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Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (fourth left), addresses recent JIS ‘Think Tank’ on the Cyber Security Public Awareness Campaign, to be launched this month. Others (from left) are: Technical Adviser in the Ministry; Dr. Moniphia Hewling; JMMB representative, Stacy-Ann Escoe; Jamaica Bankers Association (JBA) cyber security task force representative, Lloyd Parchment; Executive Director, JBA, Richard Murray and Scotiabank representative, Derrick Cochran.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (fourth left), addresses recent JIS ‘Think Tank’ on the Cyber Security Public Awareness Campaign, to be launched this month. Others (from left) are: Technical Adviser in the Ministry; Dr. Moniphia Hewling; JMMB representative, Stacy-Ann Escoe; Jamaica Bankers Association (JBA) cyber security task force representative, Lloyd Parchment; Executive Director, JBA, Richard Murray and Scotiabank representative, Derrick Cochran.

Code of Conduct for all Deposit Taking Institutions

A code of conduct for all deposit taking institutions is to be finalized by the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ), during the first half of this year. The code was drafted, in consultation with the deposit-taking industry, the Consumer Affairs Commission...
World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General, Ambassador Roberto Azevêdo (2nd right), engages in discussion with Jamaica Promotions Corporation President, Diane Edwards (left), during a tour of the Kingston Container Terminal on January 18. The tour was part of Ambassador Azevêdo’s three-day official visit to Jamaica, from January 17 to 19, at the invitation of the Government.
World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General, Ambassador Roberto Azevêdo (2nd right), engages in discussion with Jamaica Promotions Corporation President, Diane Edwards (left), during a tour of the Kingston Container Terminal on January 18. The tour was part of Ambassador Azevêdo’s three-day official visit to Jamaica, from January 17 to 19, at the invitation of the Government.

Director General of WTO Commends the Government
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Carol Palmer (centre), receives an item from Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bruno Pouzat (left), at the handing over of victim support tools to the Ministry’s Victim Services Division (VSD) by the UNDP on January 25, at the Ministry’s offices on Oxford Road, in Kingston. The toys are intended to assist in enhancing psychological support services for children suffering from emotional trauma associated with crime. At right is Director of the Division, Rev. Osbourne Bailey.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Carol Palmer (centre), receives an item from Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bruno Pouzat (left), at the handing over of victim support tools to the Ministry’s Victim Services Division (VSD) by the UNDP on January 25, at the Ministry’s offices on Oxford Road, in Kingston. The toys are intended to assist in enhancing psychological support services for children suffering from emotional trauma associated with crime. At right is Director of the Division, Rev. Osbourne Bailey.

Victim Services Division Receives Support Tools from UNDP
Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Cliff Riley (centre), addresses JIS ‘Think Tank, today (January 26). At left is General Manager, Marketing, at the SRC, Roselyn Fisher, and at right is Manager, Process Development, Julia Brown.
Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Cliff Riley (centre), addresses JIS ‘Think Tank, today (January 26). At left is General Manager, Marketing, at the SRC, Roselyn Fisher, and at right is Manager, Process Development, Julia Brown.

GEF Using SRC’S Work to Design Regional Bio-Gas Project
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton.

Minister Hylton Urges Private Sector Partnership in Creating BPO Space

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Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles.
Local Government

Private Investors show Confidence in Local Economy

Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, says there is indication that increasingly, private investors are buying into the local economy, as the country continues to reflect economic improvements. “If you speak to manufacturers, they will tell you that they are investing. Confidence has come back pretty strongly in recent times,” he said. Mr. Byles was responding...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (2nd left), performs the symbolic ribbon cutting exercise to formally open Sutherland Global Services’ New Kingston offices on January 22. Others in foreground (from left): are Chief Commercial Officer, Sutherland Global Services, K.S Kumar; Chief Delivery Officer, Sutherland Global, Jan Uhrich; Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton; and President, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Dianne Edwards. Others in the background (from left) are: Country Head and Associate Vice President, Sutherland Global Services, Odetta Rockhead Kerr; Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting; and Member of Parliament for South Central St. Catherine, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, who represented the Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Holness.
CommercePrime Minister

BPO Sector to Create 6,000 Jobs

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says that eight of the approximately 40 business process outsourcing (BPO) companies operating in Jamaica have five-year expansion plans that could create almost 6,000 additional jobs. She made the disclosure at the official opening of Sutherland Global Services’ New Kingston offices on January 22. Describing the BPO industry in Jamaica as a...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (3rd left), prepares to cut the ribbon to open a roadway in the community of Keith in St. Ann, which was repaired under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP). Others (from left) are: Deputy Mayor of St. Ann
Transport

JEEP Delivers

Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, said the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) has been impacting positively on the lives of many Jamaicans, through the delivery of houses, roads, schools and other basic infrastructure, while creating employment. He was addressing a meeting at the Discovery Bay community centre on January 22, after a...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Luther Buchanan (right), presents a voucher to Egbert Lawrence, one of over 70 farmers from Westmoreland, who have received support under the Ministry’s Agricultural Production Incentive Programme (APIP), which was launched at the New Works Primary School in the parish on January 21.
Agriculture

Farmers in Westmoreland Provided with Planting Material

More than 70 small farmers from Westmoreland have received donations of planting material, farming tools and fertiliser valued $1.5 million. The support was provided under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ Agricultural Productivity Incentive Programme (APIP), which was launched in the parish on January 21. State Minister for Agriculture, Hon. Luther Buchanan, in his remarks at the function held at...
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Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill.
Tourism

Jamaica Welcomes More Visitors than the Population

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says Jamaica has been welcoming more visitors than the population, confirming the country’s status as one of the elite destinations in the Caribbean. The Minister told JIS News that for the past two years the country has been receiving 2 million stopover visitors and 1.5 million from the cruise ships annually,...
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