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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point during a statement to the House of Representatives on November 12.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point during a statement to the House of Representatives on November 12.

PM Announces $1.3-Billion Sanitation, Drain Cleaning And Beautification Programme

The Government will be undertaking a major mitigation, sanitation, drain-cleaning and beautification programme at a cost of $1.3 billion. The programme, to be executed over the next few months up to February 2020, will be implemented by the National Works...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), speaking at the National Entrepreneurship Week Policy Forum on Monday (November 11) at the Jamaica Promotions (JAMPRO) corporate offices in New Kingston. Others pictured are President, Young Entrepreneurs Association of Jamaica (YEA), Camille Mighty- Atkinson (centre) and President, Chief Executive Officer, Transformational Life Solutions, Cordell Williams-Grahams.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), speaking at the National Entrepreneurship Week Policy Forum on Monday (November 11) at the Jamaica Promotions (JAMPRO) corporate offices in New Kingston. Others pictured are President, Young Entrepreneurs Association of Jamaica (YEA), Camille Mighty- Atkinson (centre) and President, Chief Executive Officer, Transformational Life Solutions, Cordell Williams-Grahams.

Government Giving Priority To MSMEs
Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right), engages with Head of the School of Business and Entrepreneurial Studies, Excelsior Community College, Gwyneth Jackson (left) and Vice Principal for Student Affairs, Naomi Jacobs (centre). Occasion was the 2019 Master Lecture held at the college’s main campus on Mountain View Avenue in Kingston on November 11 under the theme ‘Leadership and Power for Organizational Development.’ Mrs. Holness was the keynote speaker at the event.
Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right), engages with Head of the School of Business and Entrepreneurial Studies, Excelsior Community College, Gwyneth Jackson (left) and Vice Principal for Student Affairs, Naomi Jacobs (centre). Occasion was the 2019 Master Lecture held at the college’s main campus on Mountain View Avenue in Kingston on November 11 under the theme ‘Leadership and Power for Organizational Development.’ Mrs. Holness was the keynote speaker at the event.

Jamaicans Encouraged To Strive For Excellence In Service Delivery
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (right), offers words of encouragement to some of the newly elected members of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) Youth Council at the municipal corporation’s downtown Kingston offices on Tuesday (November 12). The youth representatives (from left) are Chaplain, Khalil Satchell; Deputy Junior Mayor, Raneeka Cain; Chief Executive Officer, Danielle Jonas; and Junior Mayor, Jean-Claude Walters Dunn.
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (right), offers words of encouragement to some of the newly elected members of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) Youth Council at the municipal corporation’s downtown Kingston offices on Tuesday (November 12). The youth representatives (from left) are Chaplain, Khalil Satchell; Deputy Junior Mayor, Raneeka Cain; Chief Executive Officer, Danielle Jonas; and Junior Mayor, Jean-Claude Walters Dunn.

KSAMC Youth Council Members Encouraged To Take Roles Seriously
Participants in the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Parenting Empowerment Pilot Project graduation ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on November 7.
Participants in the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Parenting Empowerment Pilot Project graduation ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on November 7.

250 Parents Participate In PATH Empowerment Project

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Finance & Public Service

Central Bank Pumps Additional US$30 Million In FX Market Wednesday

The Central Bank, on Wednesday (November 13), intervened in the foreign exchange market for the second consecutive day, by offering an additional US$30 million for sale to authorised dealers and large cambios. The offer, which was provided through the Bank of Jamaica Foreign Exchange Intervention and Trading Tool (B-FXITT), follows Tuesday’s (November 12) intervention of US$40 million. That provision, which...
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Governor GeneralTribute

GG Pays Tribute to Former Chief Justice Edward Zacca

Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen has said that the passing of former Chief Justice the Hon Edward Zacca, OJ, PC, marks the end of a unique career that spanned some five and half decades in the legal and judicial services of the Region. Noting that Sir Edward holds pride of place as being the first Jamaican Chief Justice to be elevated...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), breaks ground for construction of a state-of-the-art Adult Transitional Facility for the homeless in Kingtson on Monday (November 11). Others participating in the ground-breaking (from left) are Minority Leader at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Andrew Swaby; Mayor of Kingston, Senator Delroy Williams; Senior Pastor at the Webster Memorial Church, Rev. Astor Carlye; and Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney.
Local Government

$140-Million Adult Transitional Facility To Be Built In Kingston

A state-of-the-art Adult Transitional Facility is to be built at a cost of nearly $140 million to serve homeless persons in Kingston and St. Andrew. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, on Monday (November 11), broke ground for the centre at 163-167 King Street, downtown Kingston. The facility, to be operated and managed by the Kingston...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), and former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief for Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, peruse a document, during a press conference at the Ministry in Kingston earlier this year.
Finance & Public Service

IMF Credits ERP’s Success To Strong Stakeholder Ownership

Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief for Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, has credited the success of the Economic Reform Programme (ERP) to the broad-based stakeholder ownership of the reforms and a commitment to “seeing things turn around”. “The ownership that we have seen across [political] administrations… where things went smoothly… and where [there was] the commitment to retaining the...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Central Manchester, Hon. Mike Henry, makes a presentation to University of Technology (UTech) student, Shakeria Johnson, at a function held on Sunday (November10), at the West Park Community Centre in Clarendon, during which tuition cheques totalling some $2.7 million, were awarded to 62 tertiary-level students. The occasion was also used to celebrate the recent conferment of the Order of Jamaica (OJ) on Minister Henry.
Education

Minister Henry Awards $2.7 Million In Tuition Assistance

Sixty-two tertiary-level students from Central Clarendon have benefited from tuition support totalling approximately $2.7 million from Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Mike Henry. The presentation was made at a reception held on Sunday (November 10), at the West Park Community Centre in Clarendon. The occasion was also...
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