract overseas visitors to the parish.
Tourism

St. Mary Municipal Corporation to Establish Tour Project

The St. Mary Municipal Corporation, with input from several private and public sector entities, is far advanced in establishing a Tour Project to attract overseas visitors to the parish. According to Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary, there are several historic sites in the parish that are being looked at to begin the project, such as the old civic...
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(FILE)Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, makes a point at a JIS Think Tank on May 31.
Foreign Affairs

EU Has Provided 1.5 Billion Euros in Development Support to Jamaica

Jamaica has benefited from 1.5 billion Euros in development assistance from the European Union (EU) over the past 43 years. These funds, which are primarily grant resources, have spanned sectors such as education, human rights awareness, security, agriculture and rural development, public financial management and private sector enhancement, with the primary objective of tackling poverty and achieving sustainable development. Head...
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