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In this file photo, Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, shakes hands with Chairman of the China Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Hu Huaibang, following a signing ceremony for a framework cooperation agreement between the Government of Jamaica, CDB and the Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company.

Gov’t Ministers in China for Signing of Highway Project Agreement

Finance Minister, the Honourable Audley Shaw, the Honourable Michael Henry, Minister of Transport and Works, Minister of State in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, the Honourable Daryl Vaz along with a team of special and technical advisors...

Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Mike Henry (2nd right), accepts a signed copy of the Sister Airport Cooperation Agreement from Acting General Manager of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Greg Richardson (left). Looking on are Jamaica’s Consul General to the Southern United States, Fanz Hall (right), and President of the Airports Authority of Jamaica, Audley Deidrick.|

AAJ Signs Sister Airport Agreement with Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International

Gov’t Divesting Norman Manley Airport and JPS Shareholding

Transport Authority Western Regional Manager, Ralston Smith (4th right), symbolically opens the door to the agency’s new office at Dunbar Mall in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on February 9, signalling the start of operations in that location. Among those sharing in the occasion are: Transport Authority Acting General Manager of Human Resource and Administration, Petra-Kene Williams (4th left); and General Manager of Operations, Colonel Audley Carter (5th left), as well as other staff and parish stakeholders

Transport Authority Opens Branch in Westmoreland

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, receives a gift of appreciation from Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Acting Executive Director, Karlene Degrass-Deslandes, after addressing the closing ceremony of the ECC Retreat at the Iberostar Hotel, St. James, on February 9.

Gov’t Committed to Increasing Payments to Early Childhood Educators

Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown (left), greets Economist, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Jodian Aris, at the opening of a Regional Entrepreneurship Asset Commercialization Hub (REACH) Project business workshop, being held at The Knutsford Court Hotel from February 13-17. At centre is Director of Entertainment, Policy and Monitoring in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Gillian Wilkinson McDaniel.

9 years ago Commerce

Young Entrepreneurs Attend Training Workshop

Young entrepreneurs in Jamaica are benefitting from a week-long training workshop, which seeks to equip them to run successful businesses and to transform their ideas into viable enterprises. The workshop is being held at The Knutsford Court Hotel from February 13-17, under the Regional Entrepreneurship Asset Commercialization Hub (REACH) Project. It is being hosted by the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office...

Additional classrooms constructed at the Discovery Bay All-Age School, to remove the institution from the shift system. They were built through the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) programme. (File)

9 years ago Education

$641M Allocated to Provide Additional Classrooms

The Government will be spending $641 million in its continued thrust to end the shift system in schools by providing additional classrooms over the next financial year. From the money allocated in the 2017-18 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House, $100 million will also be spent to procure equipment for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) academies. The ongoing...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addressing diplomats during a Ministerial briefing at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on February 8. The briefing was part of activities marking Diplomatic Week, from February 5 to 10, under the theme: ‘Growth through Partnerships’.

9 years ago Tourism

Tourism Pivotal to Economic Growth – Min. Bartlett

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says tourism remains a pivotal driver of economic growth and prosperity for Jamaica, as it continues to generate increased visitor arrivals and earnings. Addressing diplomats during a Diplomatic Corps Ministerial briefing at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on February 8, Mr. Bartlett noted that the sector performed very well based on data for...

Caribbean Climate Innovation Center (CCIC) Project Manager, Carlington Burrel.

9 years ago Tourism

TPDCo Promoting Tourism Service Excellence

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) has been raising the standards of customer service within the industry by identifying, promoting and rewarding excellence in this area. This thrust is being implemented through the National Tourism Service Excellence Programme (NTSEP) which aims to recognise and reward individuals and organisations exemplifying service excellence in the sector. The NTSEP, which was established in...

9 years ago Technology

Jamaica Dominated CCIC Boot Camps in 2016

Approximately 40 green technology start-up entities have been established through the Caribbean Climate Innovation Center’s (CCIC) seven boot camps held across the region in 2016. Project Manager, Carlington Burrel, says that of these, 16 were Jamaican companies, with 10 coming from Trinidad and the remainder from other Caribbean islands. He notes that Jamaicans are super-competitive with a strong entrepreneurship spirit,...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), and Chairman of Caymanas Track Limited (CTL), Danville Walker, look at the agreement for the divestment of the operations of CTL to Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) at the signing ceremony held at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on February 10. At left is Chairman of SVL/Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited, Paul Hoo, while Senior Director in the Public Enterprise Division of the Ministry, Cheryl Sylvester-James, oversees the process.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

84 Public Entities to be Merged, Closed or Divested

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says 84 public entities are to be merged, closed or divested as part of the Government’s ongoing rationalisation of the public service. The Minister made the disclosure at the signing of the divestment of operations of Caymanas Track Limited (CTL) to Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) at his National Heroes Circle offices...

Commanding Officer for the St. James Police Division, Senior Superintendent Marlon Nesbeth, addressing the St. James Municipal Corporation’s monthly meeting in Montego Bay on February 9.

9 years ago National Security and Peace

Police Pledge to Restore Order in St. James

Commanding Officer for the St. James Police Division, Senior Superintendent Marlon Nesbeth, says the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be taking all of the necessary measures to restore order to the parish and make it safe for the residents. Addressing the St. James Municipal Corporation’s monthly meeting in Montego Bay on February 9, Superintendent Nesbeth said the police have collaborated...