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President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno (L), and Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (2nd R), listen as investor Stephen Facey (right), explains the progress of work on the Marriot Courtyard Hotel, during a tour of the project in New Kingston on Thursday (Dec. 18). Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown; and IDB resident representative Therese Turner-Jones, were also on the tour.

Government Pushing for Further Growth in 2015

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says the Government will be pushing for even greater levels of economic growth in 2015. “Last year, for the calendar year, we had about 0.2 per cent of growth…this year,...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (right); and Transport, Works, and Housing Minister, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (left), engage in conversation with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President, Luis Alberto Moreno, during Friday’s (December 19) private sector luncheon at Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston.

IDB Commits to Supporting Growth in Jamaica

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (at podium), addresses the graduation ceremony for the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) Civic Affairs/Inner-city Development Committee Youth Leadership Programme, held at the JCC’s headquarters in downtown Kingston on Thursday (December 18). Pictured at the head table (at left) is: Chairman of the Inner-City Development Committee, Sameer Younis.

Graduates of Youth Leadership Programme Urged to Become Change Agents

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (2nd right), accepts the keys to one of two motor vehicles donated by China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Limited, from Mike Deng of Jamaica North South Highway Company Limited. Looking on (from left) are: Managing Director, National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), Ivan Anderson; and Commissioner of Police, Dr. Carl Williams. The vehicles, which were handed over on Thursday (December 18) at the Police Commissioner’s Office on Old Hope Road, are to boost traffic management and security along the North/South leg of Highway 2000.

CHEC Donates Motor Vehicles to Police

Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner, speaks at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘ThinkTank’

Legal Representation is a Right

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, says the first 14 water pumps procured under the pump and tank rehabilitation programme will arrive in the island by year-end.

11 years ago Environment

Equipment Procured For Pump And Tank Programme

The Government has procured 14 water pumps for the billion dollar pump and tank rehabilitation programme. The equipment, slated to arrive in the island by December 31, represents the first batch of approximately 30 specialised pumps that have been ordered for the programme. Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, made the disclosure to JIS News,...

Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips.

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

IMF Approves US$67 Million for Jamaica

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today (December 19) approved disbursement of US$67 million for Jamaica. The development follows a successful sixth review of the country’s economic performance under the four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The completion of the sixth review follows the November 5 to 11 visit to Jamaica by the IMF mission team, which said Jamaica’s...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second right), and President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno (right), along with Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), and IDB Country Representative in Jamaica, Therese Turner-Jones (second left), break ground for the IDB’s US$13 million new country office at 6 Montrose Avenue in Kingston, on Friday (December 19).

11 years ago Finance & Public ServicePrime Minister

Prime Minister Breaks Ground for New Energy Efficient IDB Country Building

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller today (December 19) broke ground for the construction of a new permanent country office for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Kingston, Jamaica. The Prime Minister was joined by President of the IDB, Luis Alberto Moreno, IDB Country Representative, Therese Turner-Jones and Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Peter Phillips in the symbolic ground breaking...

Executive Director of JADCO, Carey Brown, tells JIS News that the Commission is currently working on its new anti-doping rules in time for the revised WADA, Code which takes effect on January 1, 2015.

11 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterSport

JADCO Ready for Revised WADA Code

The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) has signalled its readiness for the revised World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code and International Standards that takes effect on January 1, 2015. Speaking with JIS News, Executive Director for JADCO, Carey Brown, said that the agency is currently preparing its new anti-doping rules for completion before the end of the year. “We are currently working...

11 years ago Finance & Public ServicePrime Minister

IDB Committed to Jamaica – President

President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno, says the construction of a new country office in Jamaica is symbolic of the IDB’s commitment to the island and the wider region. Mr. Moreno was speaking on Friday, December 19, at a ground-breaking ceremony for the US$13 million energy efficient building at 6 Montrose Avenue in Kingston. “We started...

Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Parish Council, Glendon Harris, feeds little girl with a

11 years ago Local Government

St. James Parish Council Fetes Children

More than 1,000 children from Montego Bay and adjoining communities were provided with gifts and refreshments by the St. James Parish Council on December 18. Heading the list of persons who ensured that the children were treated royally at the annual treat was Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Parish Council, Councillor Glendon Harris. The event,...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (centre), introduces Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President, Luis Alberto Moreno (left), to Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, during Friday’s (December 19) signing of an agreement at the Ministry in Kingston, formalizing the IDB’s provision of US$250,000 in grant funding to support institutional strengthening of the Ministry of Health, to improve national surveillance, prevention and control of infectious diseases. This will be undertaken through the establishment of an institutional coordination mechanism, development of strategies, and implementation of specific actions in response to the potential threat of the Ebola virus, and to control the current Chikungunya Virus (Chik-V) outbreak.

11 years ago Finance & Public ServiceHealth & Wellness

Signature Ceremony IDB Support of GOJ CHIK V and EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE Preparedness Programme

The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) signed an Agreement today to support the institutional strengthening of the Ministry of Health. This support will improve national surveillance, prevention and control of infectious diseases. The Agreement, provides for the allocation of US250,000 of grant resources which are available for the Special Programme for Employment, Poverty Reduction and...