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Captions for Pic 1/Pic 2: Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers carry out Vehicle Check Point (VCP) operations in St. James on January 26.
Captions for Pic 1/Pic 2: Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers carry out Vehicle Check Point (VCP) operations in St. James on January 26.

Security Minister Satisfied With Impact of State of Public Emergency

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, says he is highly satisfied so far, with the impact the State of Public Emergency has been having in curtailing crime and violence in the parish of St. James. He noted that he...
President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Fitz Pinnock (left), Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency, NIU Qingbao (3rd left) and Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean (3rd right), pose with scholarship awardees following a presentation ceremony held at the CMU, Palisadoes campus on January 26. The recipients are from (2nd left): Nakalia Thompson, Shannon McCalla, Nailah Steele, Winston Chambers, and Courtney Johnson.
President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Fitz Pinnock (left), Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency, NIU Qingbao (3rd left) and Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean (3rd right), pose with scholarship awardees following a presentation ceremony held at the CMU, Palisadoes campus on January 26. The recipients are from (2nd left): Nakalia Thompson, Shannon McCalla, Nailah Steele, Winston Chambers, and Courtney Johnson.

Students of CMU Receive Scholarships
Students Learn about Reparations during Youth Baton Relays
Students Learn about Reparations during Youth Baton Relays

Students Learn about Reparations during Youth Baton Relays
Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority, Nari Williams-Singh (right) is presented with a token of appreciation by President of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew North, Andrew Jackson, following an address to the club on the ongoing upgrades of the country’s Air Navigation systems.
Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority, Nari Williams-Singh (right) is presented with a token of appreciation by President of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew North, Andrew Jackson, following an address to the club on the ongoing upgrades of the country’s Air Navigation systems.

JCAA Completes Transfer of Air Traffic Control Operations
Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre) speaks with Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Colin Gager (right) during a tour of Falmouth, Trelawny on January 26. At left is Commissioner of Police, George Quallo and in the background is Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Dr. the Hon. Horace Chang.
Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre) speaks with Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Colin Gager (right) during a tour of Falmouth, Trelawny on January 26. At left is Commissioner of Police, George Quallo and in the background is Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Dr. the Hon. Horace Chang.

Gov’t to Place Focus on Falmouth

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Economic Growth Council (EGC) Member, Adam Stewart (left), addresses journalists during the EGC’s fourth quarterly report at Jamaica House on January 24. Other members (from 2nd left) are: Paula Kerr-Jarrett; Hugh Hart; Chairman, Michael Lee-Chin; Executive Director, Senator Aubyn Hill; and Pat Ramsay.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Economic Growth Council to Focus on Implementation

Economic Growth Council (EGC) member, Adam Stewart, says the focus of the entity’s work in supporting the Government in 2018 will be on implementation. Noting that the emphasis over the last two years has been on developing the drivers pivotal to achieving fiscal consolidation and ultimately higher levels of economic growth, Mr. Stewart said “we have set the table” in that...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), unveils a picture of the Total Logistics Facility (TLF) at the official opening at 195 Second Street in Kingston on January 25. Looking on from (left) are Chairman of Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL) Jeffery Hall; KWL Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Grantley Stephenson; and Bishop of Kingston, Rt. Rev. Dr. Robert Thompson.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentPrime Minister

PM Signals Support for Orderly Port Community

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has given full support of plans by Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL) in the creation of a safe and orderly port community. “The Government supports and endorses your idea, mission and vision… and we will support you with the regulations and legislation necessary to ensure that it happens,” he assured.  The Prime Minister was...
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Acting Senior Director of Policy and Research at the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Robinson (second right), addressing the ParlAmericas Inter-Parliamentary workshop at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on January 25. Others (from right) are Dean, Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Rose-Marie Antoine; Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board, Canada, Joyce Murray; and Regional Project Director for the IMPACT justice programme, Velma Newton.
Gender Affairs

Sexual Harassment Bill Modified to Reflect Current Realities

Acting Senior Director of Policy and Research at the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Robinson, says the sexual harassment Bill has been modified to reflect current realities.  “We have had an opportunity... to look at whether or not the coverage was adequate or was there anything that we missed. There are some other things that we did not have in the first...
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St. James Justice of the Peace (JP) and veteran mediator, Courtney Hume, holds aloft the training manual for JPs, which outlines their roles and responsibilities in ensuring the rights of citizens.
Justice

Justices of the Peace Play Important Role Under State of Emergency

The more than 700 justices of the peace (JPs) in St. James have a key role to play in ensuring that the rights of citizens are upheld, as required by law, during the State of Public Emergency currently under way in the parish. “Generally speaking, a justice of the peace is there to maintain and to keep the peace,” JP...
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National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague.
National Security and Peace

JamaicaEye to Come on Stream in February

JamaicaEye, a network of all the Government and some 300 privately owned closed-circuit television (CCTV) feeds, is to come on stream in February 2018. This was disclosed by National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, at the Jamaica Stock Exchange Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on January 25. “We already have 21...
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness. (FILE)
Prime Minister

Logistics Set to Grow Even Greater – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has commended investors for their role in contributing to the transformation of the island’s logistics sector. Speaking at the opening of the island’s newest facility, the Kingston Wharves Total Logistics Facility on Thursday (January 25), Prime Minister Holness said the company is enabling a positive metamorphosis that is well needed. “The demand is there but the...
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Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry, addresses a workshop on the Updated Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) and Entrepreneurship Policy at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on Thursday (January 25).
AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Updated MSME and Entrepreneurship Policy Presented to Stakeholders

Stakeholders in the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) sector got an opportunity to review the Updated MSME and Entrepreneurship Policy and offer their suggestions, comments and recommendations before it returns to Cabinet. This was at a workshop hosted by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on Thursday (January 25)....
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