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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. (FILE).

Informal Settlements to be Regularised

Residents of four informal settlements in St. Catherine and St. Andrew are to benefit from regularisation of their housing developments. The Government will be upgrading these properties at an estimated cost of $12.5 million. This follows Cabinet’s approval of the...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (centre), speaks during the agency’s quarterly press briefing held on Wednesday (February 22), at the agency’s Oxford Road offices in St. Andrew. Others pictured are: Director for Economic Planning and Research at the PIOJ, James Stewart (left), and Programme Director for Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat, at the agency, Elizabeth Emanuel (right).

PIOJ Projects Growth Of 3 Per Cent for 2017/18

Activities for IWD will be observed under the theme ‘Unite to End Gender-based Violence,’ and involve collaboration with faith-based organisations and non-governmental organisations to facilitate community engagements and church services.

Int’l Women’s Day to Focus on Gender-Based Violence

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses a press conference at the Ministry in St. Andrew on Wednesday (February 22).

Minister Samuda Explains Revocation of Agricultural Credit Board

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (right), speaks with Senior Manager, Learning, Development and Culture at the Jamaica National (JN) Group, Dr. Renée Rattray and Mathematics and Science Professor at Columbia University, Christopher Emdin. They were at the launch of the ‘Science Genius Jamaica’ education project at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on February 22.

JN Project to Use Dancehall in Teaching Maths and Science

Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, addressing journalists during a quarterly media briefing. (File photo).

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

BOJ Reports 14.8 Per Cent Increase in Credit to Private Sector

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is reporting that commercial bank credit to the private sector grew by 14.8 per cent as at December 2016. BOJ Governor, Brian Wynter, said that this is higher than for the corresponding period in 2015, when credit to the sector went up by 9.5 per cent. He said in real terms, loans grew by 12.8...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), in conversation with (from left), President of the Caribbean Congress of Labour, Jennifer Isaacs-Dotson; and President of the Caribbean Employers’ Confederation, Wayne Chen, during the opening ceremony for the Caribbean Future of Work Forum, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on February 22.

9 years ago Labour

Reform of Labour Market in Progress

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, has outlined steps being taken by the Government to reform the labour market in Jamaica. Addressing the opening of the Caribbean Future of Work Forum, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on February 22, the Minister cited establishment of the Labour Market Reform Commission in 2015 to ensure that...

Executive Director of Food For The Poor (FFP), David Mair (left), symbolically presents a cricket bat to Executive Director of the Social Development Commission (SDC), Dr. Dwayne Vernon. Occasion was a ceremony at the charity’s Ellerslie Pen headquarters in St. Catherine on Tuesday (February 21), where sports gear, valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars, was handed over for the SDC’s 20/20 Community Cricket Competition.

9 years ago Local Government

FFP Donates Gear for SDC 20/20 Cricket Competition

Food For The Poor (FFP) has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of sports gear to the Social Development Commission (SDC) to boost the agency’s community cricket programme. The items include 105 bats, 150 stumps and bails, 17 balls, and six pairs of specialist gloves and pads. Executive Director of FFP, David Mair, handed over the items to Executive...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. JC Hutchinson (centre), and Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson, listen to farmer Gary McLean, during a tour of the Yallahs Agro Park in St. Thomas on February 14.

9 years ago Agriculture

PIOJ Reports 16 Per Cent Growth in Agriculture

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting growth of 16 per cent in the agriculture sector for the October to December 2016 quarter, with a significant increase in the output of domestic crops. Director General of the PIOJ, Dr. Wayne Henry, in revealing the figures at the quarterly press briefing held at the agency’s Oxford Road offices on February...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

9 years ago Agriculture

Work to Begin Soon on Ocho Rios Fishing Village

Phase II of the redevelopment project for the Ocho Rios Fishing Village in St. Ann is to get under way soon. This follows Cabinet’s approval of a $163.6-million contract to M & M Jamaica Limited to undertake the works. Details on the project were provided by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, at a post-Cabinet...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addresses a recent meeting of the Kiwanis Club of North. St. Andrew, at the Police Officers’ Club, on Hope Road in St. Andrew.

9 years ago Justice

Police Encouraged to Use Preventative Detention

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is encouraging members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to utilise preventative detention as a means to reduce the likelihood of a crime being committed. Mr. Chuck’s encouragement follows the announcement by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness and Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, on February 8, for the use of preventative detention...

9 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

1.3 Per Cent Growth for October to December

The Jamaican economy remained on the growth path, expanding by 1.3 per cent during the October to December 2016 quarter, comparative to the same period of 2015. Director General at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, made the disclosure while addressing the quarterly press briefing held yesterday (February 22), at the agency’s Oxford Road offices in St....