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Business Development and Communication Specialist at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), Keisha Thomas
Business Development and Communication Specialist at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), Keisha Thomas

MIND Hosts Policy Forum On Crime On January 31

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) will host its first Policy Forum for 2020 on Friday (January 31) under the theme ‘Safety and Security: Crime Prevention through Social Intervention’. The discussion session will be held at the Institute’s Old...
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher (seated, centre), signs a contract valued at US$674,000 with Director, Project Planning and Management Limited, Borislav Stoyanov (seated right), to provide designs for the upgrade of 13 health facilities over the next 11 months under the Health Systems Strengthening Programm’. The signing ceremony took place at the Courtyard by Marriott in New Kingston on January 28, where the programme was officially launched. Others (from left) are Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Team Lead for the Health Systems Strengthening Programme, Ricardo Perez-Cuevas; Attaché Cooperation Section, European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Gabrio Marinozzi; Acting Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Karen Webster Kerr; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher (seated, centre), signs a contract valued at US$674,000 with Director, Project Planning and Management Limited, Borislav Stoyanov (seated right), to provide designs for the upgrade of 13 health facilities over the next 11 months under the Health Systems Strengthening Programm’. The signing ceremony took place at the Courtyard by Marriott in New Kingston on January 28, where the programme was officially launched. Others (from left) are Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Team Lead for the Health Systems Strengthening Programme, Ricardo Perez-Cuevas; Attaché Cooperation Section, European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Gabrio Marinozzi; Acting Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Karen Webster Kerr; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan.

13 Health Facilities To Be Upgraded And Equipped
The house constructed under the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development’s Indigent Housing Programme in Martha Brae, Trelawny. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, handed over the house to Vernice and Lloyd Dell, at a ceremony in the community, on Wednesday (January 29)
The house constructed under the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development’s Indigent Housing Programme in Martha Brae, Trelawny. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, handed over the house to Vernice and Lloyd Dell, at a ceremony in the community, on Wednesday (January 29)

Local Government Minister Hands Over Two Indigent Houses
Trade Administrator and Chief Executive Officer of the Trade Board Limited (TBL), Douglas Webster.
Trade Administrator and Chief Executive Officer of the Trade Board Limited (TBL), Douglas Webster.

Trade Board Resumes Bimonthly Meetings With Customs Brokers
Farmers in Lilliput, St. James, engage in backyard farming by utilising hydroponic technology to produce vegetables that are sold to the hotels.
Farmers in Lilliput, St. James, engage in backyard farming by utilising hydroponic technology to produce vegetables that are sold to the hotels.

Minister Bartlett Says Farm Tourism Has Great Potential

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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, addressing a recent awards dinner for overseas farm and hospitality workers at the Melia Braco Resort in Trelawny.
LabourSocial Security

Jamaican Workers Earn Over US$300M From US Seasonal Employment Programmes

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, says Jamaican workers participating in the United States agricultural and hospitality employment programmes have generated upwards of an estimated US$300 million in earnings over the past five years. Additionally, she said the number of persons taking up jobs in both sectors has risen to average nearly 7,000 per annum. “The significance...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness, emphasises a point while speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 28)
National Security

House Approves Extension Of SOEs

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 28), approved three Emergency Powers resolutions for extension of the States of Public Emergency (SOEs) for a further 90 days in St. James, Hanover, Westmoreland; Clarendon and St. Catherine North; and the South St. Andrew Police Division. The resolutions – the Emergency Power, 2019 (Continuance) Resolution, 2020; the Emergency Powers (No.2), 2019, (Continuance)...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, displays his custom-made bag from local small business, Bresheh, which is now a part of the Jamaica Promotions Corporation
CommerceIndustry

Gov’t To Expand Business Incubator Services This Year

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government will be expanding incubator spaces for the small business sector this year. “We have to bring these [services] closer to the people. I have already tasked the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) team to work with the Factories Corporation of Jamaica. We...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, CD, MP
Education

Efforts Being Made To Improve Equality In Education

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says efforts are being made to improve equality, through the pairing of institutions. Addressing Board Chairmen and Principals at a regional consultation session, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on January 29, the Minister said this is being done through the Twinning of Schools initiative, in which...
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Developers, Matthew Donaldson (second left) and his wife, Danielle (third left), at the construction site of their $600-million housing project in Ironshore, St. James. Others (from left) are Financiers, Sygnus Group Co-founder, Ike Johnson, and head of Sygnus Group Real Estate, David Cummings.
Housing

$600-Million Housing Project Under Way In Ironshore

With the Fairview and Freeport areas of St. James heavily commercialised, developers have been turning their attention to Ironshore, near upscale Rose Hall, where a $600-million housing project is currently under way. Headed by the husband and wife team of 33-year-old Matthew Donaldson and 30-year-old Danielle, the project has been praised by Montego Bay leaders, including Mayor Homer Davis, who...
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