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Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III Communications/Social Marketing Specialist, Patrice Tomlinson-Nephew, addressing patrons during the National Safe Schools Peace Day Concert at Nelson Mandela Park, Half way Tree, St. Andrew, on March 6.

Safe Schools Peace Day Concert Organisers Recognise CSJP III

Organisers of the annual National Safe Schools Peace Day Concert have recognised the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III for supporting the initiative over the past six years. Representatives of CSJP were presented with an award by the concert’s...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), greets United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, Dr. Elsie Laurence-Chounoune (right), during the International Women’s Day Breakfast on Friday (March 8) at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in New Kingston. Sharing in the moment is UNDP Gender Seal Project Manager, Cordia Chambers- Johnson. The event was hosted by the UNDP under the theme: ‘Breaking Through to Next-Level Gender Equality in the Jamaican Workplace’.

Two More National Women’s Shelters to be Established

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), samples cocoa chips being promoted by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), at the 64th Hague Agricultural Show, in Trelawny, on Wednesday, March 6. At left is Home Economics and Social Service Officer of RADA, Trelawny Parish Office, Ingrid Barrett.

Stronger Coastal Surveillance to Prevent Poaching

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), speaks with President, Elliot Farmers Community Enterprise in Cromwell, St. Mary, on Wednesday (February 27). Occasion was the launch of Elliot Farmers Community Enterprise Greenhouse Project, in the area.

Put Idle Lands to Work – Hutchinson

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on February 14.

Farm Roads to be Improved with Allocation of $752 Million

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

Fiscal Council Will Further Institutionalise Economic Independence – Finance Minister

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says establishment of the Fiscal Council will seek to further institutionalise economic independence by strengthening Jamaica’s Fiscal Responsibility Framework. He points out that the Fiscal Council will be the guardian and interpreter of those fiscal rules which already exist and will help to maintain a path of fiscal...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

Self-Financing Public Bodies Show $71.9 Billion for Capital Budget in 2019/20

The 2019/20 capital expenditure budget for the 56 Self-Financing Public Bodies (SFPB) is projected at $71.9 billion. The sum is $13.5 billion more than the figure for 2018/19, which totalled approximately $58.4 billion, and is expected to result in the entities attaining an overall balance deficit of $3.2 billion over the period. This is according to the Government’s 2019/20 Fiscal...

7 years ago National Security and PeaceOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

The National Security Council Considers Enhanced Security Measures

On Friday 1 March 2019, Prime Minister Andrew Holness chaired the monthly sitting of the National Security Council (NSC). The Prime Minister, while noting that the overall crime rate is comparatively lower than the same period in 2018, expressed his concerns regarding the unacceptable levels of murders and shootings across the country. Arising out of the context of the discontinuation...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020

$593 Million Allocated for Two Sanitation Projects

The Government will be spending another $593.5 million in the upcoming fiscal year to complete two sanitation projects being undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). The money has been allocated in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Of the sum, $573.5 million will go towards the Basic Needs Trust Fund project; and $20...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020

$750 Million to Develop Effective National Emergency Communication System

The Government is to spend $750 million as part of the overall plan to develop a national emergency communication system, to coordinate incident response among various critical agencies of government and volunteers. The money has been set aside in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Funded by the Government, the ‘Improvement of Emergency Communication System...

National Security Minister, Hon. Horace Chang (left), presents the newly sworn-in Jamaican citizen, Jeremy Hoaxiang Zheng with a certificate formalising his status during the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency

7 years ago National Security and Peace

33 Foreign Nationals Granted Jamaican Citizenship

Thirty-three foreign nationals living in Jamaica have been granted citizenship by the Government. They were presented with documents formalising their status by the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) during a citizenship oath ceremony at the Liguanea Club in St. Andrew on February 28. The ceremony was attended by National Security Minister, Hon. Horace Chang, who has portfolio responsibility for...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness meets with President of Estonia Her Excellency Kersti Kaljulaid.

7 years ago Foreign AffairsOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime MinisterTechnology

PM Holness Hails Estonia’s Digital Economy

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica can model Estonia’s steps toward becoming fully digitalized. The Prime Minister said there are many positive lessons that Jamaica can learn from Estonia’s experience in creating a digital society. “Estonia is a good example for the world to see. You have embraced technology and you are better off for it. Madame President, I must...