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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses guests during the official signing of a hotel management agreement between the Amaterra Jamaica Group and Marriott International, at the Hard Rock Café in St. James on Wednesday (November 13).

Hoteliers Encouraged To Use More Local Produce

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is encouraging hoteliers islandwide to utilise more local produce in meals prepared for their guests. He was addressing the press launch for the official signing of a hotel management agreement...

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett (second right), enjoys a light moment with (from left) Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and Minister of Tourism for St Lucia, Dominique Fedee; Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw; and Minister of Tourism for The Bahamas, Dionisio D’Aguilar. Occasion was a cocktail reception for the Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference and Operations Summit (CHICOS) in Montego Bay on Wednesday night (November13).

Jamaica A Prime Destination For Tourism Investment – Minister Bartlett

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

Senator Charles Emphasizes the Importance of Home Ownership

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), makes a point during a Jamaica Music Society (JMS) music seminar at the Spanish Court Hotel, in New Kingston on Friday (November 15). Others (from left) are: JMS General Manager, Evon Mullings (left); and Senior Director at the Ministry of Culture, Gender and Sport, Gillian Wilkinson-McDaniel.

National Security Minister Proposes Review of Noise Abatement Act

Chief Executive Officer for eGov Jamaica Limited, Maurice Barnes, addresses a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank forum at the Agency’s head office in Kingston.

eGov Jamaica Limited Transitioning to ICT Authority

Co-Chair Kingston City Run and Marathon, Christopher Jarrett (left), shakes hands with Development Officer for the Sisters of Mercy/Alpha Institute, Charles Arumaiselvam (right), after presenting him with a cheque in the sum of $640,000, representing part proceeds from this year’s staging of the event. The presentation was made during a ceremony on Wednesday (November 13), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, where the event

6 years ago Community

Five Charities Receive $3.2 Million from Kingston City Run

Five charities catering to homeless and marginalised persons across the Corporate Area have received donations totalling $3.2 million from the organisers of the annual Kingston City Run and Marathon. The amount represents the proceeds from this year’s staging of the event in March. Cheques valued at $640,000 each were handed over to the Marie Atkins Night Shelter, Open Arms Development...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fifth right), breaks ground to officially launch the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP). The proceedings took place at Yallahs in St. Thomas on Saturday (November 16). Others participating (from left) are: Marketing Manager, China Communications Construction Company Limited, Chu Yili; Member of Parliament, St. Thomas Eastern, Dr. Fenton Ferguson; Member of Parliament, St. Thomas Western, James Robertson; Vice President, China Communications Construction Company Limited, Chen Zhong; Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi; President, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) America’s Division, Dr. Zhimin Hu; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, and Member of Parliament, West Portland, Hon. Daryl Vaz; Member of Parliament, East Portland, Ann Marie Vaz; and Deputy General Manager, Overseas Mission, China Communications Construction Company Limited, He Junfeng.

6 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterWorks / Construction

Ground Broken to Commence Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Saturday (November 16), broke ground to commence the multi-billion dollar Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP). The undertaking will entail the rehabilitation of approximately 110 kilometres of roadway between Harbour View in St. Andrew and Port Antonio in Portland, and the 26-kilometre thoroughfare from Morant Bay to Cedar Valley in St. Thomas....

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.

6 years ago EnvironmentSenate

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, Matthew Samuda, as he opened the 2019/20 State of the Nation Debate during Friday’s (November 15) sitting of the Upper...

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).

6 years ago Excellence in the Civil ServiceFinance & Public Service

Top Civil Servants for 2019/20 Awarded

Acting Director for the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) Research, Print and Production Division, Celia Lindsay, is one three persons selected as 2019/20 Civil Servant of the Year. She copped the award after topping the field of entrants in the category of Management. The other winners are: Customer Service Manager at the Administrator General’s Department, Sophia Levy, who topped the field...

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.

6 years ago CommerceIndustry

Gov’t Looking To Boost Social Enterprise Stakeholder Engagement

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce. Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government is looking to spur greater collective stakeholder involvement in social enterprise, particularly by well-thinking Jamaicans engaged in business. In so doing, he says, they will be well positioned to assist in identifying solutions to some of the society’s challenges, and addressing these. The...

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).

6 years ago Mining

Gov’t Grants 90 Exploratory Mining Licences Since March 2018

Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, says the Ministry has granted some 90 exploratory licences for semiprecious minerals such as cobalt, copper, gold, silver and zinc, since March 2018. “Right now, almost every square inch of Jamaica is under a prospecting licence for some kind of mineral. The beauty of it, is that most of the companies that are...

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.

6 years ago Governor General

Twenty-Two Additional ‘I Believe Initiative’ Ambassadors Installed

Another 22 outstanding Jamaicans have been installed as Ambassadors for Positive Social Change under the Governor-General’s ‘I Believe Initiative’ (IBI). The IBI is a service-oriented programme that emphasises youth upliftment, positive family values and education. The new Ambassadors were installed during a luncheon and pinning ceremony, hosted by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, at the Spanish...