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Senior Advisor to the Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Trevor Forest (centre), listens to President of Techsmart Consulting Inc., Phillip Cross (right), on day one of a two-day Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) Human Resources & Information and Communications Technology (HR/ICT) conference, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on November 21. At left is Director of Post and Telecommunications in the Science, Energy and Technology Ministry, Cecil McCain. Mr. Forest represented the Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley.

Ministry Commits to Universal Access to ICT

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says the Ministry remains committed to providing Jamaicans with universal access to information and communications technology (ICT). Dr. Wheatley emphasised that this is necessary in order to transition Jamaica to...

Jamaica and Mexico Issue Commemorative Stamps

Project Director of ‘Fi Wi Jamaica’, Professor Rosalea Hamilton, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ in Montego Bay on November 21. She said positive results are expected from interventions the project will make during its week of activities currently on across the parish of St. James.

Positive Results Expected From ‘Fi Wi Jamaica’ Project

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), looks over documents just before the start of a press conference at Jamaica House on Thursday (June 16), to announce road improvement projects to be undertaken by the Government. Looking on is Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw. (File Photo)

New Oversight Committee for Standby Arrangement with IMF

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), and State Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), are greeted by Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) President, O’Neil Grant, during the JCSA’s National Church Service at Hope United Church in St. Andrew, on Sunday, November 20. The service was held to mark the start of Civil Service Week 2016. The week is being observed from November 20 to 25 under the theme ‘Driving Change: Celebrating Excellence in a Transformed Public Sector’.

State Minister Says Public-Sector Transformation is Real

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (3rd right), converses with workmen involved in the road expansion project by the National Works Agency (NWA) on Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston, during a tour of the area on Friday, September 16.

10 years ago Local Government

Value of Local Representation

As Jamaicans prepare to go to the polls to cast their votes for divisional representatives at the local government level on November 28, it becomes increasingly pertinent for them to be aware of the roles and value of this type of representation and governance. Local government authorities are entities at the local level through which the Ministry of Local Government...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (second left), converses with Deputy Chairman, Jamaica Customer Service Association, Richard Rowe (right) during the association’s annual conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on November 21. Others (from left) are Chairman, Jamaica Customer Service Association, Dr. Lanie Oakley Williams and Motivational Speaker, Sarderk Love.

10 years ago Education

Importance of Customer Service Charter Highlighted

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the establishment of a customer service charter in ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) will assist with improving efficiency within the sector. “We are mandating that each ministry must have a customer service charter. They must have somebody directly in charge of customer service. People want...

Country Representative, Department for International Development (DFID), David Osbourne (left), high fives student of Mona High School, Renacia Thomas, after the launch of the Contractor General’s youth engagement and awareness programme, at the Mona High School on Monday, November 21. In the background (from left are): Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon-Harrison and students of Mona High School, Sudene McAlmon and Tiffany Glave.

10 years ago Justice

OCG Launches Youth Programme to Fight Corruption

The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) and the Department for International Development (DFID) in the United Kindgom have partnered to launch a Youth Engagement and Awareness Programme, under the theme ‘The fight against corruption begins with you’. Launched during a ceremony held at the Mona High School on November 21, the initiative marks the commencement of a series of...

Social Development Commission (SDC) representatives view handbags on display during the SDC’s recent night fair exposition in Hopewell, Hanover.

10 years ago Local Government

Hanover Entrepreneurs Benefit From SDC Exposition

More than 15 young entrepreneurs of Hopewell and its environs in Hanover are now better equipped to expand and manage their businesses consequent on their participation in the Social Development Commission’s (SDC) recent ‘Night Fair’ exposition. The participants benefited from significant exposure provided by the event, which was held at Top Centre Plaza in Hopewell. The hundreds of patrons who...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. (FILE)

10 years ago Tourism

Falmouth to Become First Heritage Township

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that the town of Falmouth in Trelawny is set to become the first heritage township destination in Jamaica. He said the Ministry is looking at heritage town models across the world to see what best practices can be adopted to suit the area. “We have seen what several of our neighbours have done with...

Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, emphasises a point while addressing the Public Investment Management System (PIMS) launch and sensitization forum at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on June 2. Listening keenly is Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Deputy Director General, Richard Lumsden, who chaired the function. ( File Photo)

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Moody’s Investor Services Upgrades Jamaica Sovereign Rating and Revises Outlook from Positive to Stable

Moody's Investors Service today upgraded Jamaica’s sovereign senior unsecured rating and provisional shelf ratings from Caa2 to B3 and revised the outlook from positive to stable. In response to this news, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Honourable Audley Shaw, stated: “I welcome this news which represents an endorsement of the continued progress made by Jamaica in sound economic...

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Government Establishes Tripartite Monitoring Framework for IMF Precautionary Stand-By Agreement

The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has instituted a new monitoring framework for the Precautionary Stand-By agreement approved by the board of the International Monetary Fund, IMF on November 11, 2016. Prime Minister Andrew Holness today (November 21) announced that a tripartite monitoring mechanism will oversee the agreement. During a press briefing at Jamaica House Mr Holness said the new monitoring...