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President of the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Shullette Cox (second right), shares a photo opportunity with (from left) Interim Vice President, Export Division, JAMPRO, Shane Angus; Manager, Exporter Facilitation, JAMPRO, Delaine Morgan; and Manager at EXIM Bank of Jamaica, Errol Barnaby. Occasion was the recent Exporter Information Session at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston.  
President of the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Shullette Cox (second right), shares a photo opportunity with (from left) Interim Vice President, Export Division, JAMPRO, Shane Angus; Manager, Exporter Facilitation, JAMPRO, Delaine Morgan; and Manager at EXIM Bank of Jamaica, Errol Barnaby. Occasion was the recent Exporter Information Session at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston.  

JAMPRO Redesigning ‘Export Max’ Programme

Exporters and export-ready firms are being encouraged to take advantage of the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) Enterprise Developmental Export Growth (EXPORT MAX) programme, which is being redesigned to provide more targeted assistance. Speaking at a recent ‘Exporter Information Session’ at...
Information Service Division Manager of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Elijah Green.
Information Service Division Manager of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Elijah Green.

SRC Recruiting More STEM Ambassadors
Edwin Allen High School Head Girl, Monique Stewart (left), assists past student, Everton Roache (right) to light a candle, during the school’s 60th anniversary thanksgiving service held at the institution in Clarendon on Sunday (January 21). 
Edwin Allen High School Head Girl, Monique Stewart (left), assists past student, Everton Roache (right) to light a candle, during the school’s 60th anniversary thanksgiving service held at the institution in Clarendon on Sunday (January 21). 

PHOTOS: Edwin Allen High School’s 60th Anniversary Service
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

Minister Bartlett Travels to Spain for FITUR – LATAM’s Leading Tourism Trade Fair
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Hollness (right), points to a section of the recently paved Moreland community road in St. Catherine North Eastern while touring the thoroughfare on January 18.  With the Prime Minister is Member of Parliament for the area, Kerensia Morrison.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Hollness (right), points to a section of the recently paved Moreland community road in St. Catherine North Eastern while touring the thoroughfare on January 18.  With the Prime Minister is Member of Parliament for the area, Kerensia Morrison.

Community Road Repaired in St. Catherine North Eastern

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Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay.
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OIC Registration Fee Will Be Reasonable – Information Commissioner

The fee for registering with the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) is yet to be decided, says Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay. In an interview with JIS News, Ms. Barclay advised that the registration fee is to be confirmed by the regulations that will be issued pursuant to the Data Protection Act, 2020. “In looking at issuing the drafting instructions...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon Fayval Williams, addresses the Transforming Education for National Development (TREND) School Pop-up series at Anchovy High School in St. James on Friday (January 19).
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Education Ministry Ensuring Students Are Future-Ready

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Ministry is committed to implementing measures to equip students with “future-ready” skills. “As we move forward, we want our schools to be equipped with technology, so that you, our students, have full exposure to what is there, because none of us… can say with any great certainty what jobs will...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pinnacle development in Montego Bay, St. James on Saturday (January 20).
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PM Breaks Ground for Pinnacle Development

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, officially broke ground for the Pinnacle residential development in Montego Bay, St. James on Saturday (January 20). Being spearheaded by LCH Developments, the project entails the construction of four 28-storey apartment blocks in the Reading area of the second city over the next four years. The private Pinnacle community will sit on its...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), looks on as Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second right), cuts the ribbon to hand over a new housing unit to Carlton Kent (centre) in Chambers Pen, Hanover on Friday (January 20). Sharing the moment are Member of Parliament for Hanover Western, Tamika Davis (left); and Councillor for the Riverside Division, Daren Barnes.
Housing

Two Hanover Residents Receive Indigent Housing

Two Hanover residents are the proud beneficiaries of new housing units under the Government's Indigent Housing Programme. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, handed over the keys to 82-year-old Kathrine Miller and 60-year-old Carlton Kent in Chambers Pen on Friday (January 19). Ms. Miller received a $10 million...
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