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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses board members of departments and agencies under the Ministry, at a meeting held on Thursday (May 5) at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses board members of departments and agencies under the Ministry, at a meeting held on Thursday (May 5) at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston.

Gov’t Targets Private Input in Key Sectors Under Growth Portfolio

The Government will be seeking public-private partnerships in the development of water, housing and other critical sectors under the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, said the objective is...
Stony Hill Primary School student, Tanier Webb (3rd left), plants a tree at the Castleton Botanical Gardens, in St. Mary, on May 4, during the 10th Annual Earth Day Expo, organized by the Public Gardens Division of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries. Assisting (from left) are: Superintendent of the Division, Demoy Nash; St. Mary Technical High School student, Rojaine Murray, and Chief Horticulturist and Agronomist with the Division, Lishann Reeves.
Stony Hill Primary School student, Tanier Webb (3rd left), plants a tree at the Castleton Botanical Gardens, in St. Mary, on May 4, during the 10th Annual Earth Day Expo, organized by the Public Gardens Division of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries. Assisting (from left) are: Superintendent of the Division, Demoy Nash; St. Mary Technical High School student, Rojaine Murray, and Chief Horticulturist and Agronomist with the Division, Lishann Reeves.

Earth Day Expo at Castleton
President and Chairman of Spatial Innovision Ltd., Mr. Silburn Clarke (left), Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Educational Planning Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dasmine Kennedy (centre) and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Mrs. Audrey Sewell, sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the management of geographical information systems (GIS) technology in 57 secondary and tertiary schools, during a ceremony at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on May 4.
President and Chairman of Spatial Innovision Ltd., Mr. Silburn Clarke (left), Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Educational Planning Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dasmine Kennedy (centre) and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Mrs. Audrey Sewell, sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the management of geographical information systems (GIS) technology in 57 secondary and tertiary schools, during a ceremony at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on May 4.

Education Ministry Signs MoU to Manage GIS in Schools
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Foreign Affairs

Customer Service Training for Trinidadian Immigration and Security Officials

Immigration and security officials in Trinidad and Tobago are to receive customer service training in order to ensure the delivery of the highest standard of service to all persons entering the twin-island Republic. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, made the disclosure at yesterday’s (May 4) meeting of the Standing Finance Committee in...
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National Security

1,000 Safety and Security Officers for Public Schools in September

One thousand Safety and Security Officers will be placed in public schools this September. “Safety and Security in schools is part of the strategic priorities of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. The programme is constantly under review and we are going to see some results in the coming years,” says Director for Safety and Security in Schools, in...
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Finance & Public Service

IDB Supports Programmes to Improve Lives

The Caribbean Country Manager of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones, says the institution remains committed to supporting the implementation of programmes designed to improve the lives of residents across Latin America and the Caribbean. Speaking at the IDB’s public lecture at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston on May 2, Mrs. Turner-Jones said this forms the basis...
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Transport

Transport Minister Orders Audit of JUTC

Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, has ordered a management audit of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). He made the disclosure during Wednesday’s (May 4) sitting of the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament at Gordon House, which is reviewing the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure. He said the audit is to analyse the actual cost of the State entity’s...
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Local Government

Companies Make Submissions for Waste to Energy Plants

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says a number of companies have expressed interest in setting up waste to energy plants in Jamaica. Making the disclosure during a sitting of the Standing Finance Committee in the House of Representatives on May 4, Mr. McKenzie informed that submissions have been received from both local and overseas entities. He...
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Education

Gov’t Committed to Removing Obstacles to Education

State Minister in the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government is committed to removing obstacles to education in Jamaica. “We do not want there to be any barriers to our children attaining the transformative education that they need,” the State Minister said. He was speaking at the launch of the Go GSAT LearningHub.Online at the...
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Office of the Prime Minister

National Spatial Data Infrastructure Policy Advanced

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the Government is moving ahead with the development of a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) policy. The document is in the final stages of consultations with Government entities and other stakeholders, after which it will be sent to Cabinet for review and approval. Minister...
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Local Government

Minister McKenzie Awaiting Report on Fire at Brown’s Town Market

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says he is awaiting a report on the fire, which damaged a section of the Brown’s Town Market in St. Ann, Tuesday morning (May 3). The Minister made the disclosure during a sitting of the Standing Finance Committee in the House of Representatives on May 4. Approximately 25 stalls were damaged...
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