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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses Justices of the Peace (JPs) at the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at the Global Villas Hotel in Esher, Hanover, on Saturday (October 20).
Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses Justices of the Peace (JPs) at the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at the Global Villas Hotel in Esher, Hanover, on Saturday (October 20).

Safety and Security Key to Growth – Dr. Chang

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the island’s sustainable economic growth is heavily dependent on its safety and security. “To have sustainable economic growth, you have to have the foundation in safety, security and justice, because where...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), reading his signed copy of the book, ‘If Caterpillars Can Fly, So Can I’, from Author and Motivational Speaker, Alvin Day (second left), at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Employee Engagement Conference 2018, which was held at Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on Monday (October 22). Sharing in the moment are Small Business Director, Scotiabank Jamaica, Avril Leonce (left) and Chief Executive Officer, JBDC, Valerie Veira.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), reading his signed copy of the book, ‘If Caterpillars Can Fly, So Can I’, from Author and Motivational Speaker, Alvin Day (second left), at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Employee Engagement Conference 2018, which was held at Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on Monday (October 22). Sharing in the moment are Small Business Director, Scotiabank Jamaica, Avril Leonce (left) and Chief Executive Officer, JBDC, Valerie Veira.

Employers Encouraged to Maintain Good Relations with Employees
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Employee Engagement Conference 2018, which was held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on Monday (October 22). Seated at left is Chief Executive Officer, JBDC, Valerie Veira,
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Employee Engagement Conference 2018, which was held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on Monday (October 22). Seated at left is Chief Executive Officer, JBDC, Valerie Veira,

Agriculture Minister Says Some Sugar Cane Lands Will be Used for Other Crops
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States and Chairman of the CARICOM Caucus of Ambassadors, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (third right), congratulates newly appointed Inter-American Development Bank Executive Director for the Caribbean, Ambassador Selwin Hart (second left), after a luncheon at the IDB headquarters in Washington DC on Friday (October 19). Others (from left) are Manager of IDB Multilateral Invest Fund, Irene Arias-Hoffman; Jamaica’s representative to the IDB, Arthur Williams; and General Manager of IDB Invest, James Scriven.
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States and Chairman of the CARICOM Caucus of Ambassadors, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (third right), congratulates newly appointed Inter-American Development Bank Executive Director for the Caribbean, Ambassador Selwin Hart (second left), after a luncheon at the IDB headquarters in Washington DC on Friday (October 19). Others (from left) are Manager of IDB Multilateral Invest Fund, Irene Arias-Hoffman; Jamaica’s representative to the IDB, Arthur Williams; and General Manager of IDB Invest, James Scriven.

IDB to Provide More Than US$50 Million Per Year for Investment Projects in Jamaica
Acting Assistant Commissioner and Chief Fire Prevention Officer, Julian Davis-Buckle (right), in dialogue with Political Ombudsman, Donna Parchment Brown (centre) and Acting Deputy Commissioner, Sean Martin, at the launch of Fire and Life Safety Awareness Week, on October 19 at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston.
Acting Assistant Commissioner and Chief Fire Prevention Officer, Julian Davis-Buckle (right), in dialogue with Political Ombudsman, Donna Parchment Brown (centre) and Acting Deputy Commissioner, Sean Martin, at the launch of Fire and Life Safety Awareness Week, on October 19 at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston.

JFB Takes Fire Prevention Message Islandwide

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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), presents the Badge of Honour for Long and Faithful Service to Councillor for the Gordon Town Division (East Rural St Andrew), Neville Whittaker Snr. (right), at the National Honours and Awards Ceremony, held on the lawns of King’s House on October 15.
Local Government

Councillor Awarded for Long and Faithful Service

For dedicated service to his constituents of the Gordon Town Division, East Rural St. Andrew, and the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Councillor Neville Paul Whittaker Snr. was awarded on Heroes Day, October 15. Receiving the Badge of Honour for long and faithful service from Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, at King’s House was...
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Late former Member of Parliament for North East Westmoreland and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Headley Cunningham.
Office of the Prime Minister

Official Funeral for Headley Cunningham

Late former Member of Parliament for North East Westmoreland and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Headley Cunningham, is to be accorded an official funeral by the Government of Jamaica. The service will be held on Thursday (October 25) at the Mount Carey Baptist Church in Anchovy, St. James, starting at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at the church cemetery....
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), converses with Custos Rotulorum for St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin (centre), and Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis, during the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Invest MoBay Breakfast Forum, held at the Sea Gardens Beach Resort Friday (October 19)
Development

UDC To Commence State of the Art Mobay Beach Project in January 2019

The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) says construction of a state-of-the-art beach park at the Closed Harbour Beach in St. James will begin in January 2019. The 16-acre property, also known as “Dump-up” Beach, will be transformed into a world-class multi-zoned public space within two years at a projected cost of $700 million. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has endorsed the...
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Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) Co-Chairman, Keith Duncan, addressing journalists during EPOC’s quarterly media briefing at Jamaica Money Market Brokers Limited’s corporate offices in St. Andrew on Wednesday (October 17).
Finance & Public Service

EPOC Expects Growth Momentum to Continue

Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) Co-Chairman, Keith Duncan, said members are optimistic that the economic growth momentum will be sustained. Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) data indicate that the economy grew by 2.2 per cent during the April to June quarter. “As growth levels continue to rise quarter over quarter, we are hopeful that with an accommodative monetary policy enabling...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice and Chairman of the National Task Force Against Trafficking In Persons (NATFATIP), Carol Palmer, CD.
Justice

Permanent Secretary Carol Palmer Receives Pinnacle Award

Serving for 13 years in the Ministry of Justice and over a decade dedicated to the fight against human trafficking, Permanent Secretary, Carol Ann Palmer, CD, epitomises the creed, ‘service above self’. Her receipt of the ‘Pinnacle Award’, given by the US Embassy’s Stakeholder Appreciation and Recognition Awards (SARA) Committee on September 28, highlights not only her selflessness but her...
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