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Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. addresses the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Social Good Summit at the University of Technology campus on Old Hope Road in St. Andrew on September 28. The Social Good Summit, a flagship annual global event of the UNDP, examines the impact of technology and new media on social good initiatives around the world.

Technology Will Be Utilised in Creating Safer Society – Charles Jr.

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. says the Government will continue to utilise technological solutions as a key component in creating a safer society. Mr. Charles was speaking at the opening...

Secretary/Treasurer, Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Peter Bangerter (left); Executive Director, Deborah Chen; and Special Advisor to the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Allie McNab, having a light conversation at the launch of the Proven Run for Your Heart lapathon and fun day on September 27 at Emancipation Park, in Kingston.

Foundation Stages Event to Promote Heart Health

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (fifth left), assists Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith (centre), to cut the ribbon to open Chukka Good Hope Adventure Park in Good Hope, Trelawny on September 26. Others (from left) are Blaise Hart; Alexander Melville; Chukka's Marc Melville; Danny Melville Snr., and the company's Chief Executive Officer, John Byles.

Chang Says Government Supports Quality Attractions

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, addresses members of the diaspora at a town hall meeting hosted by the Embassy of Jamaica at the National Women’s Democratic Club in Washington DC, on Tuesday (September 26). Listening are Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks and Jamaica’s representative to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Arthur Williams.

Members of the Diaspora Urged to Use GOJ Portal

Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr. Fritz Pinnock, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, recently.

Head of CMI Awarded CD for Contribution to Education

Communications Officer at Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), Leighton Beckles.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Some Tax Offices Open this Saturday

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) will be facilitating business this Saturday (September 30), with the opening of select offices islandwide. The locations include Spanish Town, Constant Spring, May Pen, Mandeville, St. Ann’s Bay, Savanna-la-Mar and Montego Bay, and they will operate from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Portmore tax office will also be open; however, it will not close until...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses Tuesday’s (September 20) sitting of the House of Representatives.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Additional Money for Disaster Mitigation

The Government is to provide additional funds for disaster mitigation in the 2017/18 Supplementary Budget, which Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says is slated to be tabled in the House of Representatives shortly. This, he says, is necessary, as the initial $491 million allocated in the 2017/18 Estimates of Expenditure has been exhausted, consequent on adverse...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (4th left), holds an artist’s impression of the Integrated Technology Park dubbed ‘58HWT’, at the ground-breaking ceremony at 58 Half-Way Tree Road in Kingston on September 28. Others (from left) are Mayor of Kingston and St. Andrew, Senator, Councillor Delroy Williams; Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. Hon. Fayval Williams; Chairman of the Musson Group, Paul Scott; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Stanley Motta, Melanie Subratie; and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda.

9 years ago Prime Minister

Prime Minister Breaks Ground for Technology Park

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness yesterday (September 28), broke ground for a technology park that will have the largest business process outsourcing (BPO) facility in the English-speaking Caribbean, providing 3,300 call-centre seats and more than 5,000 permanent jobs. The investment is worth more than US$30 million and will result in the development of an integrated technology park, dubbed...

Pieces of work by participants in the Furniture Fair scheduled for Saturday, September 30, at Emancipation Park.

9 years ago Local Government

SDC to Showcase Downtown Manufacturers

The Social Development Commission (SDC) will be hosting its inaugural Downtown Home and Furnishing Fair on September 30, to showcase furniture makers and artisans from the downtown Kingston area. The fair, which is being held in collaboration with the National Housing Trust (NHT), the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), HEART Trust/NTA and private-sector entities, is slated to begin at 2:00...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), and Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa Etienne, about to sign a cooperation strategy agreement on Tuesday, September 26 at PAHO’s headquarters, in Washington DC.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaica and PAHO Sign Cooperation Agreement

Jamaica and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have signed a five-year country cooperation strategy agreement. The agreement was signed on September 26 by Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton and the Director of PAHO, Dr. Carissa Etienne, at PAHO Headquarters in Washington DC. The agreement will see Jamaica benefiting from technical cooperation in health for the next...

The first group of 250 recruits to benefit from military, vocational and life skills training over a one-year period under the National Service Corps (NSC) Programme. (FILE)

9 years ago Prime Minister

250 More Young Persons to be Recruited Under JNSC

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that come November, an additional 250 young people will be recruited by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) under the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC). He said the new recruits will represent the second cohort drafted under the JNSC, which is the JDF’s new intake mechanism, following an initial 234 young people who...

Deputy Director General at the Office of Utilities Regulations (OUR), Hopeton Heron, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ on September 27. Mr. Heron spoke of the topics to be addressed at the upcoming Natural Gas Conference being staged by the OUR and the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) from October 4-6 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston.

9 years ago Technology

Inaugural Natural Gas Conference Oct. 4-6

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) and the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) will be hosting Jamaica’s inaugural Natural Gas Conference from October 4 to 6. The conference, themed ‘New Horizons: The Development of a Natural Gas Sector in Jamaica – Prospects and Challenges’, will be held at The Jamaica Pegasus in Kingston. Deputy Director General at the OUR, Hopeton...