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Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Delroy Gordon, speaking about activities for Jamaica Festival 2014 at a JIS Think Tank held on Wednesday, July 9, at the agency’s head office in Kingston.
Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Delroy Gordon, speaking about activities for Jamaica Festival 2014 at a JIS Think Tank held on Wednesday, July 9, at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

Civil Servants Get 20 Per Cent Discount on Festival Tickets

Public sector workers will receive a 20 per cent discount for tickets purchased to attend Jamaica Festival activities 2014. Civil servants will be able to enjoy the nightly entertainment events from August 1 to 5 at the Jamaica Festival Village at...
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Aloun Ndombet Assamba (centre); participates on Wednesday morning’s (July 9) site dedication ceremony for the erection of a statute in honour of pioneering Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole, at the Gardens of St. Thomas’ Hospital in Westminster, London. Others (from left) are: Dorothy Turner of the Nurses Association of Jamaica UK (NAJUK): Chairman of the Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal, Lord Clive Soley; President of NAJUK, Paulette Lewis; and Vice Chair of the statue appeal, Professor Elizabeth Anionwu.
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Aloun Ndombet Assamba (centre); participates on Wednesday morning’s (July 9) site dedication ceremony for the erection of a statute in honour of pioneering Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole, at the Gardens of St. Thomas’ Hospital in Westminster, London. Others (from left) are: Dorothy Turner of the Nurses Association of Jamaica UK (NAJUK): Chairman of the Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal, Lord Clive Soley; President of NAJUK, Paulette Lewis; and Vice Chair of the statue appeal, Professor Elizabeth Anionwu.

Ceremony to Dedicate Site for Mary Seacole Statue Held in London
JBDC CEO, Valerie Veira (left), Winner of the JBDC Entrepreneur of the Year award and Managing Director of Bartley’s All in Wood, Lacey-Ann Bartley (centre) and Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, the Hon. G. Anthony Hylton (right) are all smiles as Bartley is presented with the JBDC Entrepreneur of the Year Gold Plate.
JBDC CEO, Valerie Veira (left), Winner of the JBDC Entrepreneur of the Year award and Managing Director of Bartley’s All in Wood, Lacey-Ann Bartley (centre) and Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, the Hon. G. Anthony Hylton (right) are all smiles as Bartley is presented with the JBDC Entrepreneur of the Year Gold Plate.

Lacey-Ann Bartley Named JBDC Entrepreneur of the Year 2014
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell closed the 2013/14 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 8.
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell closed the 2013/14 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 8.

More Clinker to Venezuela
Minister with Responsibility for Public Service in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley, just before he made his presentation in the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, July 8.
Minister with Responsibility for Public Service in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley, just before he made his presentation in the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, July 8.

Process to Transform Public Sector Advancing Steadily

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Minister with Responsibility for Public Service in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (left), in discussion with Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, before making his presentation in the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, July 8.
Finance & Public ServiceParliamentSectoral Debate 2014/2015

Increase for Government Pensioners

Approximately 27,000 of 34,000 Government pensioners are slated to receive increased payments totalling $500 million, by November. The increases, which are earmarked in 2014/15 Budget, are being paid to beneficiaries deemed eligible, and include the spouses and dependents of deceased public servants. Minister with Responsibility for the Public Service in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley, made...
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Minister with Responsibility for Public Service in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley, just before he made his presentation in the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, July 8.
Finance & Public ServiceSectoral Debate 2014/2015

Jamaica Customs Collects $134 Billion

For the financial year 2013/14, the Jamaica Customs Agency’s net revenue collected was $134.254 billion, some $14.172 billion or 12 per cent above the previous year. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for the Public Service, Hon. Horace Dalley, during his contribution to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, July 8. He said that as...
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Civil Servant of the Year 2013, Miss Enthrose Campbell, addressing an Empowerment Session for public sector employees, held under the theme: ‘Transformation and Renewal for a Better Tomorrow’, at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), in New Kingston, on Tuesday, July 8.
InformationOffice of the Prime MinisterVision 2030

Public Sector Employees Urged to be the Best

Public sector employees have been urged to make themselves the best in delivering service to the public and in their career advancement, and to find transformational cause in Vision 2030. Making the call at an Empowerment Session for public sector employees at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), in New Kingston, on Tuesday, July 8, management consultant, Dr. Nsombi Jaja,...
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Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre), addresses a meeting with heads of the island’s regional health authorities, held on Saturday, July 5, at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St. James. From left are: Acting chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Dr Andrei Cooke; chairman of the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA), Leon Gordon; Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister on special assignment to the Ministry of Health, Hon. Luther Buchanan; chairman of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), George Duncan; and chairman of the South Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Michael Stewart (not pictured).
Health & Wellness

Regional Authorities to Improve Communication with Staff

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr Fenton Ferguson, has instructed the island’s regional health authorities to put measures in place to improve communication and consultation with their staff. The development came out of discussions with the heads of the four regional boards of health on Saturday, July 5, at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St. James. The talks came against the...
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Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.
Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Prime Minister Out of Office

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller will be out of office on vacation, July 8 -11, 2014. The Prime Minister will be out of the country during the period. While the Prime Minister is out of office, Hon Robert Pickersgill, Minister of Land, Water, Environment and Climate Change will be in charge of the government.  
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