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State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (left), converses with Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) President, Christopher Zacca, during the PSOJ’s Economic Forum, held on July 3, at the Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston.

Applications Open for Start-Up Jamaica

The Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining is now accepting applications for the Government’s youth entrepreneurship programme, Start-Up Jamaica. Portfolio State Minister, Hon. Julian Robinson, says the process commenced on Thursday (July 3), coinciding with the launch of the...

Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, lays a wreath at the shrine of National Hero, the Right Excellent Norman Manley, at a ceremony held at the National Heroes Park in Kingston on Friday (July 4), to mark the 121st anniversary of his birth.

Jamaica Remembers Norman Manley

Chief Executive Officer, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Dennis Chung, addresses a National Youth Service (NYS) Summer Programme orientation session held on Wednesday (July 2), at the Merl Grove High School in Kingston.

4,900 Youth To Benefit From NYS Summer Programme

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right), fields questions from journalists during today’s (July 3) Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston. Others (from left) are: Vice-President of Operations, National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Blair and Head, Meteorological Service Jamaica, Jeffrey Spooner.

Stiffer Fines Coming For Breaches Of Fisheries Act

Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, addresses a press conference held today (July 3) at the Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, where the team for the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, was announced. Also pictured are (from left): Secretary General of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), Christopher Samuda; and President of the JOA, the Hon. Michael Fennell.

114-Member Team For Commonwealth Games

Director and Curator, Jamaica Music Museum, Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), Herbie Miller.

12 years ago Culture

Signature Conversations to Kick Off Independence Celebrations

The music and legacy of Jamaican reggae vocalist and songwriter Keith “Bob Andy” Anderson will be discussed at “Signature Conversations” on Sunday, July 6, at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) Lecture Hall, East Street Complex, downtown Kingston. Signature Conversations, which is the first activity on the 2014 Emancipation/Independence calendar, is one of the redesigned programmes of this year’s celebrations. It...

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton (right standing); and State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (right, standing), observe as Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ) President, Yoni Epstein (2nd left, seated), signs the $56 million (US$500,000) grant agreement for the provision of technical assistance support under the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Compete Caribbean programme, during Wednesday’s (July 2), signing ceremony at the IDB’s New Kingston offices. Also participating in the proceedings, from left (seated), are: Counsellor and Head, Development Cooperation, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) office in Jamaica, Marie Legault; IDB Senior Operations Specialist in Jamaica, Harold Arzu; and Acting Team Leader, Governance, United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) in Jamaica, Bhavna Sharma. Compete Caribbean is a private sector development programme that provides technical assistance grants and investment funding to support Micro, Small and Medium-size Enterprise (MSME) activities, among other engagements in 15 countries across the region. It is jointly funded by the IDB, DFID, and DFATD.

12 years ago Technology

Compete Caribbean Program Gets US$500,000 Boost

Jamaica’s Information and Communication Technology and Business Process Outsourcing (ICT/BPO) sector has been boosted by the provision of a $56 million (US$500,000) grant, under the Compete Caribbean Programme. The grant has been allocated through the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), which applied for technical assistance support to establish a call centre incubator in the Montego Bay Free Zone...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), shares a light moment with (from left) Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and CARICOM Chairman, Hon. Gaston Browne; Chairman of Sandals Resorts International, Gordon

12 years ago Foreign AffairsPrime Minister

PM Simpson Miller wants Greater Role for Private Sector in CARICOM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is urging the Caribbean business community to play a greater role in the mechanisms that have been created to encourage economic growth, employment, business expansion, social improvement and overall development in member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). She has also expressed support for the integration of the private sector in the...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), is presented with a copy of the book, “Commonwealth Caribbean Employment and Labour Law”, by co-authors, Carla-Anne Harris-Roper (left), and Natalie Corthesy (second left), during an official book launch at the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, Mona on July 1.

12 years ago Labour

Book on Caribbean Labour and Employment Laws Launched

A new publication, exploring the wide range of employment and labour law issues affecting the Commonwealth Caribbean region, was launched on Tuesday (July 1), at the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, Mona. Entitled: ‘Commonwealth Caribbean Employment and Labour Law’, the book is intended to heighten awareness and understanding of the increasing importance of the evolving areas of...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Julian Robinson (L) explains the design concept of the Start-up Jamaica (SUJ) building, during a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (July 1). At right is Vice President for Marketing at LIME, Stephen Price(R). LIME is a sponsor of the initiative.

12 years ago Technology

GOVT to accelerate pace of Technology Development under Start-Up Jamaica

The 100-day accelerator development period prescribed for technology entrepreneurs under the Start-up Jamaica project, is to enable them to develop their ideas into prototypes in the shortest possible time. Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Julian Robinson, says the timeframe was deliberately set to be intense, bearing in mind the fast pace...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (right), is presented with a replica of a Southwest Airlines airplane by Captain Mark Schultz, during a welcome reception held yesterday (July 1) at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay to welcome Southwest’s inaugural flight to Jamaica.

12 years ago Tourism

Tourism Minister Welcomes Southwest Airlines to Jamaica

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, yesterday (July 1) led a team of tourism officials and several representatives from the Montego Bay business community, in welcoming the inaugural non-stop international flight from America’s largest carrier, Southwest Airlines to the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. The flight, from Baltimore/Washington International Airport, which touched down at about 1:00...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon Anthony Hylton (centre), is greeted by international technology expert, Michael O’Neil (left), when he arrived at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston today (July 2) to participate in the launch of Columbus Business Solutions (CBS) Hosted PBX product. Looking on is Director, Corporate Communications, CBS, Gail Abrahams (right).

12 years ago Commerce

Businesses must have Affordable Access to Telecom Services

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says wider and affordable access to telecommunication services, will allow businesses to compete in domestic and international markets more effectively . “Competitiveness in the international economy is dependent, to a large extent, on the deployment of innovative communication solutions, which in turn, will be dependent on continuous network modernization or development...