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Prime Minister Andrew Holness (centre) breaks ground for the development of BPO space at the Portmore Informatics Park in St Catherine. He is joined by (from left): President and CEO of the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), Professor Gordon Shirley; Minister with Responsibility for Water, Works and Housing, Dr Horace Chang; PAJ Chairman, Ambassador Nigel Clarke; and Portmore Mayor, His Worship Leon Thomas.

$4 Billion Investment in New BPO Facility to Create 4,500 Jobs

The Government is on track to create 200,000 jobs within the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector. Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Thursday (February 16) broke ground for another major investment in the sector at the Portmore Informatics Park in St....

Acting Commissioner of Police (ACP), Novelette Grant (left), emphasises a point as she addresses the launch of the Jamaica Employers’ Federation’s (JEF) 35th annual business and workplace convention and expo 2017, at the Terra Nova Hotel on Thursday (February 16). Looking on is Chief Executive Officer, JEF, Brenda Cuthbert.

Employers Urged to Get Involved in Schools

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Prime Minister Breaks Ground for $132 Million Sewerage Project in Bay Farm Villa

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Chris Tufton, addresses the opening ceremony of the 53rd national convention of the Jamaica Dental Association (JDA), held on February 17 at the Hilton Rose Hall resort in Montego Bay, St. James.

Health Ministry to Intensify Dental Sealant Programme

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (left), looks on as Conrad Brown (right), explains the features of his light-emitting diode (LED) street lamp innovation, at the Science in the Gardens event held at the Hope Botanical Gardens, St. Andrew on February 16. Mr. Brown was the winner in the Energy category at the 2016 National Innovation Awards. Also looking on are students from the Minister’s alma mater St. Jago High School in St. Catherine, as well as students from Saints Peter and Paul Preparatory, St. Andrew.

Private Sector Urged to Invest in Research and Development

In this file photo, Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), is in discussion with Chairman, Jamaica Society for the Blind, Daemion McLean, at a World Sight Day health fair held at the Jamaica Society for the Blind’s Old Hope Road offices in St. Andrew last year.

9 years ago Budget 2017/2018Social Security

More Help for Persons with Disabilities

Persons with disabilities across the island are to continue benefitting from major interventions under the Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) project, following an allocation of $130 million in the 2017/18 Estimates of Expenditure. It aims to increase the employability and skills development of persons with disabilities (ages 18 to 36 years); and improve the service delivery...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. (FILE)

9 years ago Tourism

Major Increase in Hotel Rooms

There has been a major increase in hotel rooms over the past decade with the establishment, rebranding and expansion of several properties. “Investment in tourism in Jamaica has grown significantly over the last 20 years and certainly in the last ten years we have had well in excess of US$1 billion of investment in new and refurbished hotels,” Tourism Minister,...

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

9 years ago Education

Education Minister Welcomes Social Enterprise Study

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is welcoming the launch of a social enterprise study, which sheds light on how such activities enable students to develop core skills to transition from school to the workplace. The study, commissioned by the British Council, was conducted within secondary schools across the island, in partnership with the Jamaica National...

Equipment handed over to the Mandeville Regional Hospital, in June last year, under the Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC).

9 years ago Health & Wellness

PROMAC Project Allocated $589 Million

The Government has allocated $589.86 million towards the Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC) in Jamaica Project. This is outlined in the 2017-18 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. One of the objectives of the project is to provide support to Jamaica in attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of reducing child mortality...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), and Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Ning Jizhe (right), affix their signatures to a Framework Agreement which will see both countries collaborating on various production capacity and investment projects in a number of critical areas. Overseeing the process is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry. The signing took place during a ceremony at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices yesterday (February 16).

9 years ago Commerce

Jamaica to Benefit from Framework Agreement with China

Jamaica is to benefit from increased investments in infrastructural development and other critical areas, following the signing of an agreement with the People’s Republic of China. Through a Framework Agreement, both Governments will be collaborating on various production capacity and investment projects in the areas of construction and infrastructure, cement manufacturing, resource processing, equipment manufacturing and light industry. Minister of...

Some of the 27 new buses that were handed over to the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) in 2016, during a ceremony at its corporate office in Twickenham Park, Spanish Town.

9 years ago Budget 2017/2018Transport

$1.3 Billion to Buy Spare Parts for JUTC

The Government has allocated $1.3 billion towards the acquisition of spare parts and special tools for the maintenance of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) fleet of buses. The sum is provided for in the 2017-18 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. To be implemented by the Ministry of Transport and Mining with funding provided through the...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), addresses a press conference following a tour of the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay on February 16. Others (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Sancia Bennett Templer, and Chief Executive Officer at the hospital, Anthony Smikle.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Ministry Takes Action to Address Problem at Cornwall Regional Hospital

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says a three-pronged approach is being taken by the Ministry and the administration at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay to rectify toxic fumes emanating from an old central air conditioning system in sections of the institution. Speaking at a news conference following a tour of sections of the facility yesterday (February...