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

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...

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.

Bridge in Troja to be Rehabilitated

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.

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, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (February 23).

Gov’t Moving To Strengthen Protection Of Sand Dunes

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UN House To Be Completed In The New Fiscal Year

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).

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$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...

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Virtual Town Hall On Emissions And Updated Climate Change Policy Frameworks

The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation invites public participation in a virtual town hall on the Emissions Policy Framework and the updated Climate Change Policy Framework on Tuesday (February 22). The session will start at 6:00 p.m. and will be streamed on the Ministry’s Facebook and Twitter pages @megjc_jm and on the Jamaica Information Service Facebook page, YouTube...

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

100 MSMES To Benefit from Technical Assistance or Grants During the New Fiscal Year

One hundred Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) are to benefit from capacity building, technical assistance, or grants during the new fiscal year. This intervention and other activities will be supported with an allocation of $849.9 million under the Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (BIGEE) project. The funds, which have been provided for in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure,...

Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for Works, Hon. Everald Warmington (centre), speaks with Member of Parliament (MP) for Clarendon North Central and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (right), about improvement works to be undertaken on roads in the constituency. The Ministers, accompanied by representatives from the National Water Commission (NWC) and the National Works Agency (NWA), were on a tour of several roads in the area on Wednesday (February 16). Also pictured is Community Relations Officer for the Southern Region of the NWA, Howard Hendricks.

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentTransportWorks / Construction

Several Roads In North Central Clarendon To Be Rehabilitated

Several roads in Clarendon North Central are slated to be rehabilitated under the National Works Agency (NWA) Maintenance of Secondary Roads Programme. Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, who spoke to JIS News following a tour of the area on Wednesday (February 16), said that the NWA will be conducting an...

Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry.

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentFinance & Public Service

Growth Of Six Per Cent For October To December 2021 Quarter

Jamaica’s economy grew by an estimated six per cent for the October to December 2021 quarter, relative to the corresponding period the previous year. This was driven by increases of 7.8 and 0.4 per cent, respectively, in the Services and Goods Producing Industries, the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) reports. The out-turn also represents the third consecutive period of growth...

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

MEGJC to Host “Town Hall” consultation on the Emissions Policy Framework and the Updated Climate Change Policy Framework

The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, which houses the Environment and Climate Change Portfolios, will, next week, host a “Town Hall” consultation on two critical policies. They are the update of the Climate Change Policy Framework for Jamaica and the Emissions Policy Framework for Jamaica. The upcoming “Town Hall” consultation, is one in a series of engagements being...