The Government will be establishing customer service or service excellence units in all ministries over the next two years. The move aligns with the recently launched Service Excellence Policy that will govern the standard of service delivery by the public sector to internal and external customers. Principal Director in the Office of the Cabinet, Public Sector Modernisation Division (PSMD), Karlene...

Cabinet has given approval for Jamaica’s membership to the Caribbean Biological Corridor Initiative (CBCI). This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, in a Statement to the Senate, recently. He said the CBCI has been widely recognised as an important example of South-South cooperation and aims to...

The National Diaspora Policy has been approved by Cabinet, and a Plan of Action to implement the strategies identified is currently being drafted. Details were shared by State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell, during Tuesday’s (June 14) opening ceremony of the Jamaica 60 Diaspora Conference at the Ministry’s downtown Kingston...

The Unemployment Insurance Scheme is to be submitted to Cabinet for approval, shortly, says Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda. Addressing the Ministry’s Labour Relations Awards Banquet, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, recently, the Minister said the scheme is a priority area for the Government as part of efforts to strengthen the national legislative framework for labour...

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract to Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited for the provision of administrative services for the Government Pensioners’ Administrative Services Only (GPASO) health scheme and related services. This contract was awarded at a rate of 5.25 per cent of the first year’s premium of $1.53 billion. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has said that he will be going to Cabinet today (Monday, February 28) with “proposed measures” that would govern the highly anticipated reopening of the entertainment industry. Minister McKenzie, who was addressing reporters in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland on Friday (February 25), said that he has been tasked by Prime Minister, the...

Cabinet has approved the award of several multimillion-dollar contracts to private-sector entities to provide various services for the Government. Among them is a $117-million contract to Guardian Life Limited to provide group insurance for employees of the National Health Fund (NHF). Providing the details at Wednesday’s (February 23) virtual post-Cabinet press briefing, Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the...