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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses a press conference on drought mitigation, at Jamaica House, on February 6.

Measures Being Implemented To Manage Drought

The Government is implementing several measures to supply communities with water islandwide during the current period of drought. The Meteorological Service Branch has projected that the country will be experiencing near normal rainfall in some areas and moderately dry conditions...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., pilots the Patents and Designs Bill in the the Senate on January 23.

Senate Passes Modern Patents and Designs Bill

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), speaking during a panel discussion at the Caribbean Infrastructure Conference (CARIF). The event was held at AC Hotel by Marriott on Tuesday (January 21). The other participants (from left) are: Minister of Commerce, Planning and Infrastructure for the Cayman Islands, Hon. Joseph Hew; and Regional Head of KPMG's Global Infrastructure Business for the Americas and India, Stephen Beatty.

Jamaica Poised For Sustainable Growth – PM Holness

Director General for the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy (centre), highlights figures in the October 2019 Labour Force Survey to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Jamaica, Karim Youssef (right), during STATIN’s quarterly briefing at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on Friday (January 17). Looking on is STATIN’s Deputy Director General, Leesha Delatie-Budair.

‘Clerks’ Occupation Group Accounted For The Largest Increase In Employment

Director General for the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy (left), addresses the agency’s quarterly briefing at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on Friday (January 17). Others (from 2nd left) are: STATIN’s Director of Surveys, Dr. Natalee Simpson; and Unit Head/Senior Statistician, Indices and Price Analyses Unit, Administrative Statistics Division, Shelly-Ann Chambers.

STATIN Reports 6.2 Per Cent 2019 Calendar Year Inflation

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), addresses heads of agencies with responsibility for the water, housing and infrastructure portfolios of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, during a meeting at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (January 8).

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Prime Minister Holness Urges Agency Heads To Pursue Growth-Inducing Projects

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has urged the heads of agencies under the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation to focus on developing fresh, innovative projects guaranteed to generate higher levels of sustainable inclusive economic growth for Jamaica. “We need to now start thinking of game-changing innovative and large projects. Let’s look at projects that could solve...

Senior Demographer at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), André Richards speaking at the institute’s ‘Dialogue for Development Series’ public consultation at the St. John’s Anglican Church in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on Thursday (December 5).

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PIOJ Says Planning Key As Jamaica Prepares For Ageing Population

Social Protection Analyst at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Camille Graham, is underscoring the need for greater planning at the national and individual levels to deal with the implications of an increasing ageing population. “You need to consider the future and it has to take place from the individual, to the broader society and at the policy level. That...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, addresses journalists during Tuesday’s (November 19) quarterly briefing, held at the PIOJ’s head office in New Kingston.

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Persons of Working Age Now 69.7 % of Population

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, says persons falling within the country’s working-age range of 15 to 64 years now stand at 69.7 per cent of the overall population of 2.9 million. He says this represents the largest figure ever attained in Jamaica’s history and creates a window of opportunity for the country, often...

Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (centre), turns on the tap to commission into service the Golden Hill Water Supply System in St. Andrew on Wednesday (November 20). Sharing the moment (from left) are resident, Ainsworth Kelly; Member of Parliament of West Rural St. Andrew, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn; Managing Director, Rural Water Supply Limited, Audley Thompson; and resident, Myrtle Brown.

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Golden Hill Gets Water Supply System

More than 1,000 residents of several communities in West Rural St. Andrew now have more reliable access to potable water following the installation of a supply system in Golden Hill. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. officially commissioned the system into service on Wednesday (November 20). The $13-million project, undertaken...

Economic Growth Council (EGC) Executive Director, Senator Aubyn Hill, speaks at the EGC’s briefing at Jamaica House, on Wednesday (November 20).

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Senator Hill Says Digital Society Key To Improving Services

Executive Director of the Economic Growth Council (EGC), Senator Aubyn Hill, says Jamaica’s transformation to a fully digital society is key to improving services delivered by the public and private sectors. Speaking at the EGC’s quarterly briefing at Jamaica House on November 20, Senator Hill said this would also serve to further enhance the level of economic growth recorded by...

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STATIN Administering Pretest II of 2021 Census

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is administering pretest II of the Census 2021 questionnaire. A total of 20 communities from across the island have been selected to participate in the exercise, which got under way on Wednesday (November 20) and ends December 13. They are Allman Town, Kingston; Duhaney Park and Mount James in St. Andrew; Baptist, St. Thomas;...

The Rural Water Supply Limited yesterday (November 20) commissioned a rainwater harvesting system at the Lawrence Tavern Primary School.

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Golden Hill, Two West Rural St. Andrew Schools benefit from Water Systems

The community of Golden Hill and two primary schools from West Rural St Andrew are the latest to benefit from the installation of water systems by the Rural Water Supply Limited to increase storage capacity in communities and schools across the island. The schools, Essex Hall Primary School and the Lawrence Tavern Primary Schools had their newly installed rainwater harvesting...