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Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw. (FILE)
Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw. (FILE)

Gov’t Allocates Funds to Complete FINSAC Report

Cabinet has approved the reappointment of the Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC) Commissioners, paving the way for the completion of the report from the Commission of Enquiry, which looked at the collapse of several financial institutions in the 1990s. Minister...
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)

Mayors, Councillors Urged to Know their Function
Leaders in Government and the wider society joined hands and hearts with members of the religious community to pray for the nation at the 37th staging of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast. The event was held on Wednesday (January 19) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.
Leaders in Government and the wider society joined hands and hearts with members of the religious community to pray for the nation at the 37th staging of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast. The event was held on Wednesday (January 19) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

Children First to Benefit from Proceeds of National Prayer Breakfast
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), shares in a light moment with Chief Executive Officer of Mayberry Investments Limited, Gary Peart, at the Mayberry Investor Forum, held on January 18, at The Knutford Court Hotel, in New Kingston. Mr. Shaw was the guest speaker.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), shares in a light moment with Chief Executive Officer of Mayberry Investments Limited, Gary Peart, at the Mayberry Investor Forum, held on January 18, at The Knutford Court Hotel, in New Kingston. Mr. Shaw was the guest speaker.

Jamaica Can Have Productive Relationship with New US Government – Shaw
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)

Local Government Ministry Collaborates with MIND

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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left) and United Nations Resident Coordinator, Bruno Pouezat sign an agreement for the UN Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework (UNMSDF) in Jamaica, at the Spanish Court Hotel in St. Andrew, today (January 19). Others looking on are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert Roberts and Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Dr. Wayne Henry.
Foreign AffairsVision 2030

Jamaica to Benefit From UN Five-Year Initiative

Jamaica is among 18 countries in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean that will benefit from the United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework for the Caribbean (UNMSDF). The five-year initiative, which has a regional budget of US$197.9 million, will focus on four areas of priority – an inclusive, equitable and prosperous Caribbean; a healthy Caribbean; a safe, cohesive and just Caribbean;...
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Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, highlights a point while addressing a press briefing at the Ministry’s Oxford Road offices in St. Andrew yesterday (January 18).
National Security and Peace

Surveillance Aircraft to be Acquired

The Government is to acquire a surveillance aircraft as part of a raft of new measures to strengthen the country’s border-protection system. This was disclosed by Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, during a press briefing at his Oxford Road offices in St. Andrew on Wednesday (January 18). He said the Government “has taken a very conscious decision that...
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National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, emphasises a point while addressing the commissioning of a Cessna aeroplane for the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF), at the Caribbean Aviation Training Centre situated at the Tinson Pen Aerodrome in Kingston on Friday, September 23. (FILE)
National Security and Peace

Gov’t Hires New Forensic Pathologist

The Government has hired a new forensic pathologist to assist in reducing the backlog of autopsies. This was disclosed by National Security Minister, Robert Montague, during an interactive session with heads of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on January 17. In the meantime, Minister Montague said the Government continues to provide the...
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Director/Principal of the Regional Drug Law Enforcement Training Centre (REDTRAC), Major George Benson (centre), provides details on the operations of the entity at a JIS Think Tank on January 13. He in flanked by acting academic affairs directors Wayne Vassell (left) and Tanisha Boothe.
National Security and Peace

REDTRAC to be Expanded

The Regional Drug Law Enforcement Training Centre (REDTRAC), based at the National Police College in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, is to be expanded to meet the demand for additional space for training. Director/Principal, Major George Benson, said the project involves the addition of another floor in order to have more rooms. “When this is done, we will be able to...
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Acting Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant (right), and Commissioner of Customs, Major (Rt’d) Richard Reese, engage in discussion shortly before the start of a press briefing held at the National Security Ministry’s Oxford Road Offices in St. Andrew, yesterday (January 18). The briefing was held to provide details on the MOU, which will see the establishment of three new marine bases in Jamaica. The document was signed by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) in December last year.
National Security and Peace

More Marine Bases to Protect Borders

The Government’s effort to protect Jamaica’s borders will be bolstered with the establishment of three new marine bases along sections of the country’s coastline. To be located at Rocky Point in Clarendon; James Bond Beach, in St. Mary; and Little Ochi in St. Elizabeth, the bases will be jointly established and operated by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the...
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In this file photo, Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, has the attention of security guards from Hawkeye Limited, at a press conference at the Ministry’s head office on Oxford Road on November 8, 2016 to announce a self-contributory health-insurance scheme for security guards through Guardian Life.
National Security and Peace

Minister Wants Improved Working Conditions for Security Guards

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, says he will be lobbying for improved working conditions for private security guards. Speaking at an interactive session with heads of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) islandwide, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on January 17, Mr. Montague said he will be taking a submission to Cabinet that will outline proposals...
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Employees at one of several Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) entities operating out of the Montego Bay Free Zone. (File photo)
Finance & Public Service

Unemployment Down

The unemployment rate has continued to decline despite an increase in the labour force, that is, the number of persons actively seeking employment. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, as he opened the debate on the first Supplementary Estimates for the 2016/17 fiscal year, in the House of Representatives on January 17....
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