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Truck transporting soil used to cover sections of the Riverton Disposal Site on March 16, 2015.

Crime Stop Offers Reward for Information on March Riverton Fire

Crime Stop is reminding the public that there is a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person (s) responsible for last month’s fire at the Riverton City disposal site. The fire, which started at the site...

Minister of Investment, Industry and Commerce, the Hon. Anthony Hylton.

Gov’t to Sign US$5 Billion Logistics Hub MoU Monday

Minister of Tourism, Dr. the Hon. Wykeham McNeill making his contribution to the 2015/2016 Sectoral Debate on Tuesday, April 14.

Opportunities Cited for Jamaica from Cuban Tourism Market Opening

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon.
Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, (seated front/centre), shares in a photo opportunity with participants in the Inaugural International Maritime Organization (IMO) Women in Maritime Affairs Conference, which got underway on Monday (April 13), at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay. — Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, (seated front/centre), shares in a photo opportunity with participants in the Inaugural International Maritime Organization (IMO) Women in Maritime Affairs Conference, which got underway on Monday (April 13), at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay.

More Women in the Workforce Will Grow the Economy – Ffolkes Abrahams

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, makes his contribution to the 2015/2016 Sectoral Debate on Tuesday, April 14.

Industry Ministry Strengthening Institutional Capacity

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016ParliamentTourism

APD Changes a Positive for Jamaica – McNeill

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says the changes to the Air Passenger Duty (APD), which take effect on May 1, will have a positive impact on the country’s tourism. The changes, announced by the United Kingdom (UK) Chancellor of the Exchequer last year, will lower taxes on airline tickets out of the UK, thereby reducing travel costs....

Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, outlines performance of key indicators in the economy for the April 2014 to February 2015 period to journalists at the EPOC’s monthly press briefing, held in New Kingston on April 14.

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

EPOC Co-Chair Expects Positive Performance for March

Co-chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, is expecting a pick-up in the performance of the economy for March 2015, compared to February 2015. Mr. Byles, who was speaking at the EPOC’s monthly press briefing on April 14, said he has been given this assurance by the Financial Secretary, Devon Rowe, based on preliminary numbers for March....

Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill.

11 years ago Tourism

Tourism Minister Outlines Anti-Harassment Measures Being Pursued

The Government continues to put strategies in place to address visitor harassment, as it works to promote Jamaica as the ideal tourist destination, and foster a deeper appreciation of the industry among the populace. One such measure is a public education campaign on anti-harassment, which the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment embarked on last month. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addresses the graduation ceremony for the 35 participants in the Ministry’s Aspiring Principals’ Programme, held today (April 14), at the University of the West Indies’ Regional Headquarters in Kingston.

11 years ago Education

Aspiring Principals Programme Gold Standard for Future School Leaders – Rev. Thwaites

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has reiterated that persons aspiring to become school leaders must be certified under the Aspiring Principals Programme. “I am very reluctant to sign the appointment of any principal, who has not satisfied the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL) requirements, not because of any bad mind, but simply because it is the new...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (second left); Chairman, Urban Development Corporation, Senator, the Hon. K.D. Knight (second right); Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left) and Board member, UDC, Pamela Redwood, unveil the corporation’s sexual harassment and disability policies, during a ceremony at the corporation’s downtown Kingston offices, on April 14.

11 years ago InformationOffice of the Prime Minister

MDAs Urged to Implement Sexual Harassment and Disability Policies

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, is calling on all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to implement sexual harassment and disability policies, in a bid to foster a work environment that is free from unwelcomed sexual advances and prohibitions to physical mobility. “It is important that all agencies within the Government, not only consider the health...

State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (2nd left); North West St. Andrew Member of Parliament, Derrick Smith; and officers of the Ministry view damage in a section of gully in Meadowbrook, during a tour of the community, on Monday (April 13).

11 years ago Transport

Works Ministry to Assess Road Damage in North West St. Andrew

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing is to carry out an assessment of damage to roads, drains, gullies in several North West St. Andrew communities, to determine the extent of repairs required. State Minister, Hon. Richard Azan, made the disclosure to journalists after he and officers from the Ministry toured sections of the constituency on Monday, April 13, with...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (right), is in discussion with Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC., Amar Bhattacharya (left), at yesterday’s (April 13) first Caribbean Regional Dialogue with the G20 Working Development Group, as part of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings now underway in the American capital. Looking on in the background are Financial Secretary in the Ministry, Devon Rowe (2nd left); and Wayne Robinson from the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ).

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister Welcomes Engagement with G20

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, has welcomed the opportunity for the Caribbean to engage with the powerful G20 to highlight and address some of the peculiar challenges that are impeding the progress of countries in the region. He was addressing the first Caribbean Regional Dialogue with members of the G20 Development Working Group on Monday,...