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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point as he closes the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, on March 20. Listening keenly are Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw; and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Finance Minister Announces Changes to Stimulus Package

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon Nigel Clarke, has announced changes to the recently announced $14-billion stimulus package. Closing the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 20, Dr. Clarke said the ad...

Marketing and Public Relations Manager at the Universal Service Fund (USF), Deleen Powell, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Wi-Fi to be Launched At Emancipation Park March 22

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the House of Representatives on March 20. (FILE)

Gov’t Serious About Addressing Governance Issues – PM

(FILE) Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness,

$2 Billion to Renovate 100 Police Stations

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP

Statement: Minister Ruel Reid Resigns from the Cabinet and Senate

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses yesterday

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020National Security

Legislation Targeting Gangs and Guns to be Brought Before Parliament – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government will be taking new legislation to the House of Representatives to deal with threats posed by gangs and guns. The Prime Minister made the disclosure while making his presentation to the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 19. “We will shortly come to the Parliament with...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 19. To his left is Minister of Finance and the Public of Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Housing

NHT to Upgrade 49 Schemes

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is to undertake infrastructure upgrading at 49 housing schemes across the island at a cost of more than $2.5 billion. This was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during his contribution to the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 19). He said that work will start on...

(FILE) Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphases a point at the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 19. To his left is Minister of Finance and the Public of Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020

New Regime for Boards of Public Bodies to be Established

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says a new regime for the appointment of Boards for public bodies and agencies will be established to strengthen their governance and accountability systems. He said that the move will facilitate greater probity, efficiency and transparency in the nomination, selection and appointment of Board members, ensuring that entities can attract the country’s best...

Fourth-year student at the Vocational Training Development Institute (VTDI), Felisha Rose (right), explains the concept behind a model for a smart house design to (from left) Chief of Party, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Advance Programme, Alejandro Paredes; Senior Director, National Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NCTVET), Nicole Manning; and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Barbara Allen. Occasion was a forum on ‘Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Action 2019’, hosted by the VTDI at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on Tuesday (March 19).

7 years ago Education

Education Ministry Pushes for Increase in Trained and Certified Persons

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is working to strengthen its collaboration with training institutions and industry players to increase the talent pool of trained, competent and certified persons who are ready for employment in various sectors. This is according to Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Grace McLean, who said this strong partnership is necessary, “so that...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, opens the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 7. Seated (from left) are Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw; and Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

EXIM Bank Loans for Productive Sector to Increase to $9.3 Billion

National Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of Jamaica loans to the productive sector is projected to increase to $9.3 billion for the upcoming fiscal year. This is according to the 2019/20 Public Bodies’ Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives by Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. The loan provision will...

Scholarship recipients under the Central Jamaica Conference (CJC) of Seventh-day Adventists

7 years ago CommunityYouth

Young People Carry out Voluntary Work in Manchester

More than 5,000 young people participated in a community workday in the parish of Manchester on Sunday (March 17). The voluntary effort was organised by the Central Jamaica Conference (CJC) of Seventh-day Adventists under its Operation Save A Youth (OSAY) programme. Over 80 projects were undertaken on the day, including the painting of schools and post offices, building and repair...

President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards, shares a moment with Principal of Moneague College in St. Ann and member of the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ), Howard Isaacs, during the recent staging of the UCJ’s Symposium on Quality Assurance in Higher Education, at the Iberostar Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

GSS Programme to Boost Jobs, Position Jamaica as Digital Business Hub

President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards, says the recently launched Global Services Sector (GSS) programme will help position Jamaica as a digital hub for business as well as generate more employment in information technology (IT)-enabled services. Being executed by JAMPRO, the initiative will prepare workers for high-end jobs in industries such as business process outsourcing (BPO), information technology...