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Business Development Consultant with the National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica (EXIM Bank), Winston Lawson.

SMEs Can Access Working Capital Through EXIM Express

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in need of working capital are being advised to take advantage of the National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica (EXIM Bank) express loan facility. EXIM Express is a short-term, 90-day facility with a turnaround time of...

Coordinator of the National Quality Awards Programme and Senior Standards Development Officer at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Elaine Edwards.

March 31 Deadline For Quality Awards Programme Applications

Acting Chief Technical Director of the Policy, Planning and Evaluation Division in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Gillian Guthrie (right), discusses the 'Polluter Pays' principle during a recent JIS Think Tank . Acting Senior Director of the Environment and Risk Management Branch within the Ministry, Nicole O’Reggio, looks on.

Jamaicans Will Be Required to Pay for Pollution

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, opens the 2022/2023 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 8.

Minister Clarke Credits Economic Rebound to Prudent Fiscal Management

Site of the collapsed bridge on the Oxford to Troy main road at the Manchester/Trelawny border. A new bridge is to be constructed.

Bridge To Be Built On Troy To Oxford Main Road In Trelawny

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda.

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Positive Feedback From Emissions And Updated Climate Change Policy Frameworks

The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation has received positive feedback from the public consultations held on the Emissions Policy Framework and the updated Climate Change Policy Framework for Jamaica. The series of four public sessions ended on February 22 with the staging of a virtual town hall. Speaking with JIS News recently, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington (right), inspects a damaged road in St. Catherine North East, during a recent tour. At left is the Member of Parliament for the area, Kerensia Morrison.

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Bridge in Troja to be Rehabilitated

The National Works Agency (NWA) will be rehabilitating the Natural Bridge in Troja, St. Catherine, in two Phases, at a cost of $318 million, with $160 million being spent in Phase 1. Making the disclosure following a tour of several roads in St. Catherine North East, on February 24, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (Water, Environment and Climate Change), Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), and Commissioner of Mines in the Mines and Geology Division of the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Roy Nicholson (right), listen as Senior Manager of the Environmental Sub-Division of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Richard Nelson (centre), outlines the dangers of illegal sand mining. Occasion was a recent visit by the Minister to the community of Great Bay in St. Elizabeth, in the wake of illegal sand-mining concerns by residents.

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

PHOTOS: Minister Samuda Visits Great Bay To Look At Extent Of Damage To Sand Dunes

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (Water, Environment and Climate Change), Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), and Commissioner of Mines in the Mines and Geology Division of the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Roy Nicholson (right), listen as Senior Manager of the Environmental Sub-Division of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Richard...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (February 23).

4 years ago CabinetEconomic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Gov’t Moving To Strengthen Protection Of Sand Dunes

The Government will be moving to provide greater protection for the sand dunes in the Great Bay area in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, and along the southern corridor of the island. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, made the disclosure while addressing a virtual post-Cabinet media briefing on Wednesday...

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentFinance & Public ServiceWorks / Construction

UN House To Be Completed In The New Fiscal Year

The Government has allocated $103.5 million to complete the establishment of United Nations (UN) House in Jamaica during the upcoming fiscal year. Funding provisions have been made in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, being implemented by the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, through the National Land Agency (NLA) with funding...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington (second left), and Member of Parliament for St James Central Heroy Clarke (left), examine a drain in Green Pond, St. James, during a tour on Tuesday (February 22).

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentFinance & Public ServiceParliament

$5 Billion Budgeted For Road Works In 2022/23

A total of $5 billion has been budgeted for roadworks during the 2022/23 fiscal year. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, following a tour of sections of St. James on Tuesday (February 22). Mr. Warmington also advised that $300 million is earmarked for emergency work resulting from...

Chief Technical Director of the Policy Planning and Evaluation Division in the Ministry of Economic, Growth and Job Creation, Gillian Guthrie.

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentTechnologyTransport

Discussions Under Way To Make Electric Vehicles Affordable To Jamaicans

Discussions are under way to make electric vehicles more affordable to Jamaicans by 2030 to 2035. This was noted by Chief Technical Director of the Policy Planning and Evaluation Division of the Ministry of Economic, Growth and Job Creation, Gillian Guthrie. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on February 21 about the Emissions Policy Framework and the updated Climate Change...