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Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Sen. the Hon. Matthew Samuda (foreground, second left) is joined by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith (foreground, third right), in planting a tree at the Excelsior High School in Kingston on Monday (September 25), as a part of Tourism Awareness Week 2023 activities. Looking on (in background, from left) are Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) Wade Mars; President of the Excelsior Past Students Association, Evan Thompson; Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson; Deputy Director of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Peter Mullings; and upper-school students at Excelsior High.

Forestry Department Distributing Trees

The Forestry Department is distributing a variety of timber and ornamental seedlings in observance of National Tree Planting Day (NTPD), October 6. The distribution period, which started on September 25, will run until October 13. During an interview with JIS...

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham (right), engages with Daniel Montaque during a dengue-prevention public education campaign in Little London in the parish on Friday (September 29)

Dengue Public Education Campaign Under Way in Westmoreland

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second left), inspects a Jamaica Public Service (JPS) meter in Prospect, Westmoreland, during a tour on Friday, September 29. With the Minister (from left) are Regional Operations Manager, JPS, David Lewis; State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson; Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; and Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Western, Morland Wilson.

Westmoreland Communities Identified for Electrification Works

Principal Director in the Office of the Cabinet, Public Sector Modernisation Division (PSMD), Karlene McKenzie Spencer.

Virtual Service Excellence Conference October 3 to 4

Government Senator, Don Wehby, pays tribute to late former Senator and Cabinet Minister, R. Danvers “Danny” Williams, during Friday’s (September 29) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.

Senate Pays Tribute to R. “Danny” Williams

Picture of hand drawing the words Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

3 years ago Finance & Public ServicePress Release

Second Quarter 2023 Quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

The Jamaican economy grew by 2.3 per cent during the second quarter of 2023 when compared to the second quarter of 2022. This resulted from growth in the Services and Goods Producing Industries of 2.2 per cent and 2.6 per cent, respectively. This performance reflected the continued recovery of the economy from the COVID-19 pandemic. All industries within the Services...

3 years ago LabourSocial Security

Labour Ministry’s St. Elizabeth Parish Office to Be Revamped

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has given an undertaking to improve the Ministry’s parish office in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth. During a visit on Friday (September 29), he indicated that the Ministry is in the process of putting together concrete plans to remedy issues with the office’s infrastructure and the overall space. Among the programmed...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right); Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, and Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth South Western, Hon. Floyd Green, and Acting Chief Education Officer at the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe, observe as Black River High School student Adailia Morris looks into a microscope in the school’s new science lab. Occasion was the official opening of the school’s new classroom block on Friday (September 29). Also sharing the moment are other students of the institution.

3 years ago EducationForeign AffairsYouth

Black River High Gets Six New Classrooms

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, officially opened a new classroom block at the Black River High School in St. Elizabeth on Friday (September 29). The classroom block was funded by a grant from the Japanese Embassy's Grassroots Human Security Project and the Education Ministry, through the Primary and Secondary Infrastructure Project (PSIP), with oversight by the National...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Chris Tufton, addresses the 60th Directing Council of Pan American Health Organization PAHO, held recently at the organisation’s headquarters in Washington DC.

3 years ago Health & Wellness

Hundreds of Physician Posts in Health Sector

Hundreds of new physician posts will be created in the health sector this year as the Government puts measures in place to strengthen healthcare delivery. Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said that at the primary level, in excess of 100 new posts will be implemented and more than 600 at the secondary level. “We are moving...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left); Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second right); and President, Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Andrew Spencer (left), engage with Chief Executive Officer, Seaboard Jamaica and Member, CMU Council, Corah Ann Robertson Sylvester, during the third staging of the University’s industry conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on September 28.

3 years ago EducationYouth

$395 Million Added to CMU’s Budget for Expansion

A sum of $395 million has been added to the recurrent expenditure of Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) to support the institution’s expansion plans. Making the disclosure, Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, said that the figure is contained in the Third Supplementary Estimates for the 2023/24 financial year, tabled in the House of Representatives recently by Minister of...

Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte (right), greets High Commissioner-designate of Jamaica to the United Kingdom, Alexander Williams, during a courtesy call at Jamaica House on September 29.

3 years ago Foreign Affairs

PHOTOS: Minister Malahoo Forte Meets with High Commissioner-Designate to the UK

Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte (right), greets High Commissioner-designate of Jamaica to the United Kingdom, Alexander Williams, during a courtesy call at Jamaica House on September 29.

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), is in conversation with Councillor of the Treadways Division, Sydney Rose, during a tour of the Jericho Pipeline Project in St. Catherine on September 28. The project, which is part of a 0.8-kilometre road transformation, costing just over $125 million, delivers two million additional gallons of water daily to communities in Linstead, St. Catherine, and features a 16-inch main pipeline. The project began in July 2023 and is to be completed in December 2023.

3 years ago Works / Construction

PHOTOS: Minister Samuda Tours Jericho Pipeline Project

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), is in conversation with Councillor of the Treadways Division, Sydney Rose, during a tour of the Jericho Pipeline Project in St. Catherine on September 28. The project, which is part of a 0.8-kilometre road transformation, costing just over $125 million, delivers two...