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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, speaks in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11), after tabling the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, speaks in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11), after tabling the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure.

Government Tables $852.7-Billion Budget for 2020/2021

The Government has presented a Budget of $852.7 billion, with $778.4 billion allocated for Recurrent (housekeeping) expenses and $74.2 billion for Capital (development) projects. Details of the projections are outlined in the Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of...
Chief Corporate Communications Officer at Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), Meris Haughton, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Friday (January 17).
Chief Corporate Communications Officer at Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), Meris Haughton, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Friday (January 17).

TAJ Implements Measures to Deal with Learner’s Licence Application Rush
International Microscience Consultant under the Japan-funded Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) technical cooperation initiative, Petal Jetoo, addressing a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (January 14).
International Microscience Consultant under the Japan-funded Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) technical cooperation initiative, Petal Jetoo, addressing a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (January 14).

Jamaica To Boost Teaching of The Sciences
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson.

Labour Ministry on Recruitment Drive
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second right), converses with (from left) Chief Executive Officer of Island Grill, Thalia Lyn; Senior Director of Public Affairs at J. Wray and Nephew, Tanikie McLarty Allen; and Director of Marketing at J. Wray and Nephew, Marsha Lumley, at the Rum Festival launch on January 15 at Devon House in Kingston.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second right), converses with (from left) Chief Executive Officer of Island Grill, Thalia Lyn; Senior Director of Public Affairs at J. Wray and Nephew, Tanikie McLarty Allen; and Director of Marketing at J. Wray and Nephew, Marsha Lumley, at the Rum Festival launch on January 15 at Devon House in Kingston.

Tourism Minister Wants Jamaica Rum Festival Added to Offerings

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Director General for the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, addresses the agency’s quarterly briefing at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on Friday (January 17).
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Unemployment Rate Falls To 7.2 Per Cent

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting that the country’s unemployment rate has fallen to a new record low of 7.2 per cent, based on the October 2019 Labour Force Survey. Director General, Carol Coy, says this is 1.5 percentage points lower than the 8.7 per cent out-turn for the corresponding period in 2018. It is also 0.6 per...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses press conference at the Jamaica Tourist Board offices in New Kingston, on January 15. With the Minister is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Jennifer Griffith.
Tourism

Jamaica To Benefit from Hosting UNWTO Summit

Jamaica is to benefit from hosting the upcoming United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Summit on Innovation, Resilience and Crisis Management. According to Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, the focus on resilience tops global agendas, and it is through capacity enhancement that the country will be able to respond meaningfully to “global disruptions that are coming at us daily”....
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Transport

Development Lease for Sections of Rail System

Cabinet has given approval for a change in approach for the privatisation of the Jamaica Railway Corporation (JRC) services to include pursuing a development lease for the rail system for sections from Montego Bay, St. James to St. Elizabeth. This was noted by Minister with oversight for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, during a post-Cabinet press briefing at...
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Local Economic Development Officer at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, David Wright, speaking during Tuesday’s (January 14) media launch for the 2020 Kingston City Marathon, at The Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston.
Local Government

$140-Million Homeless Shelter to Be Completed by Early Next Year

Construction of a $140-million state-of-the art adult transitional centre in downtown Kingston for homeless persons is projected for completion by the end of 2020 or early 2021. The Ministry of local Government and Community Development is spearheading the project, which is expected to provide temporary shelter for just over 100 persons living on the streets of the Corporate Area. It...
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Chief Executive Officer of the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ), Judith Ramlogan, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank, where she announced that the agency will be undertaking a business process re-engineering (BPR) exercise in the next financial year.
CommerceIndustryJIS Think Tank

COJ To Review Business Processes

The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) will be conducting a business process re-engineering (BPR) exercise aimed at improving service delivery to clients. Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Judith Ramlogan, who made the disclosure at a recent JIS Think Tank, said that the exercise, to be undertaken in the next financial year, will be spearheaded by the Public Sector Transformation...
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Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (FFB), Stewart Beckford (left), peruses a pamphlet containing fire safety tips with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Marsha Henry-Martin, and head of the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) in Jamaica, Takeshi Takano. Occasion was the launch of the JFB’s Fire and Life Safety Awareness Week 2019 at the Police Officers’ Club, St. Andrew on Friday (Oct. 25).
Local Government

Fire Chief Raises Concern About False Calls

Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Stewart Beckford, is imploring members of the public to desist from making false fire calls. He said that these calls put an unnecessary strain on resources, noting that vehicles have been damaged as firefighters rush to respond to what they believed to be genuine alarms. The Fire Commissioner said that over the period...
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Bindley Sangster, Senior Advisor and Consultant to Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, lays a wreath at the shrine of his father, late former Prime Minister, Hon. Donald Sangster at National Heroes Park in Kingston on October 26. The occasion was the mark the 108th anniversary of the birth of Sir Donald, who was Jamaica’s second Prime Minister.
Tribute

PHOTOS: Floral Tribute for Sir Donald Sangster

Bindley Sangster, Senior Advisor and Consultant to Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, lays a wreath at the shrine of his father, late former Prime Minister, Hon. Donald Sangster at National Heroes Park in Kingston on October 26. The occasion was the mark the 108th anniversary of the birth of Sir Donald, who...
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