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Farmers participate in the joint Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Jamaica Red Poll and Jamaica Black Cattle Breeders Societies, held at the Agro Investment Corporation on Minard Estate in Brown's Town, St Ann, on July 17.

Buyers of Stolen Produce to be Targeted

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is on a new drive to target buyers and end users of stolen agricultural produce and livestock. Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green,...

A section of the Ferris to Mackfield roadway in Westmoreland, which is being upgraded.

Ferris to Mackfield Road in Westmoreland 98% Complete

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaking at the recent launch of the website for the seventh Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston. The conference will be held in Montego Bay, St. James, from July 8 to 10, 2020.

Jamaica’s Hosting of Disaster Risk Reduction Conference Significant – Minister McKenzie

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the House of Representatives on July 16. With the Prime Minister are (from left) Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.

Violence Prevention Commission Begins Work

The Paradise Bridge in Westmoreland that will be rebuilt by the National Works Agency (NWA) over the next six months.

Paradise Bridge in Westmoreland to be Rebuilt

Community Relations Officer of the National Works Agency’s (NWA) Western Office, Janel Ricketts.

7 years ago Works / Construction

NWA to Complete Road and Drainage Works in St. James by August

Road repair and drainage improvement works being undertaken by the National Works Agency (NWA) along several thoroughfares in St. James are expected to be completed by August 2019. The projects, which started between April and June, are being executed under the NWA’s Maintenance of Secondary Roads Programme at a cost of approximately $100 million. Works include reshaping and asphalting of...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), accepts samples of products created by inmates at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre from Superintendent Herbert McFarlane (second right), during a recent tour of the facility. Lookng on are correctional officers.

7 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre to Place Products on Market

The St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre has created 30 products, which it is looking to place on the market shortly. These items, which have received the endorsement of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, include various sauces, wines, beers, syrups, pudding and porridge mixes, tea, and a lotion and hair conditioner. Twenty-five members of the...

Senior Labour Market Analyst in the Planning, Research and Monitoring Unit at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Shane Palmer (left) and Systems Development Manager, Dwayne Walters (right), listen as Director of the Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE) and Labour Component Coordinator of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded Integrated Social and Labour Support Programme within the Ministry, Lyndon Ford, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

7 years ago JIS Think TankLabourSocial Security

Employers Encouraged to Use LMIS

Employers and training institutions are being encouraged to partner with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, through the Labour Market Information System (LMIS), to build Jamaica’s workforce. The Ministry’s LMIS is a web-based driven job-matching facility that pairs jobseekers and employers. Senior Labour Market Analyst in the Planning, Research and Monitoring Unit at the Ministry, Shane Palmer, said part...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on July 16.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentSectoral Debate 2019/2020

Factories Corporation to Lead Naggo Head Technology Park Project

The Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) will be leading the construction of the Naggo Head Technology Park in St. Catherine. Cabinet, in September 2018, gave approval for a joint venture agreement between the FCJ and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for development of the facility on 34 acres of land in Portmore over a period of two years. The development...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (centre), affixes his signature to a memorandum of understanding (MOU), between the Water Resources Authority (WRA) and the Meteorological Service, today (July 17), at his New Kingston offices. This will allow for the provision of improved service in emergency preparation and response, through data sharing. Others (from left) are Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Doreen Prendergast; Managing Director of the WRA, Peter Clarke; Head of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evon Thompson, and another Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Yanique Watson.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

MET Service and WRA Sign MOU for Data Sharing

The Water Resources Authority (WRA) and the Meteorological Service are collaborating to better serve the population in emergency responses and preparation, through data sharing. Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU), signed between the two entities today (July 17), at the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation in New Kingston, they will be sharing information to mitigate climate change impacts....

Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, speaking during Wednesday’s (July 17) quarterly briefing at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. Listening (from left) are STATIN’s Senior Statistician and Head of the Indices and Prices Unit, Administrative Statistics Division, Shelly-Ann Chambers; Director of Surveys, Dr. Natalee Simpson; and Deputy Director General, Leesha Delatie-Budair.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Unemployment Drops to 7.8 Per Cent

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting further reduction in the unemployment rate to a new record low of 7.8 per cent. As contained in STATIN’s April 2019 Labour Force Survey, the figure is two percentage points lower than the 9.8 per cent recorded for the corresponding period last year, and 0.2 per cent lower than the out-turn for...

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentSectoral Debate 2019/2020

NLA Receives Funding to Introduce Electronic Titling

The National Land Agency (NLA) has received funding under the World Bank’s Foundations for Competitiveness and Growth Project, to introduce electronic titling to Jamaica. “Electronic titling will reduce processing times for documents, improve efficiencies and create important linkages with other government agencies involved in the titling process,” Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon....