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Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (centre), turns on the tap to commission into service the Golden Hill Water Supply System in St. Andrew on Wednesday (November 20). Sharing the moment (from left) are resident, Ainsworth Kelly; Member of Parliament of West Rural St. Andrew, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn; Managing Director, Rural Water Supply Limited, Audley Thompson; and resident, Myrtle Brown.
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (centre), turns on the tap to commission into service the Golden Hill Water Supply System in St. Andrew on Wednesday (November 20). Sharing the moment (from left) are resident, Ainsworth Kelly; Member of Parliament of West Rural St. Andrew, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn; Managing Director, Rural Water Supply Limited, Audley Thompson; and resident, Myrtle Brown.

Golden Hill Gets Water Supply System

More than 1,000 residents of several communities in West Rural St. Andrew now have more reliable access to potable water following the installation of a supply system in Golden Hill. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and...
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), with Montego Bay’s Mayor, Councillor Homer Davis, at a town hall meeting in Montego Bay, St. James, on November 20.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), with Montego Bay’s Mayor, Councillor Homer Davis, at a town hall meeting in Montego Bay, St. James, on November 20.

Government Working With JPS To Address Streetlights
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, presents Head of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care at Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Brian James, with his award during the Jamaica Civil Service long-service awards ceremony, held on the lawns of King’s House on Wednesday (November 20).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, presents Head of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care at Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Brian James, with his award during the Jamaica Civil Service long-service awards ceremony, held on the lawns of King’s House on Wednesday (November 20).

Doctor Proud To Receive A Civil Service Award
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (centre), peruses report produced from the ‘Forces of Nature: Assessment and Economic Valuation of Coastal Protection Services Provided by Mangroves in Jamaica’ project with (from left) Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Omar Sweeney; Acting Country Representative for Jamaica, The World Bank, Karlene Francis; Marine Natural Resource Management Specialist, The World Bank, Juliana Castaño-Isaza; and Director of the Environmental and Conservation Division, National Environment and Planning Agency, Anthony McKenzie, at the report’s launch on Wednesday (November 20), at The Knutsford Court Hotel.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (centre), peruses report produced from the ‘Forces of Nature: Assessment and Economic Valuation of Coastal Protection Services Provided by Mangroves in Jamaica’ project with (from left) Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Omar Sweeney; Acting Country Representative for Jamaica, The World Bank, Karlene Francis; Marine Natural Resource Management Specialist, The World Bank, Juliana Castaño-Isaza; and Director of the Environmental and Conservation Division, National Environment and Planning Agency, Anthony McKenzie, at the report’s launch on Wednesday (November 20), at The Knutsford Court Hotel.

Minister Calls On Jamaicans To Protect The Mangroves
Economic Growth Council (EGC) Executive Director, Senator Aubyn Hill, speaks at the EGC’s briefing at Jamaica House, on Wednesday (November 20).
Economic Growth Council (EGC) Executive Director, Senator Aubyn Hill, speaks at the EGC’s briefing at Jamaica House, on Wednesday (November 20).

Senator Hill Says Digital Society Key To Improving Services

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Assistant Manager, Project Management and Research Development,Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Sasha McCalla.
Industry

500 Benefit From JBDC Employee Engagement Conference

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is hailing its recently staged Employee Engagement Conference as a success, with more than 500 participants from local and regional public- and private-sector entities benefiting from the two-day event. The conference was held last month at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston under the theme ‘Employee Experience 3D – Design. Develop. Deliver’. Speaking...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), shares a light moment with (from second left) Chairperson, NCB Foundation, Thalia Lyn; College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) students Jovan Thompson and Chenille Humes; and Chairman of the Economic Growth Council (EGC), Michael Lee-Chin. Occasion was a media briefing at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Avenue office in New Kingston on Wednesday (November 20), to provide details about an 11-month agricultural training programme in Israel for 15 students of CASE.
AgricultureEducationYouth

15 Case Students To Study Agriculture In Israel

Fifteen students from the Portland-based College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) will head to Israel on Monday (November 25) for an 11-month agricultural training programme. The students, who will be in Israel until October 2020, are the first cohort to benefit under a scholarship programme that was initiated following a visit to the Middle Eastern country last year by...
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Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Corporate Communications Manager, Suzette Campbell says the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is a part of the organization’s objective to energize the ecosystem.
CommerceIndustry

JBDC Uniting Entrepreneurs

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) says its series of activities during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), are being used to unite entrepreneurs from various industries. The Week began on Monday, November 18 and will end on Saturday, November 23. Speaking with JIS News, Corporate Communications Manager at the JBDC, Suzette Campbell, pointed out that micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addressing the inaugural Jamaica Health and Wellness Tourism Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on Wednesday, (November 20).
Health & WellnessTourism

Gov’t Pumping $66 Million Into Health And Wellness Tourism

The Ministry of Tourism will be spending $66 million over the next three years to strengthen and expand Health and Wellness Tourism in Jamaica. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, in making the announcement, said that health and wellness tourism is a growing market internationally and Jamaica is uniquely poised to capitalise on the industry. He said research has shown that...
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Chairman of the National Minimum Wage Advisory Commission, Dr. Ronald Robinson (left) emphasises a point during the final minimum wage public consultation held at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s 1F North Street offices in Kingston on November 20. At right is Vice President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions, St. Patrice Ennis.
LabourSocial Security

Recommendations On National Minimum Wage To Be Submitted By End Of January

Chairman of the National Minimum Wage Advisory Commission, Dr. Ronald Robinson, says recommendations on the national minimum wage and the minimum wage for security guards will be submitted to Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, before the end of January 2020. He said that deliberations on matters arising from the just-concluded minimum wage public consultations are to begin...
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