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Public Procurement Process Guided by Four Basic Principles

Persons seeking to provide services to the Government are being reminded that the public procurement process is guided by four basic principles. Chief Public Procurement Policy Officer at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Andrei Bennett, explained to...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Agro-Investment Corporation (Agro-Invest), Vivion Scully (second left); and President, Jamaica Promotions (JAMPRO), Shullette Cox (second right), display the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which will strengthen collaboration between the entities to promote growth in investment and export of agribusiness products. Sharing the moment are Chairman of the Board of Directors, Agro-Invest, Ian Murray (left), and Deputy Chairman, JAMPRO, Ian Levy. The signing ceremony was held on April 4 at JAMPRO’s corporate offices in Kingston.

PHOTOS: JAMPRO Signs MOU with Agro-Invest

Ackee is among 3,000 acres of crops being targeted for cultivation in Southern St. James over the next two years.

3,000 Acres of Ackee, Breadfruit and Mango to Be Planted in South St. James

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda.

Several Measures to Alleviate Water Shortage in Hanover and Westmoreland

Chief Executive Officer, National Fisheries Authority (NFA), Dr. Gavin Bellamy.

NFA Urges Declaration of Lobster Possession by April 7

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopehr Tufton, addresses the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre’s 70th anniversary prayer breakfast held at the facility in St. Andrew on Wednesday (April 3).

2 years ago Health & Wellness

Gov’t Provides $26 Million to Refurbish Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre

The Government has approved $26 million for refurbishing work at the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre in St. Andrew, says Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. The Minister, who was addressing a prayer breakfast at the centre’s location in St. Andrew on Wednesday (April 3) to commemorate the institution’s 70th anniversary, said that the funds will...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.

2 years ago EducationYouth

Education Minister Highlights Progress Made Over the Past 60 Years

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, says that despite the various challenges, significant progress has been made in literacy, teacher training, and the accessibility of high-school education, over the past six decades. In her address to educators and stakeholders at the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) 60th Education Conference 2024, at the Ocean Coral Spring Hotel in Trelawny on...

2 years ago Jamaican Diaspora

1,000 Attendees Expected for 10th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference

Some 1,000 Jamaicans from across the globe are expected to converge at the Montego Bay Conference Centre in St. James from June 16 to 19 for the 10th biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference. This year’s staging will be the first time the highly anticipated conference is being held in person since the COVID-19 pandemic. It was launched on Thursday (April 4)...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaks during the opening session of the Tourism Strategy and Action Plan Consultation Workshop for Kingston and St. Andrew, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (April 4). Seated is General Manager, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Caribbean Country Department Group and Representative in Jamaica, Anton Edmunds.

2 years ago Tourism

Minister Bartlett Underscores Tourism Strategy and Action Plan’s Importance

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has emphasised the importance of Jamaica’s Tourism Strategy and Action Plan (TSAP) in generating the stakeholder capacity to respond to the industry’s new architecture. The TSAP, being executed through a partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), is geared towards boosting socio-economic development and investment, building the local tourism industry’s resilience to climate change and...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, addressing the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) event dubbed ‘Breakfast with the CEO’, at the AC Marriott Hotel in St. Andrew on April 4.

2 years ago CommerceIndustryInvestment

PHOTOS: JBDC Breakfast with the CEO

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, addressing the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) event dubbed ‘Breakfast with the CEO’, at the AC Marriott Hotel in St. Andrew on April 4.

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right); President of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Patrick Brooks (centre) and Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes, exchange pleasantries during a swearing-in ceremony, held at King’s House on April 3, for eight members of the judiciary who were appointed to act in higher office for the Easter Term.

2 years ago Justice

Significant Progress Being Made in Reducing Backlogs in Court System

Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes, has indicated that significant progress is being made in reducing backlogs in the country’s court system. Providing an update during a ceremony at King’s House on April 3, Chief Justice Sykes informed that at the end of 2023 the net backlog in the Parish Courts is under 2.5 per cent. “That’s a very significant development,...

Representatives of government entities display plaques in recognition of the successful completion of the Records and Information Management (RIM) Programme 2024. From left are Director, Documentation Information and Access Services, Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Rose Thomas; Director, Documentation and Information Access Services, Ministry of Tourism, Kasiya Halstead-Brown; and Supervisor, Records and Information Management, Real Estate Board, Demesha Marsh. Absent is the representative from the Ministry of Education and Youth. The event was the launch of the Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD) RIM Month activities on April 3 at the Courtyard Marriot Hotel in Kingston.

2 years ago Climate ChangeInformationOffice of the Prime Minister

RIM Month to Focus on Records Management and Climate Change

The Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD) is observing Records and Information Management (RIM) Month in April, with a focus on increasing awareness about the importance of accurate records management in providing holistic solutions to the impacts of climate change. Under the theme ‘Envisioning the Future: Records and Information Management (RIM) in the Age of Climate Change’, the month, which...