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Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, has given the Ministry’s commitment to ensuring that Jamaica secures the maximum benefits accruable, from its foremost musical genre, Reggae. Speaking at the launch of Reggae Month 2012, at the Bob Marley Museum, Hope Road, St. Andrew, on January 24, Ms. Hanna assured that the Ministry would give stakeholders, such as organiser of...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is encouraging employers and others in the productive sector to take advantage of its Labour Market Information System (LMIS), as this is an inexpensive approach to business and an easy way to identify suitable job candidates. He said the LMIS represents one of the strategies to manage and respond to the...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, says it is critically important to educate and involve all stakeholders on the importance of climate change, and to develop and implement various plans, programmes and projects to effectively address the issue. “It is our intention to focus on addressing this phenomenon, since it has the potential to severely...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, says employment of traceability and identification mechanisms for produce, is essential in tackling praedial larceny. He noted that one such method involved utilising receipt books, once the produce has entered the food chain. “It is now more vital than ever, that farmers and vendors issue to purchasers a receipt for produce bought....

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and the Public Service, Hon. Horace Dalley, says the Government is committed to creating equality among clients of the Customs department. “The same treatment that is given to (large companies)…must be given to that little woman who is pulling those four boxes through to feed 40 mouths. The playing field must...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon Anthony Hylton, says government intends to strengthen regional linkages to ensure balance and equity in treaty arrangements with CARICOM/CARIFORUM partners. Mr. Hylton noted that Jamaica’s approach to strengthening regional cooperation and commercial linkages were priorities for both the Prime Minister and himself. “It is one that has my full and complete endorsement,” he ...

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation’s (JBDC) Incubator and Resource Centre, located at 76 Marcus Garvey Drive, in Kingston,  will be hosting a Manual Pattern Making workshop from January 31 to April 24, aimed at assisting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to improve their operations and increase their efficiency. The 13-week workshop covers basic and intermediate pattern making and targets...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. Omar Davies, told Parliament Tuesday (January 24) that over US$398 million of the US$400 million allocated to the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) has already been used. In a statement to the House of Representatives, Dr. Davies said that, up to December 2011, payments under the project, coupled with the value of the...

Minister of Finance, Planning and the Public Service, Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips, has called on the private sector to be more pro-active in acquiring domestic assets,  particularly  public entities earmarked for divestment. Addressing the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Chairman’s Club Forum, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston, Tuesday Jan. 24, the Minister advised private sector leaders and...

The just concluded five-day preliminary talks between the Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have resulted in greater understanding of the priorities of the administration, and provided an updated assessment of the country’s current economic position, setting the stage for early negotiations of a new Fund programme. This was stated by Finance, Planning and the Public Service Minister, Hon....

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, is urging businesses to deepen participation in national growth efforts, in this  the country’s  50th  year of independence. He also called on all sectors to be accountable to each other and the nation for their roles in growing the economy. “Every sector has a responsibility to join in the efforts to...

Minister of Education, the Hon Ronald Thwaites, says he will be partnering with his predecessor, Hon Andrew Holness, and Shadow Spokesperson on Education, Marissa Dalrymple Phillibert, to establish consensus on the way forward for Education. Addressing members of staff of the Ministry’s Region 4 office in Montego Bay, during a tour of the facility, the Minister said that he is...