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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, highlights a point while making a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 30).

Special Reward for Information Relating to Crimes Against Children, Elderly

The Ministry of National Security has expanded its partnership with Crime Stop to include a special reward scheme to improve investigations of murders of the country’s most vulnerable, especially children and the elderly. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, said...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (right), in conversation with Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska (left) and Assistant Secretary General, Directorate of Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Douglas Slater. Occasion was the opening of the two-day Regional Meeting for Advancing Recommendations for Addressing Gaps in the Human Rights Response under the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) Justice for All programme, on Tuesday (October 30), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston

Cabinet Submission on Human Rights Institute Completed

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (centre), interacts with wards at the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, during a visit in August, to participate in the ‘We Transform’ sports day

We Transform Helping Youth Offenders Beat the Odds

A section of the Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO)/Alpart Jamaica plant in Nain, St. Elizabeth.

JISCO/Alpart Giving Back to Communities

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (left), speaks at the launch of the new Quarry Managers Training Programme, held at the Ministry of Transport and Mining’s office on Maxfield Avenue in Kingston on Tuesday (October 30). With the Minister are Commissioner of Mines, Roy Nelson and Executive Director, Council of Community Colleges in Jamaica, Dr. Donna Powell-Wilson.

Opportunity for Quarry Managers to be Trained at Tertiary Level

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JCCF Celebrates 75th Anniversary

The Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF) is commemorating its 75th anniversary with the staging of several activities from November 2018 to November 2019. The year-long events will commence on Thursday, November 1, with a Reading of the Proclamation by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen at King’s House. Following the event at King’s House, there will be...

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Prime Minister Commends American Friends of Jamaica

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has lauded American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) for its philanthropic actions. “The programmes and contributions of the AFJ continue to impact our beloved island, Jamaica, but particularly the people, in very specific and impressive ways,’ the Prime Minister said. In his message, read at the AFJ’s 2018 Hummingbird Gala on October 26 at...

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Review of Parole Process to be Undertaken by the Ministry of National Security

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Thursday, October 25, 2018, chaired the monthly sitting of the National Security Council. During the deliberations of the Council, concerns were raised by the Security Forces regarding the granting of parole to offenders whose release has been assessed as being contrary to the public interest, given the magnitude of their criminal antecedents. In response to...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (centre), converses with MoneyMasters Limited (MML) Director, Dennis Hickey (right), during the entity’s ‘Conversation with the Analysts’ breakfast forum, held at Eden Gardens Wellness and Spa Resort in St. Andrew on Tuesday (October 30). Mr. Vaz was the keynote speaker. The forum was held under the theme ‘Opportunities for Local Financing of Jamaica’s Infrastructure Development’. At left is MML President, Claudette Crooks.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Government Pursuing Several Public-Private Partnership Deals

The Government is pursuing the development of several other potential Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreements. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says these include the soon-to-be-launched schools solar energy and energy efficiency pilot to be undertaken in 30 institutions, for which five firms have been shortlisted for consideration and participation. Other substantive...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), shakes hands with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Innovative Corporate Solutions, Neil Abrahams (second right), following the signing of a contract for a new phase of the Tablets in Schools Project at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on October 30. Sharing the occasion (from left) are Acting CEO, e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Izett McCalla; CEO, GeoTechVision, Valerie Grant; and Principal Financial Officer, Ministry of Science and Technology, Richard Fonseca. Contracts totalling US$30 million were signed with GeoTechVision and Innovative Corporate Solutions.

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Contracts Signed for Tablets in Schools Project

A new phase of the Tablets in Schools Project is slated to get under way soon, following the signing of two contracts totalling US$30 million. Of the sum, US$16 million has been awarded to GeoTech Vision Limited, while US$14 million goes to Innovative Corporate Solutions Limited for the supply and delivery of tablet carts and services. The contracts were signed...

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (centre), with the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) 2018 Humming Bird awardees; Founder and CEO of New York-based VP Records, Patricia Chin; and President and CEO of A.J. Dwoskin & Associates, Albert Dwoskin, at the AFJ’s Hummingbird Gala at the Plaza Hotel in New York on Friday, October 26.

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Architects Present Designs of New Houses of Parliament to PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Tuesday (October 30) met with the top-five entrants in the Houses of Parliament Design Competition to examine the concepts of each. The top-five registered architects and their teams outlined the design plans and models, developed based on the guidelines laid out in the competition brief, to the Prime Minister at Jamaica House....

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon, Daryl Vaz (centre), converses with MoneyMasters Limited (MM) Director, Dennis Hickey (right), during the entity’s ‘Conversation with the Analysts’ breakfast forum, held at Eden Gardens Wellness and Spa Resort in St. Andrew on Tuesday (October 30). Mr. Vaz was the keynote speaker. The forum was held under the theme ‘Opportunities for Local Financing of Jamaica’s Infrastructure Development’. At left is MML President, Claudette Crooks.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

State Assets Shortlisted for Privatisation

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says several additional State assets have been identified and shortlisted for privatisation by the Government. These include Wigton Wind Farm in Manchester, which he said will be listed via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE); and government-owned lands at Silver...