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Director General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, presenting the findings of the March 2019 Consumer Price Index and January 2019 Labour Force Survey, at the offices of STATIN on Cecelio Avenue in St. Andrew, on Tuesday (April 16).

Growth in Mining and Quarrying Industry

Director General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, has reported that Jamaica’s mining and quarrying industry grew by 30.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2018, mainly due to the reopening of the Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company...

Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis, addresses the Corporation’s monthly meeting on Thursday, April 11.

St. James Municipal Corporation on Collection Drive

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left); Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Audrey Sewell; and Chief Strategist in the Ministry of Tourism, Delano Seiveright, at the ceremony to break ground for the Amaterra Resort in Stewart Castle, Trelawny, on April 12.

Tourism Ministry to Stengthen Linkages with Other Sectors

Ease of Doing Business Boosts Investor Confidence – PM

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), pulls ribbon to officially open the new Paediatric Cardiac Centre at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, on Monday (April 15). Sharing the moment (from left) are Regional Director, South East Regional Health Authority, Maureen Golding; Executive Director, Cardiac Centre, Fabian Brown; Chief Executive Officer, National Health Fund, Everton Anderson; and Reverend Elizabeth Riley.

Health Minister Opens Paediatric Cardiac Centre at Children’s Hospital

Executive Director, Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr. Zoe Simpson.

7 years ago Gender AffairsYouth

WCJF Hosts Adolescent Mothers Parenting Conference April 16

The Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) will host the official launch of the inaugural Adolescent Mothers Parenting Conference on Tuesday (April 16), at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston. Activities for the conference include testimonials from WCJF alumni, as well as an interactive discussion forum. Endorsed by the Government through the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the...

7 years ago HOPE ProgrammeYouth

HEART Trust/NTA Accepting Applications for HOPE Summer Employment Programme

The Human Employment and Resource Training (HEART) Trust/NTA continues to accept applications for its 2019 HOPE Youth Summer Employment Programme, which will run from June to August. Formerly implemented through the National Youth Service (NYS), the programme targets youth between the ages of 17 and 29, and young persons from the Community for Persons with Disabilities, who are between ages...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addressing the ceremony to break ground for the 800-room Amaterra Resort in Trelawny, on April 12.

7 years ago Tourism

Growth in Tourism Stimulates Investments

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the dynamic growth in tourism is stimulating investment activity across Jamaica, where jobs and opportunities are being created in local communities. Speaking to JIS News following a function in Falmouth, Trelawny, on April 12, the Minister said Jamaica is also on track to have another great year, following the success of 2018, which...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right) addressing the Caribbean Forum of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (CARIFORUM) Post-Cotonou Caucus of Ministers at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on April 14. At right is Director General, CARIFORUM, Percival Marie.

7 years ago Foreign Affairs

Negotiations Launched for CARIFORUM Regional Protocol

Negotiations have been formally launched for a Caribbean Forum of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (CARIFORUM) Regional Protocol. This will form an integral part of an African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)/European Union (EU) post Cotonou Agreement. The Cotonou Agreement currently governing ACP-EU relations is due to expire in 2020. Negotiations on a new ACP-EU...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, points to an artist’s impression of what the new Cardiac Ward will look like at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, on Monday (April 15), during the opening of the Paediatric Cardiac Centre.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

New Cardiac Ward to be Built at Children’s Hospital

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has announced that a new Cardiac Ward will be constructed and equipped on the grounds of the Bustamante Hospital for Children, at a cost of between $90 million and $100 million. Addressing the opening of a new Paediatric Cardiac Centre at the Hospital on Monday (April 15), Dr. Tufton said the new...

Secretary-General, CARICOM and Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (CARIFORUM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque (left) and Commissioner in charge of International Cooperation and Development in the European Commission, Neven Mimica, sign six financing Agreements of European Union-CARICOM cooperation, valued at €114.8 million, during a ceremony held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on April 15.

7 years ago Foreign Affairs

CARICOM and EU Sign Financing Agreements

Six Financing Agreements of European Union-CARICOM cooperation, valued at €114.8 million, which will have a direct impact for the citizens of the Caribbean Region, were signed today (April 15). The agreements were signed by Secretary-General, CARICOM and Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (CARIFORUM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque; and Commissioner in charge of International Cooperation and Development...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left); and Commissioner in charge of International Cooperation and Development in the European Commission, Neven Mimica, affix their signatures to two financing agreements, under the 11th European Development Fund, valued at $2.8 billion (€20.20 million), at a ceremony held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on April 15.

7 years ago Foreign AffairsVision 2030

Government Signs Agreements with European Union

The Government today (April 15) signed two financing agreements with the European Union (EU), under the 11th European Development Fund, valued at J$2.8 billion (€20.20 million). This will support the Public Finance Management Reform Programme at a cost of €3.65 million (J$509.1 million), with first disbursement of J$132.5 million, and address environmental and climate change challenges through improved forest management...