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Project Manager for the Household Expenditure Survey (HES), Shelly-Ann Chambers (left), gives an update on the year-long survey being conducted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) at a recent Think Tank session. At right is Director General of the Institute, Carol Coy.
Project Manager for the Household Expenditure Survey (HES), Shelly-Ann Chambers (left), gives an update on the year-long survey being conducted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) at a recent Think Tank session. At right is Director General of the Institute, Carol Coy.

Jamaicans Urged to Support Household Expenditure Survey

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is urging persons to support its household expenditure survey (HES) now underway. The survey, which is being conducted from February 6, 2017 to February 2018, collects information on the amount households spend on consumer...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (2nd left), has a light moment, during the second HOPE for Jamaica town hall meeting, organised by the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, at the old Goodyear factory complex in Morant Bay on Thursday. July 13.. Others (from left) are Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz; and State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (2nd left), has a light moment, during the second HOPE for Jamaica town hall meeting, organised by the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, at the old Goodyear factory complex in Morant Bay on Thursday. July 13.. Others (from left) are Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz; and State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green.

New Morant Bay Town Centre Spurring Investor Interest
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), presents a land title to Norwood resident, Marcia Small. More than 100 residents of the St. James community received their titles during a ceremony held on Sunday (July 9), at the Norwood Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), presents a land title to Norwood resident, Marcia Small. More than 100 residents of the St. James community received their titles during a ceremony held on Sunday (July 9), at the Norwood Seventh-day Adventist Church.

More than 100 Norwood Residents Get Land Titles
Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, provides details about the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS), at a Think Tank at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) head office in Kingston on July 7.
Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, provides details about the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS), at a Think Tank at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) head office in Kingston on July 7.

STATIN Preparing National Strategy for Development of Statistics
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), is in light conversation with Chairman of the Labour Market Reform Commission (LMRC), Dr. Marshall Hall (left), while LMRC Commissioner, Dr. Michael Witter, looks on. Occasion was the LMRC’s End-of-Project Forum on Friday (July 7), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), is in light conversation with Chairman of the Labour Market Reform Commission (LMRC), Dr. Marshall Hall (left), while LMRC Commissioner, Dr. Michael Witter, looks on. Occasion was the LMRC’s End-of-Project Forum on Friday (July 7), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston.

Labour Market Reform Key to Economic Growth – Minister Robinson

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Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Contractors Role in Spurring Growth and Productivity Underscored

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says contractors and contracting firms play critical roles in improving productivity in the construction sector and the wider economy. “I believe the time has come for the strategic role of contractors to change. Today we need contractors who not only crunch numbers, but who...
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Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Contractors Role in Spurring Growth and Productivity Underscored

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says contractors and contracting firms play critical roles in improving productivity in the construction sector and the wider economy “I believe the time has come for the strategic role of contractors to change. Today we need contractors who not only crunch numbers, but who...
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Students participate in a Youth Environmental Advocacy Programme (YEAP) regional session at the Mount Alvernia High School in St. James recently.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEducation

Schools Urged to Participate in Youth Environment Advocacy Programme

The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation is calling for schools to participate in its Youth Environment Advocacy Programme (YEAP), which seeks to empower students to respond to environmental concerns. Senior Director in the Environment and Risk Management Division of the Ministry, Gillian Guthrie, said YEAP, launched in July 2016, aims to engage students in environmental advocacy as well...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), is accompanied by General Manager of Alorica, Clarence Cardwell, on a tour of the United States-based telecommunications’ business process outsourcing (BPO) company, formerly West Corporation, which operates out of the Portmore Informatics Park in St. Catherine. Alorica has more than 1,000 employees within the Park.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Gov’t Committed to Providing the BPO Sector with the Necessary Support

With 30,000 persons set to secure jobs in business process outsourcing (BPO) operations, over the next five years, the Government is focused on providing the sector with the necessary institutional support. The industry, which has a global value of US$104.6 billion, is gradually expanding in Jamaica, and with high-end jobs on the horizon, the Government is ensuring that a trained...
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Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentFinance & Public Service

Further Reduction in Red Tape Vital – Shaw

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government is cognisant that much work remains to be done to further reduce bureaucratic impediments to doing business in Jamaica. He noted that Jamaica’s improved ranking at 75 out of 138 countries in the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2016/17 Global Competitiveness Report, up from 107 in 2012, “reflects our...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), in conversation with (from second left): Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz; Cuba
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Protection for Wetlands

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says that over the next three to five years, the Government will be implementing several strategies towards the protection of the country’s wetlands. Among the strategies, he said, is the implementation of a National Strategy for Biodiversity Conservation, supported by a national programme to enhance...
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