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Acting Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC), Gillian Guthrie.

Week Of Activities To Mark International Day For Biological Diversity

The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation is spearheading the week-long commemoration of International Day for Biological Diversity from May 18 to 22 under the theme, ‘Our Solutions are in Nature’. A series of activities have been organised in...

Public Education Officer at the Forestry Department, Daniel Dunkley, plants a Caribbean Pine in the British Forest Estate in Clarendon. The Department is offering free timber seedlings to the public for Labour Day, starting on May 18.

Seedlings To Plant On Labour Day

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses a virtual town hall meeting on May 14.

Agriculture Ministry Gets Additional $1 Billion To Boost Food Security

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, O.N., M.P.

PM Holness holds Teleconference with UN Secretary-General and PM of Canada

Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Sheridan Samuels, speaks at the monthly meeting of the Hanover Municipal Corporation, on Thursday, May 14.

Mayor Encourages Residents Of Hanover To Maintain Safety Measures

6 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Government Will Improve Difficulties and Delays Experienced by Jamaicans in State Quarantine

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government is working toward expanding solutions for quarantine for citizens returning to Jamaica. The Prime Minister’s comment came yesterday (May 14), in a statement to the nation amid the difficulties faced by some Jamaicans, in state quarantine, including those who returned from overseas this week under the Controlled re-entry programme. The Prime Minister apologized...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

6 years ago CommunityCoronavirusCultureLabour

Labour At Home On May 25

Preparations are well advanced for Workers’ Week and Labour Day 2020 activities. This year’s Labour Day will be observed on Monday, May 25, under the theme ‘Labour at Home’. Workers’ Week begins on May 17 and culminates on Labour Day. Labour Day is celebrated on May 23 each year. If the date falls on a Saturday or Sunday, then it...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), converses with P.A. Benjamin Manufacturing Company Limited

6 years ago CoronavirusEconomic Growth & Infrastructure Development

PHOTOS: Minister Vaz Receives 55-Gallon Drum of Sanitiser

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)

6 years ago CommerceIndustry

CLA Facilitating Import And Export Of Cannabis As It Awaits Regulations

The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has put in place protocols to facilitate the import and export of cannabis by licensees, as it awaits promulgation of the Dangerous Drugs (Cannabis Import and Export Licensing) Regulations 2020. State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Floyd Green, said that the third draft of the regulations has been reviewed...

6 years ago DevelopmentWorks / Construction

Development Continues: UDC Construction and Planning Ongoing Despite Setbacks

The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) supports the Government of Jamaica’s thrust towards restarting and ramping up work in the construction sector for economic stimulation and growth during this time. UDC projects are advancing despite challenges posed by the efforts to stop the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Jamaica. The Corporation, in its commitment to continuing these development projects...

State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (right), interacts with residents of St. Mary, during a visit to the parish on Thursday (May 14), to observe the distribution of relief items to quarantined communities.

6 years ago CommunityCoronavirusLocal Government

Labour Ministry Satisfied With Distribution Of Relief Items To St. Mary Communities

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, says the distribution of care packages to residents in quarantined communities in St. Mary is working well. “I am very satisfied that we have the formula. We have the boots on the ground and we have covered this space within a reasonable time, so I am...

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

Bank Of Jamaica Reduces Both Domestic And Foreign Currency Cash Reserve Requirements

Bank of Jamaica has reduced the cash reserve requirements of deposit-taking institutions (DTIs) by two percentage points, effective 15 May 2020. The foreign currency cash reserve requirement has been reduced to thirteen per cent (13%) while the domestic currency cash reserve requirement has been reduced to five per cent (5%). These reserve requirements are the amount of money that DTIs...