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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, tabled the Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on February 15.

Understanding the Budget

As the Government prepares to outline how it intends to finance the $773.6-billion Budget for 2018/19, it is important for citizens to understand the importance of the discussion and how it will impact their lives. Simply put, the Budget proposes...

Director of Sector Support Services at the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Nordia Seymour-Hall (second right), displays a symbolic cheque for $3.5 million, courtesy of the organisers of the annual MoBay City Run charity event, during the presentation ceremony at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Western Jamaica Campus on Tuesday (March 6). Sharing in the moment (from left) are Acting Director, University of the West Indies, Western Jamaica Campus, Patrick Prendergast; Montego Bay Community College Lecturer, Vinette Fearon-Hall; University of Technology Western Campus Coordinator, Sophia McIntosh; and Executive Member of the MoBay City Run organizing committee, Conroy Thompson.

ECC Remains Focused on Certifyng 300 Basic Schools by 2019

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry, chairing day one of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s 35th Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Conference being hosted by the Government of Jamaica at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

Youth Entrepreneurship, Food Security among FAO Conference Delegates’ Priorities

Principal Director, Policy Planning and Development Division, Ministry of Transport and Mining, Dr. Oral Rainford.

Major Benefits Anticipated from Proposed National Minerals Policy

Executive Director, Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner.

Legal Aid Council Safeguarding Citizens’ Rights Under Enhanced Security Measures

8 years ago Agriculture

FAO Director-General Calls for Collaboration to Combat Malnutrition and Obesity

Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), José Graziano da Silva, has called for a multisectoral approach in combating malnutrition and obesity, which are on the rise in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Speaking on day two of the FAO’s 35th Regional Conference for the LAC at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St....

Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation, Sharonmae Shirley.

8 years ago CommerceVision 2030

JANAAC Extends Period for Free Pre-Assessment

Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, is encouraging local inspection bodies for goods and services to take advantage of the extended period for free pre-assessment being offered by the organisation. She said that entities now have up to the end of April to benefit from the offer. “We had this pre-assessment offer up to the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), exchanges pleasantries with Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus, Professor Archibald McDonald, at the opening ceremony of the meetings of the UWI Technical Advisory Committees (TAC) at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge on March 6.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Tertiary Institutions Offering New and in-Demand Courses – Senator Reid

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says that higher education in Jamaica is evolving, with more institutions being established and offering new and in-demand courses. “In addition, some of our local institutions have been improving their quality and are seeking to upgrade their status to degree-granting entities through the attainment of chartered status,” he said....

8 years ago Local Government

Road Upgrading Will Lead to Significant Traffic Management – Shaw

The National Works Agency (NWA) says ongoing works to widen major roadways in the Corporate Area will lead to significant traffic management. According to Manager, Communications and Customer Service at the agency, Stephen Shaw, several of the roads will be signalised and monitored from the NWA’s offices for “real-time” adjustment when necessary. “All of these areas that we are going...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), and Foreign Secretary of Mexico, His Excellency Dr. Luis Videgaray Caso, shake hands following a joint press conference hosted by Minister Johnson Smith at Jamaica House on Tuesday (May 6). Secretary Videgaray is in the island for a working visit from March 5 to 6.

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

Mexican Experts to Train Persons in Petroleum Industry

Stakeholders in Jamaica’s petroleum industry are to benefit from training and technical services from experts out of Mexico. This is being facilitated under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which was signed today (March 6) between Group General Manager of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Winston Watson; and Director General of the Mexican Petroleum Institute, Dr. Ernesto Rios Patrón. Foreign...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left); and Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Nestor Mendez (second left), look on as juvenile offenders at the South Camp Correctional Facility in Kingston demonstrate their yoga skills during a tour of the facility on Monday (March 5). Commissioner of Corrections, Ina Hunter (third right); and Acting Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Andrew Colburn (right), also observe the yoga demonstration.

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

OAS Impressed With ‘A New Path’ in Jamaica

Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Nestor Mendez, has hailed implementation of the organisation’s ‘A New Path’ project in Jamaica, noting that it is positively changing the lives of the beneficiaries and guiding them along a path of economic independence. He was speaking during a site visit to the all-female South Camp Correctional Facility in...

Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown.

8 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustryVision 2030

Jamaicans Encouraged to Support National Quality Policy

Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown, has encouraged Jamaicans to support the Government’s National Quality Policy 2017, as it aims to increase the nation’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) and export earnings. According to Mr. Brown, the new policy will help with quality upgrading of locally produced goods and services to internationally required...