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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), greets Founder of LearnFest Caribbean and Chief Executive Officer of Project Management Global Institute (PGMI), Sherrone Blake Lobban, during the recent LearnFest Caribbean 2019 symposium at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. Mr. Green was the keynote speaker.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), greets Founder of LearnFest Caribbean and Chief Executive Officer of Project Management Global Institute (PGMI), Sherrone Blake Lobban, during the recent LearnFest Caribbean 2019 symposium at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. Mr. Green was the keynote speaker.

PEP will Foster Entrepreneurship Among Youth – Minister Green

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) will assist in fostering entrepreneurship among young persons. He contended that “it will cultivate more independent thinkers”, citing this as a...
Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte (fourth left), makes a point to Caribbean Producers Jamaica Limited (CPJ) founder and co-chairman, Tom Tyler (second right), during a tour of the company
Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte (fourth left), makes a point to Caribbean Producers Jamaica Limited (CPJ) founder and co-chairman, Tom Tyler (second right), during a tour of the company's Distribution Centre in Freeport, Montego Bay, on February 12. Others (from left) are President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA),Omar Robinson; Chief Executive Officer of CPJ, Dr. David Lowe; Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw; Councillor for the West Central St. James Spring Garden Division, Dwight Crawford; and Executive Chairman of CPJ, Mark Hart.

CPJ Says New Distribution Centre Will Keep Hotels Adequately Supplied

Jamaica on Influenza Alert
Tourism Minister, Hon Edmund Bartlett (fifth right), Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCO), Dr. Andrew Spencer (centre); and Permanent Secretary in the Tourism Ministry, Jennifer Griffith (fourth left) with the principals, coaches and students of Mount Airy All-Age and Broughton Primary Schools, who were finalists in the TVJ 2018 Junior Schools’ Challenge Quiz competition.
Tourism Minister, Hon Edmund Bartlett (fifth right), Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCO), Dr. Andrew Spencer (centre); and Permanent Secretary in the Tourism Ministry, Jennifer Griffith (fourth left) with the principals, coaches and students of Mount Airy All-Age and Broughton Primary Schools, who were finalists in the TVJ 2018 Junior Schools’ Challenge Quiz competition.

Minister Bartlett Fetes 2018 Junior Schools Challenge Quiz Finalists
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, provides an update of developments with State refinery, Petrojam, during a press conference at Jamaica House on Tuesday (February 12).
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, provides an update of developments with State refinery, Petrojam, during a press conference at Jamaica House on Tuesday (February 12).

Petrojam Review Commission to Submit Recommendations Shortly

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Manager for the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) Sales Support Unit, Ricardo Durrant, addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank forum.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

50 Companies for Export MAX III Implementation

Fifty companies will benefit from capacity building and export promotion support under the Government’s Export Max III programme, being rolled out in April. The three-year engagement, which will run until 2022, is being spearheaded by Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO). It is geared towards providing focused capacity, advocacy and market penetration support to exporters and export-ready firms. This is intended to...
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Chair of the National Task Force Against Trafficking In Persons (NATFATIP) Prevention Subcommittee and Director of Corporate Services in the Ministry of Justice, Sandra Graham (left), is joined by Head of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Carl Berry; Professor at St. Thomas University in the United States, Roza Pati; and Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, in examining the 2019 NATFATIP Anti- Human Trafficking Calendar ‘Trapped’. Occasion was a distinguished lecture on human trafficking held at the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC), St. Andrew, on Tuesday (February 12).
Justice

Human Trafficking Task Force Seeks 10,000 Volunteers

The National Task Force Against Trafficking In Persons (NATFATIP) is seeking 10,000 volunteers to aid in the fight against the scourge in Jamaica. “We’re looking for volunteers and anti-human trafficking champions in Jamaica at all levels – churches, communities, youth clubs and places of business – to join this ‘whole of country’ fight against trafficking in persons,” said Chair of...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), is in discussion with (from second left), Principal Director, Climate Change Division, Economic Growth and Job Creation Ministry, Una May Gordon; Country Engagement Specialist, Latin America and the Caribbean, Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Partnership Support Unit, Cayetano Casado; and Senior Country Engagement Specialist, NDC, Yamide Dagnet. Occasion was a micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) consultation on supporting private-sector investment for advancing climate action in Jamaica, held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Tuesday (February 12).
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

Minster Vaz Calls for More Private-Sector Support in Building Climate Resilience

More private-sector stakeholders are being encouraged to partner with the Government in executing projects designed to build Jamaica’s climate change resilience. This call comes from Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, who said more innovators, investors and private-sector leaders are needed to further advance mitigation efforts. “Partnerships are integral to our...
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Addressing the House of Representatives on February 12, Dr. Tufton noted that the stock level of certain drugs continues to be monitored, including paracetamol tablets, paracetamol syrup, oral rehydration products and intravenous fluids.
Health & Wellness

Adequate Supply of Medication to Treat Dengue – Health Minister

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says there is an adequate supply of medication to treat the dengue outbreak. "There is no shortage of medication in the public or the private health system," he said, adding that paracetamol is available to both public and private distributors. Addressing the House of Representatives on February 12, Dr. Tufton noted that...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses today
EnergyPrime MinisterSenate

PM Tables Bill to Retake Ownership of Shares in Petrojam

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, today (February 12), tabled a Bill, entitled ‘The Compulsory Acquisition (Shares in Petrojam Limited) Act, 2019, in the House of Representatives. This is to retake ownership of the 49 per cent shares in Petrojam that are held by the Venezuelan State-owned oil and natural gas company, Petróleos de Venezuela (PDV) Caribe. The Bill...
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Special needs child, Brittany Bailey (right), expressing gratitude to (from left) Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission in the Embassy of Japan, Shinichi Yamanaka; Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden, after receiving her new wheelchair on Tuesday (February 12), at the Early Stimulation Programme’s offices in downtown Kingston.
LabourSocial Security

Assistance for Special Needs Children

Eighty special needs children have been given equipment to deal with their circumstance, by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, in partnership with the World Bank and the Japanese Embassy. The handover of wheelchairs, hearing aids and walkers to parents and guardians took place at the Early Stimulation Programme location on Hanover Street in downtown Kingston, on Tuesday (February...
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Senior Investigator at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Phillip Morgan (left); Manager of the Pollution, Prevention Branch at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Bethune Morgan (centre), and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Yaneke Watson, peruse the National Policy for the Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous Wastes, at a public sector consultation on the policy, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on February 12.
Local GovernmentVision 2030

NSWMA to Host Consultations on E-Waste Regulations

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is to host public and private consultations soon, on a draft of its electrical and electronic (e-waste) regulations. When signed into the law, the regulations will require traders of computers, printers, televisions, mobile phones and refrigerators to take them back at end-of-life and dispose of them in an environmentally sound manner. Senior Investigator...
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