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Chief of Trade and Investment at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Fabrizio Opertti (2nd right), introduces Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Country Representative to Jamaica, Therese Turner-Jones (2nd left), to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tholons Inc., Avinash Vashistha. Looking on at left is President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards. Occasion was the presentation of a preliminary study on opportunities for growth in the services outsourcing sector at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in New Kingston on January 31.
Chief of Trade and Investment at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Fabrizio Opertti (2nd right), introduces Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Country Representative to Jamaica, Therese Turner-Jones (2nd left), to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tholons Inc., Avinash Vashistha. Looking on at left is President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards. Occasion was the presentation of a preliminary study on opportunities for growth in the services outsourcing sector at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in New Kingston on January 31.

Govt Close to Finalising SEZ Regulations – JAMPRO

The Government is advanced in building out the policy framework for the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, including finalising regulations for the special economic zones (SEZ) in which they will operate. “Right now, the BPO resides on a number of...
Twenty-two year old Robert Lewis wraps a piece of furniture at Boss Furniture, in Kingston, where he has received permanent employment through a Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Project done through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. (FILE)
Twenty-two year old Robert Lewis wraps a piece of furniture at Boss Furniture, in Kingston, where he has received permanent employment through a Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Project done through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. (FILE)

EGC Says Education and Training Must Align with Labour Market Demands
Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, responding to questions during a press launch for the Household Expenditure Survey (HES) to be conducted across Jamaica by STATIN from February 2017 to February 2018. The launch was held at The Knutsford Court Hotel on January 31. The HES will provide data to be used for the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, responding to questions during a press launch for the Household Expenditure Survey (HES) to be conducted across Jamaica by STATIN from February 2017 to February 2018. The launch was held at The Knutsford Court Hotel on January 31. The HES will provide data to be used for the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

Household Expenditure Survey Critical – STATIN
Chairman of the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ), Professor Dale Webber (left), and Christopher Collins of the St. Elizabeth Agricultural Cooperative Society, sign documents for grant funding to undertake a greenhouse project. Looking on (from left, standing) are: Programme Manager, Inter-American Development Bank, Anaitée Mills; Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Lt. Col. Oral Khan; and Myrtle Myers Hall from the St. Elizabeth Agricultural Cooperative Society. The group was one of 18 awarded grants totalling $84.92 million to implement climate change adaptation and resilience-building projects, during a ceremony at The Knutsford Court Hotel on January 30. The grants were provided by the EFJ from the Special Climate Change Adaptation Fund on behalf of the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (AP&FM PPCR).
Chairman of the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ), Professor Dale Webber (left), and Christopher Collins of the St. Elizabeth Agricultural Cooperative Society, sign documents for grant funding to undertake a greenhouse project. Looking on (from left, standing) are: Programme Manager, Inter-American Development Bank, Anaitée Mills; Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Lt. Col. Oral Khan; and Myrtle Myers Hall from the St. Elizabeth Agricultural Cooperative Society. The group was one of 18 awarded grants totalling $84.92 million to implement climate change adaptation and resilience-building projects, during a ceremony at The Knutsford Court Hotel on January 30. The grants were provided by the EFJ from the Special Climate Change Adaptation Fund on behalf of the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (AP&FM PPCR).

18 Community Projects Receive $84. 92 Million in Grants
Economic Growth Council (EGC) Chairman, Michael Lee-Chin (at podium), addresses its quarterly briefing on January 26 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Seated (from left) are: EGC Deputy Chairman, Ambassador Nigel Clarke; and members, Adam Stewart and Pat Ramsay.
Economic Growth Council (EGC) Chairman, Michael Lee-Chin (at podium), addresses its quarterly briefing on January 26 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Seated (from left) are: EGC Deputy Chairman, Ambassador Nigel Clarke; and members, Adam Stewart and Pat Ramsay.

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Economic Growth Council (EGC) Deputy Chairman, Ambassador Dr. Nigel Clarke (left), addresses the EGC’s quarterly briefing at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on January 26. At right is EGC member, Adam Stewart.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

EGC Endorses Public Sector Transformation

The Economic Growth Council (EGC) has endorsed the Government’s public sector transformation programme. Deputy Chairman, Ambassador Dr. Nigel Clarke, describes it as an undertaking that will serve to enhance growth. He was responding to a question during the EGC’s quarterly briefing at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on January 26. Underscoring the need for greater efficiency in the...
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Economic Growth Council (EGC) member, Adam Stewart (left), addresses a media briefing at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday, January 26. Listening is EGC Deputy Chairman, Ambassador Nigel Clarke.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentTourism

US$3 Billion Investment to Create Tens of Thousands of New Jobs

Economic Growth Council (EGC) member, Adam Stewart, says Jamaica stands to benefit from over US$3 billion in investment projects up to 2019, which will create over 25,000 new jobs, with another 100,000 persons to benefit indirectly. He noted that the projects, which are either underway or slated to come on stream, span several sectors including mining, tourism, shipping, and business...
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Economic Growth Council (EGC) Chairman, Michael Lee-Chin (left), addresses Thursday’s (January 26) quarterly media briefing at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Seated (from left) are EGC Deputy Chairman, Ambassador Nigel Clarke; and members, Adam Stewart and Pat Ramsay.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentSocial Security

EGC Focused on Improving National Security and the Business Environment

The Economic Growth Council (EGC) will be placing particular focus on developing measures to improve national security and the business environment. This was disclosed by the entity’s Chairman, Michael Lee-Chin, while delivering the first quarterly report covering the period October to December 2016, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on January 26. He said that preserving the nation’s...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

12 Additional Areas to be Declared Forest Reserves

Twelve additional areas of forests, totalling 1,862.74 hectares, are to be declared as forest reserves. This follows approval of the Forest Reserves Orders during Tuesday’s (Jan. 24) sitting of the House of Representatives. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, who tabled the Orders, said providing legal protection of forested areas through...
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Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

STATIN Urges Persons to Support Household Expenditure Survey

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is urging persons to support its household expenditure survey (HES), as information obtained will be strictly confidential. “All of our interviewers and all our employees signed an oath of confidentiality and we take that oath seriously, so we want to reassure Jamaicans that the information that they provide is confidential under the Statistics Act...
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Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

STATIN to Conduct Household Expenditure Survey

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) will be conducting a household expenditure survey (HES) from February 6, 2017 to February 2018 to obtain information on the goods and services purchased by private households. This is being done in order to determine the general pattern of expenditure throughout the economy. Project Manager for the HES, Shelly-Ann Chambers, told JIS News that...
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Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sub-Regional Office of the Caribbean, Alison Drayton (second left), greets former Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga (right), following the opening ceremony for a Population Planning for Development in Jamaica conference, on January 25 at the Jamaica Conference Centre. Others (from left) are: Senior Fellow in the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), Dr. Godfrey St. Bernard; Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy; and University Director, SALISES, Professor Patrick Watson. The three-day conference is being staged under the theme: ‘Theory, Practice and Policy for the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agendas’.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

STATIN Hosts Three-Day Population Conference

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), in collaboration with the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), is hosting a three-day conference looking at the potential of population planning in achieving Jamaica’s and the region’s sustainable development goals. The Department of Sociology, Social Work and Psychology at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona; the Planning...
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