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Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Business Advisory Manager, Melissa Bennett, presents Resolve IT Limited, CEO, Almando Cox, with his Certificate of Participation in the Accelerator Programme, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Thursday (November 21). .

Local Entrepreneurs Complete Accelerator Programme

Sixteen local entrepreneurs were recognised by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) for completing the Accelerator Programme, at The Jamaica Pegasus on Thursday (November 21). The representatives of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) were exposed to strategies related to...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (left), in conversation with Director, Hodges Aggregates and Powders Limited, Jennifer Ince (right), as he displays a bottle of manufactured beach sand. Occasion was the minerals sector exhibition and trade show, held today (November 21) at the Hope Complex football field, Hope Gardens, in Kingston. At centre is Chief Technical Director at the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Dr. Janine Dawkins.

Minerals Sector Contributes 2.7 Per Cent To GDP

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second row, third left); Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis (back row, second left); Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore (second row, right) and Acting Director General at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson (back row, left), share a moment with junior mayors from across the island. Occasion was the Local Government and Community 2019 Youth Mayors’ Forum, which was held at the St. James Municipal Corporation offices, in Montego Bay, on Wednesday (November 20).

Boost For Junior Mayors Programme

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles, addresses journalists during Thursday’s (November 21) quarterly briefing, at the BOJ in downtown Kingston.

BOJ Reports Increase In Credit Given By Deposit-Taking Institutions

Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (centre), turns on the tap to commission into service the Golden Hill Water Supply System in St. Andrew on Wednesday (November 20). Sharing the moment (from left) are resident, Ainsworth Kelly; Member of Parliament of West Rural St. Andrew, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn; Managing Director, Rural Water Supply Limited, Audley Thompson; and resident, Myrtle Brown.

Golden Hill Gets Water Supply System

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), with Montego Bay’s Mayor, Councillor Homer Davis, at a town hall meeting in Montego Bay, St. James, on November 20.

6 years ago Local Government

Government Working With JPS To Address Streetlights

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Government is working closely with the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) to address the problem of streetlights in communities across Jamaica. The Minister, who was speaking at a town hall meeting at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in St. James on November 20, said the Government had taken note...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, presents Head of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care at Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Brian James, with his award during the Jamaica Civil Service long-service awards ceremony, held on the lawns of King’s House on Wednesday (November 20).

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Doctor Proud To Receive A Civil Service Award

It was with an overwhelming sense of pride and joy that Dr. Brian James accepted the Jamaica Civil Service long-service award on Wednesday (November 20), for his years of contribution to the country in the medical field. He was among 430 civil servants who have served for 25 years or more, who were recognised at the awards ceremony held on...

Director of Elections, Glasspole Brown, says the November 30 national voters

6 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

70,000 Dead Persons To Be Removed From November Voters’ List

The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) has indicated that almost 70,000 names will be removed from the next voters’ list, which is to be made public on November 30. “On the voters’ list is actually 1.9 million persons. When our November list comes out you are going to see a significant number of dead persons’ names removed from the list,”...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (centre), peruses report produced from the ‘Forces of Nature: Assessment and Economic Valuation of Coastal Protection Services Provided by Mangroves in Jamaica’ project with (from left) Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Omar Sweeney; Acting Country Representative for Jamaica, The World Bank, Karlene Francis; Marine Natural Resource Management Specialist, The World Bank, Juliana Castaño-Isaza; and Director of the Environmental and Conservation Division, National Environment and Planning Agency, Anthony McKenzie, at the report’s launch on Wednesday (November 20), at The Knutsford Court Hotel.

6 years ago Environment

Minister Calls On Jamaicans To Protect The Mangroves

With the negative effects of climate change becoming more evident, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, is reiterating calls for Jamaicans to protect mangroves, as they help the nation to save millions during storms. He explains that mangroves act as the first and most significant line of defence against these natural...

Economic Growth Council (EGC) Executive Director, Senator Aubyn Hill, speaks at the EGC’s briefing at Jamaica House, on Wednesday (November 20).

6 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentTechnology

Senator Hill Says Digital Society Key To Improving Services

Executive Director of the Economic Growth Council (EGC), Senator Aubyn Hill, says Jamaica’s transformation to a fully digital society is key to improving services delivered by the public and private sectors. Speaking at the EGC’s quarterly briefing at Jamaica House on November 20, Senator Hill said this would also serve to further enhance the level of economic growth recorded by...

Assistant Manager, Project Management and Research Development,Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Sasha McCalla.

6 years ago Industry

500 Benefit From JBDC Employee Engagement Conference

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is hailing its recently staged Employee Engagement Conference as a success, with more than 500 participants from local and regional public- and private-sector entities benefiting from the two-day event. The conference was held last month at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston under the theme ‘Employee Experience 3D – Design. Develop. Deliver’. Speaking...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), shares a light moment with (from second left) Chairperson, NCB Foundation, Thalia Lyn; College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) students Jovan Thompson and Chenille Humes; and Chairman of the Economic Growth Council (EGC), Michael Lee-Chin. Occasion was a media briefing at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Avenue office in New Kingston on Wednesday (November 20), to provide details about an 11-month agricultural training programme in Israel for 15 students of CASE.

6 years ago AgricultureEducationYouth

15 Case Students To Study Agriculture In Israel

Fifteen students from the Portland-based College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) will head to Israel on Monday (November 25) for an 11-month agricultural training programme. The students, who will be in Israel until October 2020, are the first cohort to benefit under a scholarship programme that was initiated following a visit to the Middle Eastern country last year by...