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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right), shares in conversation with (from left) Chief Information Officer at the Jamaica Customs Agency, André Williams; Director of Planning and Research, Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Earl Stewart; and Chairman, Trade Facilitation Task Force, Patricia Francis. Occasion was a private-sector-engagement breakfast held on February 27 at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Kingston.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right), shares in conversation with (from left) Chief Information Officer at the Jamaica Customs Agency, André Williams; Director of Planning and Research, Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Earl Stewart; and Chairman, Trade Facilitation Task Force, Patricia Francis. Occasion was a private-sector-engagement breakfast held on February 27 at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Kingston.

Industry State Minister Says Used Car Dealers Must Be Certified

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, is imploring persons who are desirous of getting into the used car business, to get certified. Addressing the annual general meeting of the Jamaica Used...
A delighted Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Mrs. Donna-Marie Rowe, with her RJRGleaner 40th Honour Award for Public Service, which was presented to her at the Awards Dinner, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston, on February 28.
A delighted Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Mrs. Donna-Marie Rowe, with her RJRGleaner 40th Honour Award for Public Service, which was presented to her at the Awards Dinner, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston, on February 28.

CEO Of JIS Collects Honour Award For Public Service
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), in discussion with (from second left): Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, Dr. Luz Longsworth; and University Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI Mona Campus, Professor Opal Palmer Adisa. Occasion was a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony at the UWI Regional Headquarters on February 28. Under the MoU, the Government will partner with the UWI Open Campus to provide training and research in the area of sexual harassment over the next three years.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), in discussion with (from second left): Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, Dr. Luz Longsworth; and University Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI Mona Campus, Professor Opal Palmer Adisa. Occasion was a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony at the UWI Regional Headquarters on February 28. Under the MoU, the Government will partner with the UWI Open Campus to provide training and research in the area of sexual harassment over the next three years.

Minister Wants Sexual Harassment Bill Passed By Second Half Of Year
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, looks at produce on display at the 65th Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show in Falmouth, Trelawny, on February 26.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, looks at produce on display at the 65th Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show in Falmouth, Trelawny, on February 26.

PM Calls For More Businesslike Approach To Farming
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address at the 65th Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show in Falmouth, Trelawny, on February 26.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address at the 65th Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show in Falmouth, Trelawny, on February 26.

PM Wants Faster Take-Up Of Former Sugar Lands

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Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), observes as Founder and Executive Chairman of the Guardsman Group of Companies, Kenneth Benjamin (second left), presents a cheque to Director of local charity, Kind Hearts Foundation, Christina Hudson (second right), at a ceremony on Tuesday (February 25), at the company on Old Hope Road in Kingston. At right is a member of Kind Hearts Foundation, Amanda Lechler.
Health & Wellness

Health Minister Says ‘Wellness At Work’ Manual Will Be Out Soon

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Ministry is to roll out its ‘Wellness at Work’ manual soon. “It will encourage employers to pay more attention to worker satisfaction by engaging in non-work activities that promote wellness,” Dr. Tufton said at the handover of funds raised from the 2019 Guardsman Games, on Tuesday (February 25), at...
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Senior Director of Business Partner and Support Services at the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), Licia Grant, adresses a sensitisation session for SEZ developers and operators in western Jamaica at the S Hotel in Montego Bay St. James on February 21.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

JSEZA Implementing Innovative Strategies

Senior Director of Business Partner and Support Services at the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), Licia Grant, says the Authority continues to implement innovative strategies in order to ensure that companies within the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) can remain competitive and operate more efficiently. “One of the first things that we have in mind is to have our physical...
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Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, speaks with grade-six students at Tulloch Primary School in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, ahead of the sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Ability Test this morning (February 25). Looking on in the background are Director for Region 6, Barrington Richardson (left), and Principal of the school, Dameon Hinds.
EducationInformationYouth

Country Better Prepared For PEP – Minister Samuda

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says he is confident that the country is better prepared for this year’s sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) and is expecting better results. The examination, which is in its second year, got under way on Tuesday (February 25) with the Ability Test. Just over 39,000 students are...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right) signs a document renewing the Technical Cooperation Agreement with the Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba, during a ceremony held at the New Kingston offices of the Ministry, on Tuesday (February 25). Also participating (from left) are National Coordinator for the Cuban Medical Brigade in Jamaica, Dr. José Armando Arronte Villamarin; Ambassador of Cuba to Jamaica, Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández; and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie.
Health & Wellness

30 Additional Cuban Medical Professionals Arrive February 27

An additional 30 Cuban medical professionals will arrive in Jamaica on Thursday (February 27) to further bolster the Government’s delivery of quality healthcare services. This was disclosed by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, at a signing ceremony for the renewal of the Technical Cooperation Agreement with the Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of...
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Director General for the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (centre), responds to questions from journalists during Tuesday’s (February 25) quarterly media briefing at the agency’s head office in New Kingston. Others (from left) are Senior Director for the PIOJ’s Economic Planning, Research and Policy Logistics Division, James Stewart; and Programme Director for the Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat at the PIOJ, Peisha Bryan.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentFinance & Public Service

PIOJ Reports 0.1 Per Cent Growth For Fourth Quarter

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting estimated fourth quarter calendar year growth of 0.1 per cent, between October and December 2019, relative to the corresponding period in 2018. This, consequent on estimated growth of 1.8 per cent in the services industry, despite a 3.8 per cent contraction in the goods producing industry, Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, has...
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Passengers disembark the Marella Discovery 2 cruise ship on Monday (February 24) at the Port Royal Cruise Port in Kingston.
TourismTransport

Marella Discovery 2 Makes Second Call To Port Royal

The Marella Discovery 2 cruise ship made its second call to Port Royal on Monday (February 24), carrying some 1,800 visitors to Kingston. The cruise ship created history on January 20, when it was the first to dock at the newly opened cruise port constructed by the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ). The passengers, on disembarking, were welcomed with cultural...
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Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council (LAC), Hugh Faulkner.
Justice

Organisations Urged To Request Services Of Mobile Justice Units

Churches, community groups and other organisations are being encouraged to request the services of the Legal Aid Council (LAC) Mobile Justice Units. Persons can reserve the units by accessing, completing and submitting requisition forms available at the LAC’s website at legalaidcouncil.moj.gov.jm. Executive Director of the LAC in the Ministry of Justice, Hugh Faulkner, said that on the form, applicants are...
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