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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, addressing the Jamaica Agricultural Society’s 124th Annual General Meeting on Wednesday (July 10), at the Denbigh Showground in May Pen, Clarendon.

Changes to Agricultural Produce Act Before Year End

The Government intends to make changes to the Agricultural Produce Act before the end of the year in order to enable farmers to recover the full cost of stolen produce. The proposed amendments include increasing fines from $250,000 to $3...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

Jamaica Welcomes Two Million Tourists, Earns US$2 Billion for January to June

Communications/Social Marketing Specialist, Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, Patrice Tomlinson-Nephew, addresses JIS Think Tank on Friday, July 12.

CSJP Provides $9 Million for Youth Activities This Summer

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, makes her contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 9. At left is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.

NIF Net Asset Value Grows to $120.7 Billion

General Manager, Urban Development Corporation, Heather Pinnock (fourth left), listens to Executive Director, National Integrity Action, Professor Trevor Munroe (second right), at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Jamaica’s Governance and Transparency Seminar, at The AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston, on Friday (July 12). Also listening (from left) are: Co-Chair, Anti-Fraud Committee, Jamaica Bankers Association, Lloyd Parchment; Partner, PwC, Jessica Shannon; Territory Leader, PwC, Leighton McKnight, and Modernisation of the State Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Francesco De Simone.

PHOTOS: PwC Seminar

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.

7 years ago Finance & Public ServiceLocal Government

Gov’t Building Financial Resilience Against Disasters

The Government is putting strategies in place to better plan for and finance damage and losses resulting from natural disasters. Among the measures is implementation of the public financial management policy for natural disaster risk, which will provide the country with funds in the event of a disaster. It will include, among other things, accumulating fiscal savings in the Contingencies...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon, Nigel Clarke (right), is in discussion with University of the West Indies (UWI) Pro-Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs, Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal (left), following the opening ceremony for the Mona School of Business and Management’s (MSBM) three-day business and management conference, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (July 10). Listening (from second left) are Country Managing Partner and Tax Partner, Ernst and Young Jamaica, Allison Peart; Conference Chair, Dr. Indianna Minto-Coy; and Special Advisor to the UWI’s Vice Chancellor on Resource Development, Minna Israel.

7 years ago Finance & Public ServiceSectoral Debate 2019/2020

Research Funds to Finance Entrepreneurial Activities

The $200 million allocated by the Government for research is expected to be used to finance business and entrepreneurial programmes at tertiary institutions taking up the offer. The funds, earmarked in the 2019/20 Budget, are part of the Administration’s thrust to drive entrepreneurship through research and development. “We will rely on you (tertiary institutions) to run the transparent research application...

Marriage Unit Supervisor of the Registrar General’s Department, Normalyn Bell.

7 years ago Social Security

RGD to Hold Consultation with Marriage Officers

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) will be staging a Marriage Officers’ consultation on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. The consultation will take place at the Fellowship Tabernacle, 2 Fairfield Avenue, Kingston 20, from 8:30 a.m. to Noon. It is free and open to all marriage officers. For more information, persons can contact the RGD’s Marriage Unit at 876-619-1260; 876-749-0550, ext. 6234-7...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, displays a bamboo straw as he makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 9.

7 years ago AgricultureDevelopmentSectoral Debate 2019/2020

Government Proposes Establishment of Agricultural Development Fund

The Government has proposed the establishment and operation of an Agricultural Development Fund (ADF), which will provide the much-needed impetus for immediate and sustained improvements in the agricultural sector. This was announced by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, during his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate, in the House of...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, displays a package of seeds as he makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 9.

7 years ago AgricultureNational SecuritySectoral Debate 2019/2020

Hefty Fines Coming for Praedial Larceny

The Government is to amend the Agricultural Produce Act to increase fines for offences as part of strategies to combat praedial larceny. “We will soon be bringing to Cabinet the Agricultural Produce Act, which will see the fines for anyone convicted increased to a maximum of $3 million or six months’ hard labour,” Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture...

Acting Regional Operations Manager, Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management, Dramaine Jones.

7 years ago Environment

WPM Exploring Strategies to Prevent Fires at Retirement Disposal Site

Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited is exploring several strategies to prevent an outbreak of fire at the Retirement disposal site in St. James. Fire broke out at the disposal site on May 18, with smoke affecting sections of the parish as well as neighbouring Hanover. Speaking at a recent meeting in Montego Bay, WPM’s Acting Regional Operations...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), presents outgoing United States of America (USA) Chargé d’Affaires to Jamaica, Eric Khant, with copies of publications from the late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga. Mr. Khant paid a farewell call on the Minister on July 8, at the Ministry.

7 years ago Local Government

Outgoing USA Chargé D’affaires Commends Jamaica

Outgoing United States of America (USA) Chargé d’Affaires to Jamaica, Eric Khant, has commended Jamaica on its growth in the area of disaster preparedness. “I think that Jamaica’s preparedness for disasters has improved tremendously over the last two years, because of the Local Government and Community Development Ministry’s efforts, and we can appreciate that. Still, there is a lot of...