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Director General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, presenting the findings of the March 2019 Consumer Price Index and January 2019 Labour Force Survey, at the offices of STATIN on Cecelio Avenue in St. Andrew, on Tuesday (April 16).

Record Low Unemployment

Director General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, has announced that in January 2019, Jamaica achieved a new record-low unemployment rate of eight per cent. “After record-low unemployment rates of 8.4 per cent in July and 8.7 per cent...

Ease of Doing Business Boosts Investor Confidence – PM

Government Senator and Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) Chairman, Matthew Samuda (right), looks at a tray made from bamboo, being shown to him by Administrative Assistant for Special Projects, BSJ, Lisa Francis. Occasion was a Jamaica Standards Network Meeting on Thursday (April 11), at the BSJ’s offices along Winchester Road in St. Andrew.

$30 Million Spent on Plastic Ban Education Campaign

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., MP.

Upgrade of Mandeville Water Supply System

Chairman, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Senator Matthew Samuda (centre), looking on a tray made from bamboo, being shown to him by Administrative Assistant for Special Projects, BSJ, Lisa Francis (left). Observing is Technical Director, Flexpak Limited, Nigel Hoyow. Occasion was a Jamaica Standards Network Meeting on Thursday (April 11), at the BSJ's offices along Winchester Road in St. Andrew.

Plastic Bottle Refund Deposit Scheme on Track

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (second left), officially opens the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Harbour View branch, on Saturday (April 6). Sharing the occasion are: Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), and (from left) Restaurants of Jamaica (RoJ) Managing Director, Mark Myers, and Marketing Director, Tina Matalon (right).

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Restaurants of Jamaica Lauded for Contributing to Economic Growth

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, has lauded Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ) for contributing to economic growth. Her praise comes against the background of the entity’s opening of its 37th Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant, in Harbour View, which is located in the constituency. “I must commend the team for their commitment to...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (centre), accepts a gift from World Bank Country Manager for Jamaica, Galina Sotirova (left), during the launch of the KingstOOn animation festival at the University of Technology (UTech) on Friday (April 5). Sharing the moment is World Bank Co-Task Team Leader for the Youth Employment in the Digital Animation Industry Project and Operations Officer, World Bank, Karlene Francis.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentTechnology

Jamaica Ripe for Investment in Animation – Senator Charles Jr

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says Jamaica is well positioned to benefit from the lucrative global animation industry. He said that the country is ripe for “early stage” investment options. “While we still have some way to go, Jamaica has been steadily advancing to claim a stake...

Acting Senior Director for Business Services at the National Land Agency (NLA), Nicole Hayles, provides details about the new queue management system, ‘Qme’, and the Online Surveyor Search Request Service (OSSRS) at a JIS Think Tank on April 2.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentJIS Think Tank

NLA Launches New Services to Enhance Customer Experience

The National Land Agency (NLA) has launched a queue management system and an Online Surveyor Search Request Service (OSSRS), which are aimed at enhancing customer service delivery. The queue management service, dubbed ‘Qme’ is in place at the Land Titles Division. It is aimed at reducing wait time, better enabling customers to plan their day. The service is being implemented...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

FCJ to Provide Additional BPO Space in Kingston and St. Catherine

The Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) will this year commence construction of 100,000 square feet of additional business process outsourcing (BPO) space in Kingston and St. Catherine at a cost of $550 million. As stated in the 2019/20 Jamaica Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, the expenditure is a portion of the $952 million budgeted for the period. Work...

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Government Senator, Matthew Samuda, addressing climate change stakeholders at the opening of the three-day Green Climate Fund (GCF) Caribbean Private Sector Engagement Workshop hosted at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, St. James, on Tuesday, April 2.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Gov’t Senator Emphasises Need for Investments to Counter Climate Change

Government Senator, Matthew Samuda, says Jamaica’s middle-income state designation should not render the country ineligible to receive international climate change investments. He argues that as Jamaica and, by extension, other Caribbean states contend with the effects and impact of climate change, international financing for public- and private-sector stakeholder response is necessary to enable the countries to adapt and seize economic...

Senior Director of the Land Administration and Management Division (LAMD) of the National Land Agency (NLA), Felicia Wiltshire (left), addresses a JIS Think Tank on April 2. Beside her is Senior Director of the NLA

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentJIS Think Tank

Two New Divisions at NLA

Two new divisions have been established at the National Land Agency (NLA) to continue the titling of land under the Registration of Titles Act. They are the Land Administration and Management Division (LAMD) and the Adjudication Services Division (ASD). The departments were created out of the merger of the NLA with the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP), the latter...

Caption: Acting Principal Director of the National Spatial Data Management Division, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Simone Lloyd (standing), shows a Church Teachers’ College student teacher how to navigate the geographic information system (GIS) desktop software. Lecturers and student teachers were trained in using GIS software to teach specific subjects on March 27, at the College, under the Division’s GIS in Schools Education Programme (GISSEP).

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

More GIS Teacher Training Workshops

The National Spatial Data Management Division of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation will be increasing the number of geographic information systems (GIS) teacher training workshops, under its GIS in Schools Education Programme (GISSEP). This was disclosed by Acting Principal Director of the Division, Simone Lloyd, in an interview with JIS News, following the conclusion of a teacher...