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United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary-General, Zurab Pololikashvili addresses the Global Tourism Resilience Day Conference, held recently in Montego Bay.
United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary-General, Zurab Pololikashvili addresses the Global Tourism Resilience Day Conference, held recently in Montego Bay.

World Tourism Secretary-General Pledges to Help Strengthen Regional Sector

Secretary-General of United Nations Tourism, Zurab Pololikashvili, has pledged the organisation’s support to strengthen Caribbean tourism and ensure that the people of the region benefit from the sector, including in the area of job creation. “I promise all Jamaicans and...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (seated, second right), signs a $278-million contract for phase one of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Redevelopment Project at the hospital’s premises in St. Andrew, on February 20. He is joined by (seated from left) Managing Director, Dwight’s Construction, Benton Woodbine; Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; and Acting Chief Executive Officer, UHWI, Fitzgerald Mitchell. In the back row (from left) are Head of Neurosurgery and Medical Chief of Staff, UHWI, Dr. Carl Bruce;  Minister of Education and Youth and Member of Parliament, St. Andrew Eastern, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Chairman, UHWI, Patrick Hylton. During the ceremony ground was also broken for the project.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (seated, second right), signs a $278-million contract for phase one of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Redevelopment Project at the hospital’s premises in St. Andrew, on February 20. He is joined by (seated from left) Managing Director, Dwight’s Construction, Benton Woodbine; Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; and Acting Chief Executive Officer, UHWI, Fitzgerald Mitchell. In the back row (from left) are Head of Neurosurgery and Medical Chief of Staff, UHWI, Dr. Carl Bruce;  Minister of Education and Youth and Member of Parliament, St. Andrew Eastern, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Chairman, UHWI, Patrick Hylton. During the ceremony ground was also broken for the project.

Work to Begin Soon on Phase One of UHWI Redevelopment Project
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses Tuesday’s (February 20) contract signing and ground-breaking ceremony for phase one of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) redevelopment project in Mona, St. Andrew.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses Tuesday’s (February 20) contract signing and ground-breaking ceremony for phase one of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) redevelopment project in Mona, St. Andrew.

Gov’t Investments in Healthcare Ongoing – Prime Minister Holness
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, in discussion with British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Judith Slater, at the launch of the ‘Regional Climate Finance Programme: Small Island Developing States Capacity and Resilience (SIDAR) Programme for the Caribbean’, today (February 20), at the ROK Hotel in downtown Kingston.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, in discussion with British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Judith Slater, at the launch of the ‘Regional Climate Finance Programme: Small Island Developing States Capacity and Resilience (SIDAR) Programme for the Caribbean’, today (February 20), at the ROK Hotel in downtown Kingston.

Jamaica to Benefit From UK Investment in Climate Change Programmes in Caribbean
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, tours the showgrounds during the 67th staging of the Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show in Trelawny, on Ash Wednesday (February 14).
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, tours the showgrounds during the 67th staging of the Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show in Trelawny, on Ash Wednesday (February 14).

$20m Relief Fund Established to Assist Fishers Affected by Recent High-Rising Sea Waves

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Chief Executive Officer of the Real Estate Board, Phillip Chambers, says addition of the Client Facilitation Unit will also help to improve communication between the entity and real estate practitioners.
Housing

Real Estate Board Introduces Client Facilitation Unit

With the 2024/25 licensing and renewal period fast approaching, the Real Estate Board (REB) is introducing a new Client Facilitation Unit to improve ease of doing business with the entity. Chief Executive Officer, Phillip Chambers, says addition of the Unit in the Applications Department will also help to improve communication between the entity and real estate practitioners. He informed JIS...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on Thursday (February 15). At left is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.
CultureEducationTechnologyYouth

Work on First Steam School to Advance in 2024/25

Designs for the first Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) school are expected to be completed in the new financial year and the necessary approvals obtained for construction. These measures will be facilitated under Phase II of the Education System Transformation Programme, for which a sum of $300 million has been allocated in the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure, now...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on Thursday (February 15). At left is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.
CommerceIndustryInvestment

$717 Million to Strengthen Business Reforms

The Government will be spending $717 million on initiatives aimed at strengthening the business environment, to enhance private-sector investment. The funding is earmarked under the Jamaica Business Environment Reforms Project, which is being implemented by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) and the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ). As contained...
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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, delivers the keynote address at a consultation workshop to update the National Entrepreneurship Policy. The session was held at the AC Marriott Hotel in New Kingston, on Tuesday, February 20.
CommerceIndustryInvestment

MSME Representatives Engage in Consultation to Update National Entrepreneurship Policy

Representatives from the micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) sector convened at the AC Marriott Hotel in New Kingston on February 20 to actively engage in a consultation on updating the National Entrepreneurship Policy. The policy, which was first developed in 2013 and later revised in 2018, was designed to address issues facing Jamaica’s MSME sector. The revised policy was...
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Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College Research Officer and Research Day Coordinator, Kerry-Ann Kerr-Williams.
EducationNational SecurityYouth

Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College’s Research Day to Focus on Crime and Violence

Educators from four schools in St James that are greatly impacted by crime and violence will lead discussions on the issue during Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College’s Research Day on Wednesday, February 28. The theme for the panel discussion will be ‘The Impact of Crime on Education: The Western Jamaica Perspective’. The slated participants are the Principals of Cornwall College –...
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Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (third right), is surrounded by members of the David “Wagga” Hunt Foundation at the organisation’s 10th annual fundraising gala in Washington DC on February 17. They are (from left) Garth Pottinger, Loxley O’Connor, Lloyd Anderson, Chairman of the Foundation, Christopher Hunt, and Arnold “Dullo” McDonald.
Foreign Affairs

David “Wagga” Hunt Foundation Has Provided Over $31 Million in Scholarships

Over the past 15 years, the Washington-based David “Wagga” Hunt Foundation has disbursed some 46 scholarships valuing over J$31million to students at Calabar High School and Kingston College (KC). The achievement was lauded by Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, at the Foundation’s 10th annual fundraising gala held in Washington DC on February 17. “I commend...
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