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Government Senator, Matthew Samuda (standing), addressing a recent sitting of the Senate, at Gordon House. Listening is colleague Member of the Upper House, Senator Charles Sinclair.

Government Senator Urges Sustained Private Sector Support for Ban on Plastics

Business interests are being encouraged to continue supporting the Government as it embarks on the second phase of the ban on specific categories of plastic packaging material, which ultimately aims to protect the environment. This call came from Government Senator,...

Acting Director for the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) Research, Print and Production Division, Celia Lindsay (right), accepting her Civil Servant of the Year 2019/19 award from Chief Executive Officer for First Heritage Co-Operative Credit Union Limited, Roxann Linton, during the presentation ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Friday (November 15).

Top Civil Servants for 2019/20 Awarded

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addressing Wednesday’s (November 13) National Social Enterprise Forum at the Mandeville Hotel in Manchester.

Gov’t Looking To Boost Social Enterprise Stakeholder Engagement

Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, addressing participants during the Ministry’s Corporate Governance Seminar at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Thursday (November 14).

Gov’t Grants 90 Exploratory Mining Licences Since March 2018

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, addresses Thursday’s (November 14) ‘I Believe Initiative’ (IBI) luncheon and pinning ceremony at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston.

Twenty-Two Additional ‘I Believe Initiative’ Ambassadors Installed

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Robert Hill, (second left) engages with KSAMC’s Youth CEO, Danielle Jones (second right), while Youth Deputy CEO, Fabian Morris (left), and Senior Director in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Junior Rose, look on. Occasion was the KSAMC 2019 Junior Council Forum at the Corporation’s Chambers in downtown Kingston on Thursday (November 14).

6 years ago Local GovernmentYouth

PHOTOS: KSAMC Junior Council Meeting

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), examines a robotic display at the opening ceremony of the Cuso International World of Tech Open Day at the Wolmer’s Boys

6 years ago TechnologyYouth

Young People Introduced To Latest Technology Trends

One hundred young people from Corporate-Area high schools and training centres are being introduced to cutting-edge trends in technology through the staging of the World of Tech Open Day. The two-day event, which opened on Thursday (November 14) at the Wolmer’s Boys’ School campus in Kingston, is organised by Canadian-based Cuso International in partnership with local stakeholders. It features tech...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing regional and international investors on the opening day of the two-day Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference and Operations (CHICOS) Summit at the Secrets Wild Orchard and St. James Resorts in Montego Bay, St. James, on Thursday (November 14).

6 years ago CommerceIndustryPrime Minister

Jamaica’s Political Stability Yielding Significant Investment Opportunities

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica’s political stability is yielding significant investment opportunities in emerging markets for the country. “What is not often captured in these statistics about destinations, but which investors are usually also very concerned about, is the political stability. Jamaica is the most politically stable for all your potential opportunities, within the region,” Mr....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking at the opening of the Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference and Operations (CHICOS) Summit at the Secrets Wild Orchard and St. James Resorts in Montego Bay on Thursday (November 14).

6 years ago CommerceIndustryPrime Minister

Jamaica Best Choice For Business – PM Tells Investors

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is inviting regional and international investors to make Jamaica their place of choice to invest and do business. “We have established a stable and expanding economy that is open and welcoming of investors in all sectors,” said Mr. Holness. He was speaking at the opening day of the Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference and...

Senior Director in the Strategic Planning Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Delroy Coley (second right), looks on as immediate past Chairman of the All-Island Cane Farmers’ Association, Allan Rickards (second left), points out the varieties of sugar cane on display. Occasion was the 70th Annual General Meeting of the Association, held on Wednesday (November 13), at the Denbigh Showground in May Pen, Clarendon. Mr. Coley represented Portfolio Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, at the event. Others pictured from left are President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Lenworth Fulton; and Secretary/Manager of the All-Island Cane Farmers’ Association, Nigel Myrie.

6 years ago Agriculture

Gov’t Commits Additional $200 Million To Help Farmers Transport Sugar Cane

The Government is providing an additional $200 million for the transportation of sugar cane from Monymusk in Clarendon to the Worthy Park Estate in St. Catherine and Appleton Estate in St Elizabeth for the 2019/2020 crop season. The assurance came from Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, in a speech delivered on his behalf by Senior...

Principal of the University of West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus, Professor Dale Webber (centre), peruses a listing of the scheduled events for the 17th National GIS Day Exposition at the UWI, during the opening ceremony on Wednesday (November 13). Looking on (from left) are Principal Director for the National Spatial Data Management Division (NSDMD) in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Yaneke Watson; and lecturer at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education, Delford Morgan.

6 years ago TechnologyYouth

Youth Encouraged To Embrace Geospatial Technology

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, is encouraging youth to embrace knowledge of geospatial technology, in a bid to support the creation of a global legacy for Jamaica in geographic information systems (GIS). “As future decision-makers, the knowledge you, our students, stand to gain from utilising geospatial technology will enable you to...

Amaterra Jamaica Group Chairman, Keith Russell (left), and Director, Paula Russell (second left), observe the formalities during Wednesday’s (November 13) signing of a hotel management agreement with Marriott International, being undertaken by the latter entity’s Chief Development Officer for the Caribbean and Latin America, Laurent De Kousemaker (second right), and Vice President, Brojan Kumer, at the Hard Rock Café in Montego Bay, St. James.

6 years ago DevelopmentTourism

Amaterra Group And Marriott Int’l Partner On New Hotel Development

The Amaterra Jamaica Group has entered a hotel management operator agreement with global chain, Marriott International. The partnership will see Marriott bringing its first all-inclusive property to the island. An agreement formalising the arrangement was signed during a press launch at the Hard Rock Café in St. James on Wednesday (November 13). The project, to be sited in Trelawny, will...