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Director General for the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (centre), responds to questions from journalists during Tuesday’s (February 25) quarterly media briefing at the agency’s head office in New Kingston. Others (from left) are Senior Director for the PIOJ’s Economic Planning, Research and Policy Logistics Division, James Stewart; and Programme Director for the Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat at the PIOJ, Peisha Bryan.
Director General for the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (centre), responds to questions from journalists during Tuesday’s (February 25) quarterly media briefing at the agency’s head office in New Kingston. Others (from left) are Senior Director for the PIOJ’s Economic Planning, Research and Policy Logistics Division, James Stewart; and Programme Director for the Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat at the PIOJ, Peisha Bryan.

PIOJ Reports 0.1 Per Cent Growth For Fourth Quarter

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting estimated fourth quarter calendar year growth of 0.1 per cent, between October and December 2019, relative to the corresponding period in 2018. This, consequent on estimated growth of 1.8 per cent in...
Passengers disembark the Marella Discovery 2 cruise ship on Monday (February 24) at the Port Royal Cruise Port in Kingston.
Passengers disembark the Marella Discovery 2 cruise ship on Monday (February 24) at the Port Royal Cruise Port in Kingston.

Marella Discovery 2 Makes Second Call To Port Royal
Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Director of Research Development and Communications, Felicia Bailey
Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Director of Research Development and Communications, Felicia Bailey

CLA Expects Major Growth In Medical Cannabis Industry
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right); Executive Director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Hopeton Heron (centre) and Chartered Quality Professional Trainer, Dr. Yvette Castell, at the launch of the JS ISO 31000: 2019 Risk Management Guidelines, on Tuesday (February 25) at the offices of the BSJ, in Kingston.
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right); Executive Director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Hopeton Heron (centre) and Chartered Quality Professional Trainer, Dr. Yvette Castell, at the launch of the JS ISO 31000: 2019 Risk Management Guidelines, on Tuesday (February 25) at the offices of the BSJ, in Kingston.

Government Launches New Risk Management Standard
Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council (LAC), Hugh Faulkner.
Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council (LAC), Hugh Faulkner.

Organisations Urged To Request Services Of Mobile Justice Units

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing residents at a town hall meeting held at the Charlton Primary School in Alexandria, St. Ann, on Friday, February 21.
Health & Wellness

Gov’t Investing In St. Ann’s Healthcare

The Government is making significant investment in the construction and upgrading of health facilities in St. Ann. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure at a town hall meeting held at the Charlton Primary School in Alexandria in the parish on February 21. “Things are going to happen [in St. Ann], just give us...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, lays flowers at the shrine of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, in honour of the 136th anniversary of his birth, during a floral tribute at National Heroes Park in Kingston, on Monday (February 24).
Culture

PHOTOS: Flowers For Sir Alexander Bustamante

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, lays flowers at the shrine of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, in honour of the 136th anniversary of his birth, during a floral tribute at National Heroes Park in Kingston, on Monday (February 24).
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), and Defence Attaché at the United States Embassy, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Ramsay, examine the controls of the CASE Front-End Scoop Loader donated to the Ministry by the United States Embassy. The heavy-duty equipment and a Bobcat Skid Loader were handed over on February 24, at the Ministry, in Kingston.
Foreign AffairsLocal Government

Government Gets Disaster Response Equipment From US

The Government has received a donation of heavy-duty equipment from the United States (US) Embassy in Kingston, and the Department of Defence, US Southern Command, to boost local disaster relief capacity. The presentation was made at the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development in Kingston on Monday (February 24), with portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie and other Ministry officials...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), discusses an important aspect of a document with Principal Director for Energy in the Ministry, Fitzroy Vidal. Occasion was a press conference held at the Trafalgar Road offices of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), on Monday (February 24).
Energy

Government Will Ensure The Highest Standard Of Safety In Petroleum Trade

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government is focused on ensuring the highest standard of safety in the petroleum trade. This follows an explosion and ensuing fire that damaged a section of the Heaven’s Fesco Gas Station in Mandeville, on Friday (February 21). Seven persons were injured, one of whom later died. He was a...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a dengue response team regional meeting at the Grand Palladium Hotel and Resort in Hanover on February 19.
Local Government

Jamaicans Urged To Take Disaster Preparedness Seriously

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is imploring Jamaicans to take the matter of disaster preparedness seriously, as to do otherwise could put lives at risk. The Minister, who was addressing a recent dengue-prevention and disaster preparedness meeting at the Ruseas High School in Hanover, said that while Jamaica is fortunate to not have suffered a...
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