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Area One Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Warren Clarke (centre), addresses press conference at the St. James Police Headquarters in Montego Freeport on September 28. Others (from left) are: Commissioner of Police, Dr. Carl Williams and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Glenmore Hinds.
Area One Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Warren Clarke (centre), addresses press conference at the St. James Police Headquarters in Montego Freeport on September 28. Others (from left) are: Commissioner of Police, Dr. Carl Williams and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Glenmore Hinds.

Residents Assured of Police Protection

Assistant Commissioner of Police, Warren Clarke, who is Commanding Officer for Area One, has assured residents in the west that members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will continue to protect them and rid the region of criminals. Addressing a...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), addressing media briefing on September 29, at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston. He gave an update on the Frosty Pod Rot disease, which is affecting local cocoa. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr. Reginald Budhan.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), addressing media briefing on September 29, at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston. He gave an update on the Frosty Pod Rot disease, which is affecting local cocoa. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr. Reginald Budhan.

Agriculture Ministry to Spend $150 Million to Eradicate Cocoa Disease
Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams, speaking at a news conference in Montego Bay, St. James, on September 25. He said the police will not relent in their efforts to capture those involved in criminal activities in St. James.
Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams, speaking at a news conference in Montego Bay, St. James, on September 25. He said the police will not relent in their efforts to capture those involved in criminal activities in St. James.

Police Commissioner Encourages Jamaicans to Have Confidence in JCF
Chairman of the National Housing Trust (NHT), Ambassador Dr. Nigel Clarke, addresses member of the Jamaican Diaspora in New York at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in Jamaica, Queens, on September 22. Listening (from left) are: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness; Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States (US), Audrey Marks; and Acting Consul General to New York, Derron McCreath.
Chairman of the National Housing Trust (NHT), Ambassador Dr. Nigel Clarke, addresses member of the Jamaican Diaspora in New York at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in Jamaica, Queens, on September 22. Listening (from left) are: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness; Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States (US), Audrey Marks; and Acting Consul General to New York, Derron McCreath.

Jamaicans in the Diaspora May Soon Benefit from NHT Homes
Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague. (FILE)
Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague. (FILE)

Action to Take Profit Out of Crime

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP
Office of the Prime Minister

Emergency Meeting at OPM Today

An emergency meeting will be held at the Office of the Prime Minister this evening to discuss measures to prepare for the possible threat of Hurricane Matthew. All Members of Parliament and emergency personnel including senior officers of ODPEM, MET Office, JDF and JCF are expected to participate in the meeting, which will commence at 6:00pm.
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Senior Specialist, Partnership and Communication, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Marco Macias (right), addresses the benefits of FOROMIC at a JIS Think Tank. Listening are Senior Specialist Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), IDB, Wayne Beecher (left); and Acting General Manager, Strategic Services Division, Development Bank of Jamaica, Christopher Brown.
CommerceJIS Think Tank

MSMEs Urged to Register for Markets Innovation and Capital Forum

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are being encouraged to register for the upcoming Forum on Markets Innovation and Capital (FOROMIC), which will be held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James from October 24-26. FOROMIC is a space for business and financial innovations and provides a platform for microfinance businesses to showcase their products and services. Senior...
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Rodney Rose of the Charles Town Maroon Council (right), blows an abeng to welcome persons to the launch of a National Community Tourism Portal by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at the Devonshire, Devon House on September 28. Looking on are (from left) Tourism Specialist with JSIF, Beverly Stewart; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith; Managing Director at JSIF, Omar Sweeney; and World Bank Country Manager, Galina Sotirova. In the background (at right) is Marcia Douglas of the Charles Town Maroon Council. The National Community Tourism Portal is a web-based platform to promote registered community-based tourism enterprises in Jamaica.
LabourTourism

National Community Tourism Portal Launched

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has launched a National Community Tourism Portal, which is a web-based platform to promote licensed community-based tourism enterprises across the island. The portal, launched at the Devonshire at Devon House in St. Andrew, today (September 28), is part of the Government’s US$15-million Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) project, being implemented by JSIF through funding...
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Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague. (FILE)
National Security and Peace

Security Minister Calls on Jamaicans to Remain Calm

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, is calling on Jamaicans to remain calm in light of the recent flare-up of violence in St. James. He said panic and knee-jerk responses cannot and will not solve the country’s crime problem. The Minister was speaking in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, September 28. He said the Government condemns the action...
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Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), greets Acting Executive Director of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Carole Martine-Johnson (left), during the BGLC’s Gaming Industry Summit at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on Thursday, September 22. Mr. Shaw was the keynote speaker at the event, which was held under the theme ‘Facing the Challenges. Navigating the Future’. Looking on is BGLC Chairman, Clovis Metcalfe.
Finance & Public Service

Development of First Integrated Resort Begins Early 2017

Work to undertake Jamaica’s first integrated resort development, incorporating casino gaming, is expected to commence in early 2017. This has been disclosed by Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, who said the development is being carried out by one of the two investors for whom integrated resort development orders were approved by the previous administration in 2015....
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