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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), is in discussion with General Manager, Caribbean Region, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Jason Nestor. Occasion was a Blockchain Design Workshop put on by the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) at the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority in Kingston on Wednesday (April 11).

Gov’t to Speed up Processing of SEZ Applications

The Government is targeting a reduction in the timeline for processing Special Economic Zone (SEZ) applications to 60 days by 2019, with further reductions in subsequent years. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon....

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), listens to a point being made by Principal Director, Climate Change Division, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Una May Gordon, during the launch of the Climate Change Information, Education and Communications campaign at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on April 11.

Climate Change Public Education Campaign Launched

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Lt. Col. Oral Khan (left), discusses a matter of interest from a United Nations (UN) publication with (from second left) Pollution Control Director, Economic Growth Ministry, Nicole O'Reggio; Project Manager, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) – Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI) Jamaica Project, Dr. Ruth Potopsingh; and Senior Director, Environment and Risk Management Division, Economic Growth Ministry, Gillian Guthrie. Occasion was a national stakeholders meeting for the UNEP-GFEI Jamaica Project at the Half-Way Tree Road offices of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation on Wednesday (April 4).

Jamaica Praised for Work to Reduce Motor-Vehicle Emissions

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell (right), accepts a copy of the 3rd National Communication of Jamaica to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from the Principal Director of the Climate Change Division, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Una May Gordon (left), at a ceremony held today (March 27) at the Office of the Prime Minister.

Cabinet to Get Document on Climate Change

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left) looks on as first-place winner of the Ministry’s Poster Competition, Shamary Davis (centre) of Port Morant Primary and Junior High, accepts his laptop award from Vinci Construction Managing Director, Timothee Delebarre. This was at an exhibition hosted by the Ministry to observe World Water Day, at the Girl Guides Association headquarters in St. Andrew on March 22.

Gov’t Committed to Expanding Irrigation Systems across the Island

Opposition Spokesperson on Land and the Environment, Senator Sophia Frazer Binns addresses participants at a Best Practice Symposium on Informal Settlements at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge, University of the West Indies (UWI), on March 21.
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8 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Minister Vaz Says BRACED Project Should Be Replicated in Other Vulnerable Communities

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, is suggesting that the Habitat for Humanity International’s Building Resilience and Capacities for Emerging Disasters (BRACED) project, being undertaken in Portmore, St. Catherine, be replicated in other vulnerable communities. “It is my hope that as all (relevant) agencies… along with the various interest groups, review...

8 years ago Budget 2018/2019Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentPrime Minister

Growth Council to Assume New Roles

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Economic Growth Council (EGC) is assuming new roles, having achieved the objectives it was initially established to pursue. These new engagements, he said, include monitoring the Government’s performance in relation to specific growth-related policies and its members serving as investment ambassadors. The Prime Minister made the announcement during his 2018/19 Budget...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), emphasises a point while making his contribution to the 2018 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 20). Pictured in the background, is the Prime Minister’s wife and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness.

8 years ago Budget 2018/2019Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentPrime Minister

Economic Growth, Curbing Crime Remain Priorities – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says achieving economic growth and curbing crime remain national priorities. Mr. Holness, who was making his 2018/19 Budget Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 20) under the theme ‘Prosperity in Action’, noted that Jamaicans are ambitious people who “want to see our country grow (and) want to be able...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

8 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Huge Stake in $550m-Hampden Wharf Project for Falmouth Residents

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says residents of Falmouth, Trelawny, will have a huge stake in the town’s $550-million Hampden Wharf Development project. Addressing the ground-breaking ceremony on March 16, Dr. Chang said the billions of dollars being pumped into the resort town is a testament of the Government’s...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

8 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Business Process Outsourcing Is Diverse – Dr. Chang

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says in order for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) to attract more young professionals, greater effort must be made to demonstrate that the sector’s services far exceed call centre operations. Addressing the official opening of new BPO firm, Concentrix Global, at the Montego Bay Freezone...

8 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Gov’t Exploring Revision Of Special Economic Zones Act

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Dr. the Hon. Horace Chang, says the Government is exploring possible revision of sections of the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Act, to enable stakeholders to keep pace with the fast-growing Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector. “As this sector has rapidly evolved, we realize that there are opportunities to...

Economic Growth Council (EGC) Executive Director, Senator Aubyn Hill, speaking at the EGC’s 4th quarterly briefing at Jamaica House earlier this year.

8 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Work in Progress on Special Diaspora Bond

Work is advancing on the development of a special diaspora bond, being spearheaded by the Economic Growth Council (EGC), which could possibly see it being floated on the market this year. The bond will mainly target Jamaicans living in Canada, the United Kingdom and United States, and is part of the EGC’s initiatives to assist with the Government’s undertaking to...