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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses the Ministry’s Region Six appreciation banquet for retired principals and launch of the School Improvement Support Initiative, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on July 12.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses the Ministry’s Region Six appreciation banquet for retired principals and launch of the School Improvement Support Initiative, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on July 12.

Education Minister says PEP will Better Prepare Students for High School

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) will allow students to be better prepared for high school. Speaking at the Ministry’s Region Six appreciation banquet for retired principals, and launch...
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (seated, centre), and Custodes Rotulorum from parishes in the county of Middlesex along with the recipients (standing) of the 2018 Governor-General’s Achievement Awards from that region. The awards ceremony was held at the Cardiff Hotel and Spa, St. Ann on Thursday, June 28.
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (seated, centre), and Custodes Rotulorum from parishes in the county of Middlesex along with the recipients (standing) of the 2018 Governor-General’s Achievement Awards from that region. The awards ceremony was held at the Cardiff Hotel and Spa, St. Ann on Thursday, June 28.

Governor-General’s Achievement Award Presented to 15 Residents of Middlesex
Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Dr. Christine Hendricks
Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Dr. Christine Hendricks

Assistance Being Provided for Persons with Disabilities not having Birth Certificates
Leader of Government Business in the Senate and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, emphasizes a point during Friday
Leader of Government Business in the Senate and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, emphasizes a point during Friday's (June 29) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.

Senate Approves State of Public Emergency Extension in St. Catherine North Police Division
Director of Surveys at the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Dr. Natalee Simpson.
Director of Surveys at the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Dr. Natalee Simpson.

STATIN Urges Cooperation with Living Conditions Survey

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Minister without Portfolio, Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry (third right), addresses a meeting involving officials from Jamaica and the People’s Republic of China at Jamaica House on June 21. At fourth left is Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, People’s Republic of China (PRC), Wang Jiangping.
Industry

Ground-Breaking for Jamaica-Gansu Industrial Park Year-End

Ground is scheduled to be broken in December 2018 for the Jamaica-Gansu special economic zone and industrial park in Nain, St. Elizabeth. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, made the disclosure while providing an update on the project in the House of Representatives on June 27. Chinese entity, Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company...
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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses the recent launch of Chinese truck manufacturer, Shacman’s local operations, at the Spanish Court Hotel, New Kingston. Shacman Jamaica comprises a partnership with the country’s largest supplier of building materials, Tank-Weld Group, through its subsidiary Tank-Weld Equipment, which is the sole dealer of the entity’s heavy duty-trucks locally.
Commerce

Bilateral Trade Between Jamaica and China Expanding

Bilateral trade between Jamaica and the People’s Republic of China increased from US$58 million in 2000, to US$382 million in 2017. This, according to Commercial Counsellor, Economic and Commercial Counsellor’s Office, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Jamaica, Jianghong Fan. He notes that Jamaica remains his country’s largest trading partner in the English-speaking Caribbean. Mr. Fan points out that...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw (right), shakes hands with Professor, Caribbean Network for Urban and Land Management at the University of the West Indies, Dr. Asad Mohammed, at the Caribbean Urban Forum 2018 at the University of Technology on Wednesday (June 27).
Agriculture

Minister Shaw Pleased with Private-Sector Interest in Former Sugar-Cane Lands

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he is pleased with the interest from the private sector in the use of former sugar-cane lands for agricultural ventures. He said that the Ministry completed an audit of Government-owned lands managed by the SCJ Holdings Limited and “invited private-sector investors to partner with us by leasing the lands...
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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), listens attentively to Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indie, Sir Hilary Beckles (right), at the opening of a two-day conference on arbitration hosted by the Jamaica International Arbitration Centre (JAIAC) Limited, at the Regional Headquarters of the University of the West Indies in Mona on June 28. At left is President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards.
Industry

Industry Ministry Leads Initiative for International Standards in MDAs

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is leading an initiative that will result in the implementation of international standards across ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the public sector. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, said this will begin with his Ministry and involve the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) Limited, which has been leading Jamaica’s adherence to market...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing yesterday
Prime Minister

PM to Announce Policy Actions Relating to PetroJam

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says an announcement will be made in short order on the specific policy actions that will be taken by Cabinet regarding weaknesses in the governance and management at the State-run oil refinery, Petrojam, once all the relevant information has been gathered. Mr. Holness was speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (June...
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We Have Gone on a Borrowing Diet – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reassured the Canadian Diaspora that the country’s debt to GDP ratio will fall below one hundred per cent by the end of the financial year. “This is not a political achievement, it is a national achievement. But it is forcing us now to pay for our development with our own taxes and by growing our...
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Family Photo of G7 and Outreach Leaders.
Foreign Affairs

PM Holness Invited to Attend Key Summits Following His Historic Presentation at G7 Summit

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has been specially invited to attend the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina and a Special Oceans Summit in Oslo, Norway following his successful historic presentation at the outreach session of the just concluded G7 Summit in Charlevoix, Canada. Prime Minister Holness who returned to the island yesterday evening was specially invited by the Argentine President, The...
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