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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, 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 Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Gov’t Places Priority on Improving Public Safety

Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the National Security Ministry’s 2019/20 budgetary allocation of $20.2 billion reflects the priority being placed by the Government on improving public safety. The provision, which is 28 per cent...

Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point during Friday’s (March 8) post-Budget press conference at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston. He is flanked by Financial Secretary, Darlene Morrison (left), and Deputy Financial Secretary, Diane Black.

2019/20 Budget Represents Economic Opportunity for All – Dr. Clarke

Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III Communications/Social Marketing Specialist, Patrice Tomlinson-Nephew, addressing patrons during the National Safe Schools Peace Day Concert at Nelson Mandela Park, Half way Tree, St. Andrew, on March 6.

Safe Schools Peace Day Concert Organisers Recognise CSJP III

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), greets United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, Dr. Elsie Laurence-Chounoune (right), during the International Women’s Day Breakfast on Friday (March 8) at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in New Kingston. Sharing in the moment is UNDP Gender Seal Project Manager, Cordia Chambers- Johnson. The event was hosted by the UNDP under the theme: ‘Breaking Through to Next-Level Gender Equality in the Jamaican Workplace’.

Two More National Women’s Shelters to be Established

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, announces the Revenue Measures for the financial year 2019/20, as he 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 Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Gov’t to Give up Over $14 Billion in Taxes

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

Tax Administration and Jamaica Customs to Improve Efficiencies

The principal revenue collection agencies, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) and Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), will be implementing strategies aimed at improving efficiencies during the new financial year. This is according to the Government’s 2019/20 Fiscal Policy Paper, which was recently tabled in the House of Representatives by Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. According to the...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), gets information from Nutrimix Technical Sales Representative, Samuel Jones (right), on the benefits of livestock feed, while on a tour of the Hague Agricultural Show, in Trelawny, on Wednesday, March 6.

7 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit to be Strengthened

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he will be reviewing the Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit (PLPU), to make it more effective in reducing farm thefts. Speaking to agricultural stakeholders at the 64th Hague Agricultural Show in Trelawny, on March 6, Mr. Shaw that if the PLPU needs beefing up, and if it needs more resources,...

Sub-officer in charge of Quality, Audit and Assurance, Polygraph Unit, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Sergeant Adrian Wellington.

7 years ago National Security

JCF’S Polygraph Unit Tests Over 650 Since 2017

More than 650 Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) members and applicants have undergone polygraph testing since 2017. The tests, conducted by the Polygraph Unit, fall under the Effective Policing Pillar of the Ministry of National Security’s Five-Pillar Crime Reduction Strategy, and is aimed at enhancing the police force as the foundation of a lawful and well-ordered society. Assistant Commissioner of Police...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), samples cocoa chips being promoted by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), at the 64th Hague Agricultural Show, in Trelawny, on Wednesday, March 6. At left is Home Economics and Social Service Officer of RADA, Trelawny Parish Office, Ingrid Barrett.

7 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Stronger Coastal Surveillance to Prevent Poaching

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says stronger methods of coastal surveillance will be implemented, to mitigate poaching in Jamaican waters and protect the island’s fisheries. This comes against the background of the 57 fishermen from the Dominican Republic who were intercepted and detained by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard on Saturday, March 2,...

Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Mr. Kitack Lim (left), is greeted by President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Fritz Pinnock (centre), when he visited the university, recently. Also pictured is Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Rear Admiral (ret.) Peter Brady. Mr. Lim was the guest of the MAJ for a series of meetings, including a High Level Symposium for Caribbean Transport Ministers on Maritime Affairs.

7 years ago Education

Head of IMO Commends Caribbean Maritime University

Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Mr. Kitack Lim, has commended the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), for developing its programmes in accordance with developments within the maritime industry. In an interview with JIS News during his recent tour of the institution, Mr. Lim noted that different areas of knowledge are being merged, and encouraged the IMO- certified university...

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

7 years ago National SecurityPrime Minister

Prime Minister says State will Act Decisively Within the Law to Protect Citizens

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is assuring the country that the State will act decisively within the law to ensure the protection of its citizens against crime and violence. Addressing the 125th anniversary fundraising banquet of the North Street Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, on March 5, Mr. Holness described as an “emergency”...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (seated, centre), affixes his signature to a Service Agreement between Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and Family Life Ministries (FLM), for a pilot foster care project. Waiting to sign are Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of FLM, Dr. Barry Davidson (seated left); and CEO of CPFSA, Rosalee Gage-Grey (seated right). Overseeing the process (in the background are FLM Board Members, Arnold Aiken; and Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan. The signing took place at the FLM’s Cecelio Avenue offices in St. Andrew on Tuesday (March 5).

7 years ago Youth

Gov’t to Embark on Pilot Foster Care Project

A pilot foster care project will be undertaken over the next year as the Government moves to place more children under State care in stable family settings. The pilot is part of a three-year programme between the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and Family Life Ministries (FLM). Under the initiative, dubbed ‘For the Child Foster Care Programme’, the...