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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses today's (October 19) sitting of the Senate. At left is Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

Senate Approves Extension of State of Public Emergency in St. James

The Senate on Friday (October 19) approved the Emergency Powers (Continuance) (No.4) Resolution 2018, which will extend the State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the parish of St. James until January 31, 2019. Seventeen members of the Senate voted in...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third left); and Head of the Push Start Foundation, Beverly Nichols (fourth left), participate in the breaking of ground for the US$-million expansion and upgade of the Chapelton Community Hospital in Clarendon on Thursday (October 18). Others (from left) are: State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.; Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Winston Maragh; Member of Parliament for North Central Clarendon, Hon. Pearnel Charles Sr.; and Chairman of the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Wayne Chen.

Chapelton Hospital to Be Upgraded

Foreign Minister Hails Signing of Agreement to Build Children’s Hospital

Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace, addresses stakeholders at the Salem Beach ground-breaking ceremony in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, on October 17. The beach will be upgraded.

Salem Beach in St. Ann to be upgraded

President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Howard Mitchell (left), is given a tour of the Teleperformance Jamaica facility by Vice President of Operations, Jake Becker (second left). They are accompanied by President of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Gloria Henry (second right); and Chairman and CEO of Itel BPO, Yoni Epstein (right). Mr. Mitchell toured business process outsourcing (BPO) facilities in Montego Bay, St. James on Thursday (October 18).

PSOJ Supports Plastic, Polystyrene Ban

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Trelawny Emerging As Major Tourism Player

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the parish of Trelawny is moving to take its place as a key player in the tourism sector. The parish has attracted some major hotel developments in recent years, and Mr. Bartlett said that in the pipeline are some 6,000 additional rooms along the corridor from Rio Bueno to Falmouth. “The fact is...

8 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaica Receives US$36 Million from China to Build Western Children’s Hospital

The Government has received approximately US$36.16 million (250 million RMB Yuan) from the Government of the People’s Republic of China to construct the Western Children’s Hospital in St. James and undertake other projects to be agreed on by both countries. The 220-bed facility, which will be the first such in Jamaica and the Caribbean, will be built on the compound...

8 years ago CommunityCultureDevelopmentForeign AffairsInformation

Prime Minister Wants Spanish to Be Second Language

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says it is of strategic importance that the appropriate programmes be put in place, making Spanish a second language in Jamaica. Delivering the keynote address at the official opening of the Excellence Oyster Bay Hotel in Trelawny on October 18, Mr. Holness said there are so many Spanish investments in Jamaica, that “bilateral...

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Prime Minister Says Jamaica Could Attract Six Million Visitors in a Single Year

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says given Jamaica’s favourable macroeconomic conditions, it is no longer far fetched to believe that Jamaica could attract some six million visitors in a single year. Giving the keynote address at the official opening of the Excellence Oyster Bay Hotel in Trelawny on October 18, the Prime Minister said he has been watching...

Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) Co-Chairman, Keith Duncan, addressing journalists during EPOC’s quarterly media briefing at Jamaica Money Market Brokers Limited’s corporate offices in St. Andrew on Wednesday (October 17).

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

EPOC Expects Growth Momentum to Continue

Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) Co-Chairman, Keith Duncan, said members are optimistic that the economic growth momentum will be sustained. Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) data indicate that the economy grew by 2.2 per cent during the April to June quarter. “As growth levels continue to rise quarter over quarter, we are hopeful that with an accommodative monetary policy enabling...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addresses a Justice of the Peace (JP) training session held at the Wembley Centre of Excellence in Hayes, Clarendon, on Thursday (October 18).

8 years ago Justice

Motorists May Soon be Required to Clear Traffic Tickets Before Renewing Driver’s Licence

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, has warned that delinquent drivers may soon be required to clear outstanding traffic tickets before they are able to renew their driver’s licence. “The system is not working, and we have to find an alternative way, and we are going to find it, because all those tickets have to be paid,” he said. “...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice and Chairman of the National Task Force Against Trafficking In Persons (NATFATIP), Carol Palmer, CD.

8 years ago Justice

Permanent Secretary Carol Palmer Receives Pinnacle Award

Serving for 13 years in the Ministry of Justice and over a decade dedicated to the fight against human trafficking, Permanent Secretary, Carol Ann Palmer, CD, epitomises the creed, ‘service above self’. Her receipt of the ‘Pinnacle Award’, given by the US Embassy’s Stakeholder Appreciation and Recognition Awards (SARA) Committee on September 28, highlights not only her selflessness but her...