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Economic Growth Council (EGC) Chairman, Michael Lee-Chin, addresses journalists and other stakeholders at the EGC’s Fourth Report to the Nation at Jamaica House on Wednesday (January 24).

Government Commended for Declaring State of Public Emergency

Economic Growth Council (EGC) Chairman, Michael Lee-Chin, has praised the Government for declaring a State of Public Emergency in St. James as part of its effort to curb crime. Speaking at the EGC’s ‘Fourth Report to the Nation’ at Jamaica...

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addressing stakeholders and business interests at the Falmouth cruise-ship pier in Trelawny on January 19.

Port Authority Facilitating Development

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the ibex headquarters for the Caribbean and Central America located at the Digicel Building, 14 Ocean Boulevard, downtown Kingston on January 17. Looking on (from left) are President and Chief Executive Officer, ibex, Bob Dechant; President, JAMPRO, Diane Edwards; and Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica Limited, Milverton Reynolds.

Gov’t Training Personnel for BPO Sector

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), examines one of the 450,000 new high tech electronic water meters to be supplied by German company, Diehl Metering to the National Water Commission (NWC). Looking on is Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency Joachim Christoph Schmillen. Diehl was awarded a US$43.9 million contract to supply the meters for installation islandwide. Dr. Chang, along with principals of the NWC and Diehl Metering, signed the contract on Friday (Dec. 15) during a ceremony at Jamaica House.

Mechanical Water Meters to Be Replaced Over Next Five Years

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), addresses a press briefing held at Jamaica House on Tuesday (December 12) to announce the appointment of Special Investment Ambassador to India, Senator Aubyn Hill (left), as the new Executive Director of the Economic Growth Council (EGC). Also pictured is EGC Chairman, Michael Lee-Chin.

Senator Aubyn Hill Appointed Executive Director of Economic Growth Council

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), addresses a wide cross section of persons attending an ‘OPM-Live’ mini town hall meeting at Jamaica College in St. Andrew on November 29. The meeting was organised by the Office of the Prime Minister.

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Young Persons Guided to Areas Where Employment is Being Generated – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is taking a strategic approach to ensure that jobseekers, particularly young people, are guided to areas where employment is either being generated or can potentially be created. Noting that some 60,000 new jobs have been generated since the Administration took office in March, 2016, Mr. Holness said there is great...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre) looks on as President of the Dominican Republic, His Excellency Danilo Medina Sánchez (left) exchanges greetings with Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Dr. Taleb D. Rifai. Occasion was the UNWTO Gala Dinner and Tourism Icon Awards at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, Rose Hall, St. James, on November 28.

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Position Caribbean as Unified Destination – President Medina

Dominican Republic President, His Excellency Danilo Medina Sánchez, says the Caribbean stands to benefit greatly from the positioning of the region as a unified destination in the global tourism market. President Medina, who was addressing the United Nations Gala Dinner and Tourism Icon Awards at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, Rose Hall, St. James, on November 28, said that while...

Minister of Transport and Mining, the Hon. Mike Henry (third right), presents a gift to the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), His Excellency Kitack Lim (3rd left), during a courtesy call at Mr. Lim’s office in London on November 27. Minister Henry is in London for the 30th Session of the IMO General Assembly. Others (from left) are Jamaica’s High Commissioner to London, His Excellency Seth George Ramocan; Chair, Board of Directors, Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Corah Ann Robertson-Sylvester; Director General of the MAJ and Special Envoy to the IMO, Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Peter Brady; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Dr. Janine Dawkins.

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Int’l Shipping a Major Plank of Economic Programme – Henry

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, says international shipping is a major plank of the Government’s strategic economic programme, Capitalising on potential mega investments associated with the global logistics hub initiative and bolstered by the expanded Panama Canal. He was speaking on day one of the 30th Session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) General Assembly at the...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (standing), pilots the Road Maintenance Fund (Repeal) Bill in the Upper House on Friday (November 24). To the Minister’s right is Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. In the background are Senators Kerensia Morrison; and Deputy President of the Senate, Aubyn Hill.

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Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Takes Over RMF

Seven new posts have been created within the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation to accommodate persons who will be displaced as a result of the impending closure of the Road Maintenance Fund (RMF). There will be two accounting jobs and five positions in the technical services division, which will first be advertised among the former officers of the...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), looks at the contents of a gift basket that was presented to him by British High Commissioner, Asif Ahmad (left), after the Minister’s presentation at the ‘Jamaica Going Global: UK Partners and You’ business forum at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay on Friday (November 17).

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Gov’t Committed to Strengthening Relations with the UK

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Government remains keenly committed to strengthening the ties of trade and friendly relations established with the United Kingdom (UK) centuries ago. He was addressing the ‘Jamaica Going Global: UK Partners and You’ business forum, which was staged by the British High Commission...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), highlights a point while addressing a joint Government/ International Monetary Fund (IMF) media briefing on Friday (November 17). Looking on is the IMF’s Managing Director, Christine Lagarde. The briefing was held at the Office of the Prime Minister.

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Gov’t Looking to Speed up Wage Talks

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is working to quickly resolve issues relating to the 2017/19 public sector wage negotiations. He noted that while it was not expected that unions and other stakeholders would immediately accept the offer put forward by the Government, the negotiations have not been progressing at a reasonable pace. “There will always...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (centre), addresses journalists during the PIOJ’s quarterly media briefing at the agency’s New Kingston head office on Wednesday, November 15. Others (from left) are the PIOJ’s Director for the Economic Planning, Research and Policy Logistics Division, James Stewart; and Programme Director for the PIOJ Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat, Elizabeth Emanuel.

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Economic Signs Positive – PIOJ

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, says the economic signs remain positive, with the general buoyancy reflected through increased industrial activities and employment, among things. He was speaking at the quarterly media briefing at the agency’s New Kingston head office on Wednesday, November 15, where he announced gross domestic product (GDP) growth of by...