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The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange ‘Rings the Bell for Gender Equality’ at the Jamaica Stock Exchange as part of activities to celebrate International Women’s Day. The bell ringing ceremony, hosted by stock exchanges globally, aims to raise awareness of the pivotal role the private sector can play in advancing gender equality to achieve Goal 5 of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Also photographed are: Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica; Alison Mclean, Representative, UN Women Multi-Country Office in the Caribbean; Andrea Kelly, General Manager, Jamaica Central Securities Depository and the JCSD Trustee Services and Therese Turner Jones, Representative, Inter-American Development Bank in Jamaica (left to right).
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange ‘Rings the Bell for Gender Equality’ at the Jamaica Stock Exchange as part of activities to celebrate International Women’s Day. The bell ringing ceremony, hosted by stock exchanges globally, aims to raise awareness of the pivotal role the private sector can play in advancing gender equality to achieve Goal 5 of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Also photographed are: Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica; Alison Mclean, Representative, UN Women Multi-Country Office in the Caribbean; Andrea Kelly, General Manager, Jamaica Central Securities Depository and the JCSD Trustee Services and Therese Turner Jones, Representative, Inter-American Development Bank in Jamaica (left to right).

PHOTO: Grange Rings the Bell for Gender Equality

Students’ Loan Bureau Gets $3 Billion
Winner of the 2018 Jamaica Festival Song Competition, O’Neil Scott, known as ‘Nazzleman’, with his trophy which he received after being announced the winner of the competition, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, in Kingston, on July 15.
Winner of the 2018 Jamaica Festival Song Competition, O’Neil Scott, known as ‘Nazzleman’, with his trophy which he received after being announced the winner of the competition, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, in Kingston, on July 15.

Entries for Festival Song Competition Close March 15
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange

Message by The Honourable Olivia Grange, CD, MP Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport for International Women’s Day
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, announces the Revenue Measures for the financial year 2019/20, as he opens the 2019/20 Budget debate in the House of Representatives on March 7. Seated from left are: Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, announces the Revenue Measures for the financial year 2019/20, as he opens the 2019/20 Budget debate in the House of Representatives on March 7. Seated from left are: Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Debt-to-GDP Ratio to Fall to 96 Per Cent at End of 2018/19

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Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

New Fiscal Year Expenditure from Consolidated Fund and Appropriations-in-Aid

Central Government’s $835.9 billion programmed expenditure for fiscal year 2019/20 will be financed from the Consolidated Fund, and Appropriations-in-Aid. Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the Consolidated Fund will cover $803.2 billion, with the remaining $32.7 billion coming from Appropriations-in-Aid. He made the announcement while delivering the opening presentation in the 2019/20 Budget Debate in...
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Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

$1 Billion for Social Housing in 63 Constituencies

The Government has allocated $1 billion to the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation to support the implementation of an islandwide social housing programme across all 63 constituencies. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said the programme will comprise three modalities – the provision of indigent housing; relocation of vulnerable communities; and the...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, DPhil, MP
Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

Allocation for Social Protection Increases to $20 Billion

The Government has announced a 25 per cent increase in the allocation for major social protection programmes, moving from $16 billion in 2018/19 to $20 billion in 2019/20. These include the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), and the network of social services provided for the poor and vulnerable. “That is protection of the vulnerable in action,” Minister...
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Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

Tax Administration and Jamaica Customs to Improve Efficiencies

The principal revenue collection agencies, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) and Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), will be implementing strategies aimed at improving efficiencies during the new financial year. This is according to the Government’s 2019/20 Fiscal Policy Paper, which was recently tabled in the House of Representatives by Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. According to the...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), gets information from Nutrimix Technical Sales Representative, Samuel Jones (right), on the benefits of livestock feed, while on a tour of the Hague Agricultural Show, in Trelawny, on Wednesday, March 6.
AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit to be Strengthened

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he will be reviewing the Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit (PLPU), to make it more effective in reducing farm thefts. Speaking to agricultural stakeholders at the 64th Hague Agricultural Show in Trelawny, on March 6, Mr. Shaw that if the PLPU needs beefing up, and if it needs more resources,...
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Sub-officer in charge of Quality, Audit and Assurance, Polygraph Unit, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Sergeant Adrian Wellington.
National Security

JCF’S Polygraph Unit Tests Over 650 Since 2017

More than 650 Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) members and applicants have undergone polygraph testing since 2017. The tests, conducted by the Polygraph Unit, fall under the Effective Policing Pillar of the Ministry of National Security’s Five-Pillar Crime Reduction Strategy, and is aimed at enhancing the police force as the foundation of a lawful and well-ordered society. Assistant Commissioner of Police...
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Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Mr. Kitack Lim (left), is greeted by President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Fritz Pinnock (centre), when he visited the university, recently. Also pictured is Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Rear Admiral (ret.) Peter Brady. Mr. Lim was the guest of the MAJ for a series of meetings, including a High Level Symposium for Caribbean Transport Ministers on Maritime Affairs.
Education

Head of IMO Commends Caribbean Maritime University

Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Mr. Kitack Lim, has commended the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), for developing its programmes in accordance with developments within the maritime industry. In an interview with JIS News during his recent tour of the institution, Mr. Lim noted that different areas of knowledge are being merged, and encouraged the IMO- certified university...
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