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Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute, Fritz Pinnock.

CMI Steps Up Training for Logistic Hub Project

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) has stepped up its training programme as the country prepares for new job opportunities to emerge from the much-anticipated Global Logistic Hub Initiative. The training is being undertaken in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry,...

JUTC Deputy Managing of Operations, Kirk Finnikin addresses a JIS Think Tank. Listening is JUTC Managing Director, Colin Campbell.

JUTC to Distribute 60,000 Smarter Cards

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (centre), makes a point at a press briefing held on January 9 at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices. Seated (from left) are: State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Ian Hayles and Director, Meteorological Services, Jeffery Spooner.

Climate Products and Services Developed for Agriculture Sector

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (right), converses with Chairman, National Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) John Junor, during a validation workshop on the results of the ‘2013 Socio-economic Survey and Carrying Capacity Study of the Northeast and Middle Cays, Pedro Banks’ held on Thursday, January 9, at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI).

Over $28M Allocated to Improve Sanitation and Management of Pedro Cays

General Manager at Self Start Fund, Sezvin Hamilton.

Self Start Fund to Lend $100 Million for 2014/15

12 years ago Agriculture

Government to Spend $3 Billion on Social Infrastructure Projects

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke, says the Government is slated to spend an estimated $3 billion on major social infrastructure projects over the next three financial years. Included in these, is the resettlement of sugar industry workers currently residing in barracks on the estates to which they are attached. Speaking at the official opening ceremony for the newly...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), shows appreciation for an item during the official opening ceremony for the Caribbean Travel Marketplace 2014, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on January 12. Also applauding are President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Evelyn Smith (right) and President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourist Association (CHTA), Richard Doumeng.

12 years ago Tourism

PM says Jamaica’s Commitment to Regionalism Remains Firm

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says that Jamaica’s commitment to regional development and partnership remains firm. She said that the country’s devotion to the region finds expression in, among other things, its active involvement in various regional bodies and initiatives such as the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA). She was...

Co-Chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, highlights a point while addressing journalists at a press briefing at the Sagicor Life Jamaica Head Office, in Kingston, on January 10. Mr. Byles said he has given the Government high marks for its efforts in fulfilling a significant number of the conditionalities outlined under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Government Economic Programme Gets High Marks

Co-Chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, has given the Government high marks for its efforts in fulfilling a significant number of the conditionalities outlined under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “I think there is a quiet transformation that is occurring. I think that Government is, in many ways, putting its...

12 years ago Commerce

PS Says Hub Represents Opportunity to Breathe New Life into Country

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Vivian Brown, says the Jamaica Global Logistics Hub represents a fresh opportunity to breathe new life into the country’s manufacturing sector. Mr. Brown, who was addressing the launch of the Jamaica Logistics Hub Symposium: ‘Transforming Jamaica’s Business Landscape’, held at JAMPRO’s head office in Kingston on January 9, emphasized that...

12 years ago Agriculture

More Cane Roads to be Repaired

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke, says the Government, through the Ministry, hopes to allocate another $600 million under the Cane Roads Rehabilitation Project, to repair more roads serving cane producing and dependent communities. This provision would serve to further boost rehabilitation work, currently being carried out at a cost of $404 million, on more than 44 kilometres of...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (right), in discussion with (from left): Chief Planner at the Urban Development Corporation, Ronald Brown; Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson; and Scientific Officer at the Earthquake Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Karleen Black. Occasion was the press conference and launch of Earthquake Awareness Week 2014, at the Haining Road headquarters of the ODPEM, on January 13.

12 years ago Local Government

Major Focus on Earthquake Preparedness

The Ministry of Local Government, through the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), continues to sustain and ramp up earthquake preparedness activities, in collaboration with local and international partners. As part of these events, the Ministry and the ODPEM launched Earthquake Awareness week, on Monday, January 13, at the agency’s New Kingston headquarters. Local Government and Community Development...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller addressing the official opening ceremony for the Caribbean Travel Marketplace, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on January 12. The Caribbean Travel Marketplace is the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association

12 years ago Tourism

PM says Tourism Interests in Caribbean Must Remain on Cutting Edge

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has emphasized that tourism interests in the Caribbean must remain on the cutting edge, to cope with competition from other areas. She pointed out that competitors, such as those in the Mediterranean, act on that basis, while tourism establishments within Latin America are rapidly embracing that approach. “The CARICOM (countries) must also...