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Minister Montague Outlines Plans to Transform Public Transport Sector

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, has outlined proposals to transform the public transportation sector and reform the operations of the Transport Authority. The Minister, who was making his contribution to the 2018/19 Sectoral Debate in the House...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (fourth left), participates in the breaking of ground for construction of the new $56-million Port Maria Market in St. Mary on Wednesday (May 30). Others from left are Butcher, Angela Murphy; Chief Executive Officer at Dutch Construction Limited, Andrew Smith; Member of Parliament for Central St. Mary, Dr. Morais Guy; Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary; Custos of St. Mary, Hon. Errol Johnson; and Coincillor for the Potrt Maria Division, Germaine Smiley.

Gov’t to Spend $400 Million to Build and Upgrade Markets

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (centre), in discussion with Programme Manager, Energy Management and Efficiency Programme (EMEP), Derian Jackson (right), during a stakeholders workshop at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) auditorium in New Kingston on Wednesday (May 30). Looking on is PCJ Group General Manager, Winston Watson.

Gov’t Poised for Significant Savings under US$40m Energy Programme

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), converses with (from left) NCB Insurance Company Limited (NCBIC) executives, Business Development Manager, Desmond Johnson, and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Vernon James; and Jamaica Information Service Director for Human Resources, Bernita Locke, during NCBIC’s pension funds seminar at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Tuesday (May 29). Mrs. Williams was the keynote speaker. The seminar was held under the theme ‘Governance for Pension Funds: A Jamaican Perspective’.

Private Pensions Industry Can Drive Higher Levels of Growth – Minister Williams

Manager of the Student Assessment Unit in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Terry-Ann Thomas Gayle, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank .

PEP Preparations on Track

8 years ago Sectoral Debate 2018/2019Transport

2018\19 Sectoral Presentation by Hon. Robert Montague

Mr. Speaker thank you. Firstly, let me give thanks to the Almighty as it is through the sacrifice of His only begotten son, that we received the Comforter, who sustains us daily. It is not by our deeds we are here but by his grace. Let me also thank the Prime Minister for continued confidence in me. Mr. Speaker let...

Senior Advisor to the State Minister for Education, Hon. Floyd Green, Mrs. Brittany Singh-Williams (left), shows reading content to students (from left): Rayshawn Davis, St. Barnabas Basic; Dijanae Philbert, Mission House; and Kemoya Kelly, Faith Temple Pentecostal Basic, at a ceremony where Carlong Publishers (Caribbean) Limited handed over books to basic schools at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library, Tom Redcam Drive in Kingston, on May 29. Standing (from left) are Director for Sector Support for the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Norda Seymour-Hall, and Chief Executive Officer for Carlong Publishers (Caribbean) Limited, Lorna Allen.

8 years ago Education

Basic Schools Receive Books from Carlong Publishers

Carlong Publishers (Caribbean) Limited has donated 2,500 textbooks and general readers to 50 basic schools across the island to promote literacy at the early-childhood level. Twenty-five of the schools from Regions one, two and six received books today (May 29) at a ceremony held at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library on Tom Redcam Drive in Kingston. On Thursday...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), listens keenly to Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on May 29.

8 years ago Energy

Progress Being Made in Expansion of Petrojam

A technical team comprised of members from the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) and Petrojam are meeting with engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors for the expansion of the State-owned Refinery, Petrojam. Providing an update on the status of the expansion process in the House of Representatives on May 29, Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley,...

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

Government to Proceed With Phase Two Reforms of Pensions Act This Year

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government plans to proceed with phase two reforms to the Pensions Act and the attendant regulations, during the 2018/19 fiscal year. She made the announcement while addressing NCB Insurance Company Limited’s pension funds seminar, which was held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, makes a point during his contribution to the 2018/19 Sectoral debate in the House of Representatives on May 29. In the background is Member of Parliament for Eastern Hanover, Dave Brown.

8 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Government Developing Crop Loss and Farm Insurance Programme

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says the Government is in the process of developing a crop loss and farm insurance programme. Making his Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on May 29, Mr. Hutchinson noted that a concept document outlining the mechanism for the off-budget financing of the...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (left), speaks with (from second left), Chief Executive Officer, Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency, Andrew Wynter; Commissioner of Customs, Velma Ricketts Walker and Chief Immigration Officer, Barbados, Wayne Marshall, at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chiefs of Immigration and Comptrollers of Customs Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (May 29).

8 years ago National Security and Peace

Members of CARICOM Must Collaborate More to Fight Crime – Spencer

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has called on members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to collaborate more in the fight against corruption at ports in the region. Addressing the CARICOM Chiefs of Immigration and Comptrollers of Customs Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (May 29), Mr. Spencer said...

8 years ago JusticeSectoral Debate 2018/2019

DPP Offices to be Renovated

Major renovation will take place this fiscal year at the offices of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). This was disclosed by Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, during his contribution to the 2018/19 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, recently. “The present offices that they have, when I walked through them, they are congested and decaying. Therefore, during...