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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz.

Aggressive Reforestation Programme to be Undertaken

The Government is working to ensure that the island’s forest reserves are increased and preserved through an “aggressive” reforestation programme. Specific focus will be placed on closed broadleaf forests which have been diminishing over the years. This was disclosed by...
Acting Account Manager, Sutherland Global Services, Curtley-Ann Palmer.
Acting Account Manager, Sutherland Global Services, Curtley-Ann Palmer.

BPO Employees and Owners Support Govt’s Job-Creation Thrust
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), greets Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Caribbean Country Manager, Therese Turner-Jones, during Friday’s (March 10) $738.7-million (US$5.75-million) loan agreement signing ceremony for the IDB-funded water adaptation project, at the Jamaica National (JN) Financial Centre in New Kingston. The project is being spearheaded by the JN Group. At left is Group General Manager, Earl Jarrett.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), greets Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Caribbean Country Manager, Therese Turner-Jones, during Friday’s (March 10) $738.7-million (US$5.75-million) loan agreement signing ceremony for the IDB-funded water adaptation project, at the Jamaica National (JN) Financial Centre in New Kingston. The project is being spearheaded by the JN Group. At left is Group General Manager, Earl Jarrett.

Government Endorses Water Adaptation Project by JN Group
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), converses with Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Sylvain Fabi, on the opening day of the Development Bank of Jamaica
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), converses with Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Sylvain Fabi, on the opening day of the Development Bank of Jamaica's (DBJ) Infrastructure Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on March 6.

More Public-Private Partnership Projects over Next Three Years – Dr. Chang
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz.

Protected Areas Policy and Legislation Being Finalised

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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second left), in conversation with CEO of AVS Builders Limited, Arthur Von Strolley (left); and President and CEO of Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS), Courtney Campbell (right), during the launch of 20 South, a high-rise real-estate development on South Avenue in St. Andrew, at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel on February 23. Looking on are CEO of VMBS Wealth Management, Devon Barrett (second right, background) and Managing Director, ATL Retail, Danville Walker (right, background). The 20 South development, being done by AVS Builders, will be completed in March 2018.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentHousing

Vaz Hails Environmentally Friendly Housing Development

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has hailed AVS Builders Limited, for its environmentally-friendly design of 20 South, a real-estate development being constructed on South Avenue in St. Andrew. Addressing the launch of the housing project at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel on Thursday (February 23), Mr. Vaz said the multi-family,...
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Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (centre), speaks during the agency’s quarterly press briefing held on Wednesday (February 22), at the agency’s Oxford Road offices in St. Andrew. Others pictured are: Director for Economic Planning and Research at the PIOJ, James Stewart (left), and Programme Director for Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat, at the agency, Elizabeth Emanuel (right).
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

1.3 Per Cent Growth for October to December

The Jamaican economy remained on the growth path, expanding by 1.3 per cent during the October to December 2016 quarter, comparative to the same period of 2015. Director General at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, made the disclosure while addressing the quarterly press briefing held yesterday (February 22), at the agency’s Oxford Road offices in St....
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), shares a joke with Montego Bay Mayor, Councillor Homer Davis, during the commissioning of the Warsop/John Daggy water supply system in Trelawny on February 10.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

$262.7M Earmarked for Improving Trelawny Water Supply

The Government will be spending $262.7 million to improve water supplied to several communities in Trelawny. This, according to Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, who was speaking at the commissioning of the Warsop/John Daggy water supply system in the parish on Friday, February 10. Dr. Chang said the project...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), is in light conversation with (from 2nd left): Chair, University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus Research Days 2017 Committee, Professor the Most Hon. Dr. Denise Eldemire-Shearer; former Governor-General, Professor the Most Hon. Sir Kenneth Hall; and UWI Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Archibald McDonald. Occasion was the UWI’s Research Days exposition, held recently on the Mona Campus in St. Andrew.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Dr. Chang Proposes Review of Agencies Providing Social Services

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, is proposing a review of the operations of State institutions that provide social services. This, he said, is to determine whether they are effectively and efficiently performing the functions for which they were established, and to make changes where necessary. The Minister was speaking...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Fayval Williams (right), shares a light moment with Deputy Chair of the Economic Growth Council (EGC), Ambassador Nigel Clarke; and Chair, University Research Days Steering Committee, Professor Denise Eldemire-Shearer, at a public lecture held at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus on February 1.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentNational Security

Take the Profit Out of Crime – Ambassador Clarke

Deputy Chair of the Economic Growth Council (EGC), Ambassador Nigel Clarke, says taking the profit out of crime is one of the most effective ways to address criminal activity in Jamaica. He noted that most crimes are committed by organised criminal networks that are sustained by profit. “The only way to dismantle criminal networks and therefore to dent the incidence...
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