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General Manager, Caribbean Country Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones (second right), addresses public forum at the University of the West Indies (UWI), staged by its Department of Economics and the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) on April 12. Listening (from right) are Head, Department of Economics, UWI, Professor David Tennant (right); Director General, PIOJ, Dr. Wayne Henry; and Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, UWI, Professor Claremont Kirton.

IDB Official Wants to See More Investment in Robotics Technology

General Manager, Caribbean Country Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones, says more economic growth can be achieved if members of the private sector invest more in robotics technology for their operations. Speaking at a forum on the ‘Findings of...

Project Manager, JamaicaEye, Major Sheldon Bryan, highlighting aspects of the initiative, during the launch of the national closed-circuit television (CCTV) system at the National Indoor Sports Complex in St. Andrew on March 14.

CCTV Surveillance Programme Gets Private Sector Support

Environment and Project Officer at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Stacey-Anne Preston highlights plans for the development of a National Risk Information Platform (NRIP), at a JIS Think Tank session.

JSIF Spearheads National Risk Information Platform

Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (centre), and Duty Officer at the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home, O’Neil Reid (left), listen as Managing Director, Perishables Jamaica Limited, Norman Wright, outlines details about his company’s products. The occasion was the JIS’s annual Easter Sports Day visit to the Home in Walderston, Manchester on April 7.

Mount Olivet Boys’ Home Embarking on Herbal Teas Project

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

Jamaica Condemns the Killing of Journalists in Ecuador

Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, addressing the opening ceremony for the 8th annual Caribbean Conference on Sport Sciences at the University of Technology (UTech) Old Hope Road campus in St. Andrew on April 13, where he represented Portfolio Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange.

8 years ago Sport

Government Facilitating Access to Sport for All

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has reiterated the Government’s commitment to make sport accessible to all. This, she says, is one of the key objectives of the National Sport Policy, which aims to ensure that Jamaicans are healthier. “We embrace the concept of sport for all, as it promotes the health and social benefits to...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), tries to outdo senior citizen Gwendolyn Morgan from the Comprehensive Health Centre’s exercise group, at Jamaica Moves’ first anniversary celebration held at Emancipation Park on Friday (April 13).

8 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaica Moves Celebrates First Anniversary

In celebration of Jamaica Moves’ first anniversary, the Ministry of Health staged an all-day exercise and wellness event at Emancipation Park on Friday (April 13), with activities for fitness enthusiasts and other persons living in Kingston and St. Andrew. There were work out and consultation sessions, physiotherapy, health screenings and dental checkups, all free of cost. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the...

8 years ago JusticeSocial Security

Jamaica Committed to Cooperating with International Partners to Combat Corruption

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reaffirmed Jamaica’s commitment to combatting corruption. Speaking at the eighth Summit of the Americas underway in Lima Peru, Mr. Holness said Jamaica will also continue to partner with international stakeholders to battle corruption. “Jamaica remains committed to cooperating with international bodies and other Member States to combat corruption in the forms of bribery, international graft,...

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica and Chile to Deepen Cooperation in Several Areas

Jamaica and the Republic of Chile are close to signing an air services agreement. Prime Minister Andrew Holness and President of the Republic of Chile, His Excellency Sebastian Pinera held bilateral talks this morning (April 14) in Lima Peru. The leaders spoke of the need for ease of travel between the two countries and agreed to follow up on the...

Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre), and Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry (right), converse with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell, during the 10th PIOJ/Inter-American Development Bank Labour Market Forum, which was held recently at the Terra Nova Hotel, St. Andrew.

8 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Govt Creating Environment to Grow BPO Investment

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell, says the Government is creating the supportive environment to increase business process outsourcing (BPO) investment, through the build-out of office space and providing access to training and incubator services. Mrs. Sewell, who was speaking at a recent Labour Market Forum at the Terra Nova Hotel in St....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing the third Chief Executive Officers (CEO) Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru, on April 13.

8 years ago Prime Minister

Government Focused on Boosting Public-Private Partnerships

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government remains focused on building greater public-private partnerships (PPP) as it works to achieve economic growth. “PPPs have emerged as an important commercial modality to secure economic growth. The mutual benefit that public-private partnerships offer is of great value,” he said. The Prime Minister was speaking at the Third Chief Executive...

National Irrigation Commission (NIC) Chairman, Senator Aubyn Hill, addressing an NIC customer appreciation day function at the Braco irrigation district office in Trelawny on April 11.

8 years ago Agriculture

Jamaica Can Benefit from Reduced Food Imports – Senator Hill

National Irrigation Commission (NIC) Chairman, Senator Aubyn Hill, says the agriculture sector stands to benefit significantly from a reduction in Jamaica’s food imports bill, which averages approximately US$850 million. Addressing an NIC customer appreciation day function at the Braco irrigation district office in Trelawny on April 11, he argued that any percentage of savings that can be realised, “we could...