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Director, Court Administration Division (CAD, Tricia Cameron-Anglin, speaking during the recent launch of the Judiciary of Jamaica Strategic Business Plan for 2024-2028.
Director, Court Administration Division (CAD, Tricia Cameron-Anglin, speaking during the recent launch of the Judiciary of Jamaica Strategic Business Plan for 2024-2028.

Judiciary Working to Streamline Core Processes

Jamaica’s judiciary is working to streamline its core processes by leveraging technology to enhance access, efficiency and fairness in the judicial system as part of its recently launched Strategic Business Plan for 2024 to 2028. Director of the Court Administration...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, and Member of Parliament, St. Mary South Eastern, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (right, seated); Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Omar Sweeney (centre, seated); and Operations Director, S&G Road Surfacing Materials Limited, Anthony Sampson (left, seated), sign the $197-million contract for the Annotto Bay Coastal Protection Beach Nourishment Project during a ceremony at JSIF’s office in Kingston on Monday (April 15). Observing the signing are Project Manager, the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP), JSIF, Dane McLean; and Senior Procurement Officer, JSIF, Stacey-Ann Stupart.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, and Member of Parliament, St. Mary South Eastern, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (right, seated); Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Omar Sweeney (centre, seated); and Operations Director, S&G Road Surfacing Materials Limited, Anthony Sampson (left, seated), sign the $197-million contract for the Annotto Bay Coastal Protection Beach Nourishment Project during a ceremony at JSIF’s office in Kingston on Monday (April 15). Observing the signing are Project Manager, the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP), JSIF, Dane McLean; and Senior Procurement Officer, JSIF, Stacey-Ann Stupart.

$197m Coastal Beach Protection Project to Be Undertaken in Annotto Bay, St. Mary
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (sixth left), and Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (sixth right), are flanked by recipients of the Prime Minister Youth Award for Excellence 2022, at the awards ceremony held at Jamaica House.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (sixth left), and Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (sixth right), are flanked by recipients of the Prime Minister Youth Award for Excellence 2022, at the awards ceremony held at Jamaica House.

20 Outstanding Young People to Receive PM Award for Excellence
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Spotlight on Importance of Mathematics April 14-19
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses a recent press briefing at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), in New Kingston. With the Minister is  President, Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), Nicola Madden-Greig.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses a recent press briefing at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), in New Kingston. With the Minister is  President, Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), Nicola Madden-Greig.

Multi-Destination Media Trip Key Feature of CHTA Travel Marketplace This Year

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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses the University of Technology (UTech), Western Jamaica Campus Business Conference, held at Sandals Montego Bay in St. James, on April 11.
National Security

Digitised Traffic Ticketing System Working Very Well – Dr. Chang

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the new digitised traffic ticketing system “is working very well”, with the Police issuing more tickets than before. Addressing the University of Technology (UTech), Western Jamaica Campus Business Conference, at Sandals Montego Bay in St. James, on April 11, Dr. Chang said that since January of this year, the police have...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Minister Samuda to Attend the 9th Our Ocean Conference and Commonwealth Ministerial Meeting

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, departs Jamaica to participate in the 9th Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in Athens, Greece from April 16 – 17, and the Commonwealth Ministerial Meeting on Sustainable Use of the Ocean in Cyprus from April 18 – 19. The OOC is themed ‘Our Ocean...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (eighth left), shares a photo opportunity with top travel agents from Baltimore and Philadelphia at a luncheon hosted by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) in Baltimore, Maryland, on Friday, April 12.
Foreign AffairsTourism

Tourism Minister Thanks US Travel Agents

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has acknowledged United States (US) travel agents for the important role they play in promoting and selling Jamaica as a tourist destination. “Jamaica appreciates all that you do to book your clients to the destination. We are grateful to each and every one of our valued travel professional partners for the business you continue to...
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Former Ambassador to the United States of America, Ambassador Audrey Marks has been appointed to the Senate.
Foreign AffairsJamaican Diaspora

Diaspora to Discuss Jamaica Becoming a Republic on Let’s Connect with Ambassador Marks

Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, will join Ambassador to the United States (US), Her Excellency Audrey P. Marks, at the monthly forum ‘Let’s Connect with Ambassador Marks’, on Wednesday (April 17) at 7:00 p.m. The Minister, who will be in Washington DC to participate in the April 15 to 16 meetings of the Parliamentary Network...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaks at the press briefing and launch of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association’s (JAAA) Jamaica Athletics Invitational held recently at the AC Hotel by Marriott Kingston. Seated is JAAA President, Garth Gayle.
Sport

Sport Ministry Provides $10 Million for Jamaica Athletics Invitational

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has provided $10 million to the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) to assist with the staging of the Jamaica Athletics Invitational. The meet is scheduled to take place at the National Stadium in Kingston on May 11, 2024. Speaking at a recent press briefing and launch of the event at the AC...
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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third right), hands over a signed social contract under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) to Jacqueline Findlay (second right), while her sister, Odette Findlay (second left), receives her social contract from Chair of the Oversight Committee, NSHP, Judith Robb Walters. Occasion was the handover of two, two-bedroom housing units to the sisters at Cedar Valley Road, St. Andrew Eastern on April 12. Sharing the moment are Member of Parliament and Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams and Councillor, Mona Division, Gary Gordon (hidden in background).
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentPrime Minister

PHOTOS: PM Hands Over Housing Units at Cedar Valley Road

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third right), hands over a signed social contract under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) to Jacqueline Findlay (second right), while her sister, Odette Findlay (second left), receives her social contract from Chair of the Oversight Committee, NSHP, Judith Robb Walters. Occasion was the handover of two, two-bedroom housing units to the sisters...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left) and New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) beneficiary, Patrick Spencer (second right), cut the ribbon to officially hand over a one-bedroom unit in Button Ridge, Iron River, St. Andrew West Rural on April 12. Sharing the moment (from left) are Chair of the Oversight Committee, NSHP, Judith Robb Walters and Member of Parliament, St. Andrew West Rural and Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentPrime Minister

Five St. Andrew Families Get Houses under NSHP

Five St. Andrew families, who lived in substandard conditions, now have safe and decent housing under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, handed over the units to beneficiaries at locations in West Rural, East Central, and Eastern St. Andrew on Friday (April 12). In his address at a ribbon cutting ceremony in...
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