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Co-Chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles. (File photo).

Improved FDIs Good Indicator of Confidence in Country – Byles

Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, says significant improvement in foreign direct investments (FDIs) is a good indicator of confidence in the Jamaican economy. Mr. Byles, speaking at an EPOC press briefing at Sagicor head office...

Senior Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Manager and Trainer at the National Spatial Data Management Division (NSDMD), Simone Lloyd (centre), introduces Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Lt. Col. Oral Khan (left), to Head of the University of Technology’s (UTech) School of Public Health and Technology, Professor Winston Davidson. Occasion was the NSDMD’s GIS Business Executive Forum held on November 9 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston.

GIS Technology Useful in the Fight Against Diseases

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), emphasises a point to Chairperson-elect of the Jamaica Micro Financing Association (JaMFA), Sandra McDonald-Spence, during the organisation’s conference, which was held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on November 10, Mr. Shaw was one of the keynote speakers.

Finance Minister Highlights Legislation to Assist Microbusinesses

United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Luis Moreno, addressing the commissioning ceremony for liquefied natural gas (LNG), at the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Bogue power plant, in St. James, on November 11

Special Friendship Will Survive – U.S. Ambassador

Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaking in the Senate. (FILE)

Senate Approves Amendment to POCA

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses commissioning ceremony for liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Jamaica Public Service Bogue power plant in St. James, on November 11.

10 years ago Finance & Public ServicePrime Minister

PM Says New Arrangement with IMF Shows Political Maturity

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica has transitioned seamlessly into a new programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), signaling a new kind of political maturity in the nation’s history. He further noted that the country, buoyed by the work of the Economic Growth Council (EGC) and spurred on by a pattern of fiscal discipline and a...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left) and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (left), listen to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of New Fortress Energy, Wes Edens (third left) , during a tour of the new US$175 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) Terminal at the Montego Bay port on November 11. Others (from fourth left) are: Chairman of the Electricity Sector Enterprise Team (ESET), Dr. Vin Lawrence, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Kelly Tomblin.

10 years ago Technology

Acquisition Of LNG Significant – Energy Minister

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says the acquisition of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as part of the energy option is a significant boost to the country’s diversification efforts and economic endeavours. Addressing stakeholders and business leaders at the commissioning of LNG at the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Bogue power plant in St. James on...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) ‘Gas to Jamaica’ celebration, held at the Bogue Power Plant in Montego Bay, St. James on November 11.

10 years ago Prime Minister

PM Says Opening of LNG Terminal Positions Jamaica as Major Energy Force

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness says the opening of the new US$175 million Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in Montego, St. James, has now positioned Jamaica as a major energy force in the Caribbean. Mr. Holness adds that there is every reason to believe that the introduction of LNG into the country’s energy mix could be a real...

Chairman of the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), Professor Gordon Shirley, addresses commissioning ceremony for liquefied natural gas (LNG), at the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Bogue power plant in St. James on November 11.

10 years ago Tourism

Major Cruise Shipping Towns to be Upgraded

Chairman of the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), Professor Gordon Shirley, says the agency is fast tracking plans to upgrade the island’s major cruise shipping towns, to enable the country to attract more cruise vessels. Speaking to JIS News at the commissioning of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Bogue power plant, in St. James, on...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), speaks with Chief Executive Officer of credit bureau, CRIF-NM Credit Assure Limited, Terrence Cooper, during the Jamaica Micro Financing Association’s (JaMFA) conference, which was held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on November 10.Mr. Shaw was one of the keynote speakers.

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister says Interest Rates must be Kept Low

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has emphasised that interest rates on loans provided by financial institutions to individuals and business entities, particularly in the micro and small sector, should be maintained at low levels. “While I am not thinking of placing limits on interest rates, we need to lower interest rates, particularly favouring the productive, export...

Student at Spaldings Primary School, Tianna Brown, performs a cultural piece during the launch of the State of World Population Report 2016 at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), in Kingston, on November 11.

10 years ago Gender Affairs

Empowerment of Girls Remains High on Agenda – Grange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the empowerment of children, particularly girls, remains high on the agenda of the Government. “We will remain steadfast in the implementation of legal frameworks and policies that will support and facilitate the advancement of girls. These include Trafficking in Persons and Child Pornography laws, the Child Care and Protection...

Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, outlines the performance of key indicators under the country’s four-year extended fund facility with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), during a press briefing on Thursday, August 13. (File)

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

EPOC Co-Chair Commends EGC

Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, is commending the efforts by the Economic Growth Council (EGC) to achieve economic growth. He said the consistent improvements made in Jamaica’s macroeconomic environment over the period of the Extended Fund Facility with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the improvement in the gross domestic product (GDP) have set the...