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Manager of the Mapping Services Branch in the Survey and Mapping Division of the National Land Agency (NLA), Milton Saunders.
Manager of the Mapping Services Branch in the Survey and Mapping Division of the National Land Agency (NLA), Milton Saunders.

Progress in Development of National Digital Cadastral Map

Progress is being made in the development of the Government of Jamaica’s National Digital Cadastral Map, thanks to the incorporation of technology in data collection. The map, which details the legal boundaries of properties, will show all of the land...
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), and Managing Director, Arc Properties Limited, Ashley-Ann Horne (second left), display the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on Tuesday (August 23) between the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation and Arc Properties Limited, for the contribution of units to the New Social Housing Programme. Others (from left) are: Managing Director, Kinetic Engineering Services, Keon Hinds; President, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Keith Duncan; Permanent Secretary in both the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell; Director of Arc Properties and Deputy Chair of Arc Manufacturing, Charlotte Horne Hayles; Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), and Managing Director, Arc Properties Limited, Ashley-Ann Horne (second left), display the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on Tuesday (August 23) between the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation and Arc Properties Limited, for the contribution of units to the New Social Housing Programme. Others (from left) are: Managing Director, Kinetic Engineering Services, Keon Hinds; President, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Keith Duncan; Permanent Secretary in both the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell; Director of Arc Properties and Deputy Chair of Arc Manufacturing, Charlotte Horne Hayles; Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda.

Private Company to Contribute Housing Units to NSHP
Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director-General, Dr. Wayne Henry.
Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director-General, Dr. Wayne Henry.

Services Industry Leads Growth in Economy
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks at a joint press conference with United States Vice President, Kamala Harris, at the White House Complex on March 30.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks at a joint press conference with United States Vice President, Kamala Harris, at the White House Complex on March 30.

US Commits US$2million for Creation of Cyber Centre of Excellence
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.

Legal Action to be Taken Against Windalco

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), cuts the ribbon to open the Kingston Logistics Park (KLP) on Wednesday (August 3). Participating in the ribbon-cutting exercise (from left) are Vice President, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Logistics, Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), Gloria Henry; President and Chief Executive Officer, PAJ, Professor Gordon Shirley; Chairman, PAJ, Alok Jain; and Senior Vice President for Finance, Information Technology, Corporate Strategy and Procurement, PAJ, Elva Williams-Richards.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentPrime Minister

Kingston Logistics Park Will Bring Economic Growth and Job Creation – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the opening of the Kingston Logistics Park (KLP) is a significant investment and will bring more economic growth and job creation for the country. “The opening of the KLP is a big deal… . It demonstrates us, as a people, leveraging our God-given ideal location and using our natural assets to create...
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Fashion Designer and Owner of Keneea Linton Boutique, Keneea Linton-George.
CultureEconomic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Sustainability: The Future of Fashion

Players in the local apparel sector are being urged to look towards sustainability as the global fashion industry places increased focus on more environmentally friendly practices. Acting Head of Department for Applied Art, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Laura Lee Jones, said there can be no conversation surrounding the future of fashion without mentioning sustainability. Citing...
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Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Government to Take Action to Protect Rio Cobre

The Government will be taking a structured, systematic approach to protect the Rio Cobre from further chemical spills, says Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda. This assurance comes following the latest spill of caustic effluent from bauxite and alumina company, Windalco, into the Rio Cobre in St. Catherine, resulting...
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(FILE) Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, addresses the opening ceremony of the ‘Peer Learning Summit: Gender-Responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes’, which was held at the Iberostar Resort in Montego Bay, St. James, on Tuesday (July 26). The three-day summit concludes on Thursday (July 28).
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Women Most Impacted by Climate Change – Senator Samuda

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, says women are among those most impacted by the fallout from disasters caused by climate change. The Minister was addressing the opening ceremony of the ‘Peer Learning Summit: Gender-Responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes’, which was held at the Iberostar Resort in Montego...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, provides an update on the recent cruise industry recruitment exercise, in the House of Representatives, on July 26.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentParliamentTourism

Cruise Industry Recruitment Drive Results in 3,609 Jamaicans Being Employed

The recent cruise industry recruitment exercise has, so far, resulted in the employment of 3,609 Jamaicans. Providing an update on the exercise in the House of Representatives on July 26, Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said additional information will be provided once the data has been tabulated. “The process is continuing, as the final selection is being carried through...
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Senior Technical Officer with Responsibility for Mitigation, Climate Change Division, Omar Alcock (right); Principal Director, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn-Robinson (second right); Programme Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Climate Change Division, Schmoi McLean (second left) and Regional Manager, Caribbean Country Programme Division, Green Climate Fund (GCF), Orville Grey, peruse Jamaica’s Gender and Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (GCCSAP) which was officially launched during a gender and climate change symposium at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on July 22.
Climate ChangeEconomic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentGender Affairs

Jamaica Develops Gender and Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan

Jamaica now has a Gender and Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (GCCSAP). The Plan’s development was guided by a national gender and climate change assessment, which provided an overview of the policy and institutional contexts for gender-responsive climate action. The assessment also facilitated an analysis of the practical gender and climate change linkages in Jamaica and recommendations for action....
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