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Deputy Managing Director for Operations at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Kirk Finnikin (left) addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS)
Deputy Managing Director for Operations at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Kirk Finnikin (left) addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) 'Think Tank' session at the agency's headquarters in Kingston on August 21. Looking on is JUTC's Managing Director, Colin Campbell.

JUTC’s ‘Park and Ride’ Service for Portmore Next Month

Residents of Portmore, St. Catherine, are to realise savings in transportation costs with the introduction of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s (JUTC) ‘park and ride' service starting in September. This was disclosed by JUTC's Deputy Managing Director for Operations, Kirk...
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson (seated), signing agreements with the Government of China at the Great Hall of the People in the Chinese capital, Beijing, on August 21, while in the (background), Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller converses with Premier of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Li Keqiang. Assisting the Minister is Acting Director of the Bilateral Relations Department in the Ministry, Deon Williams and at left (partly hidden) is Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson (seated), signing agreements with the Government of China at the Great Hall of the People in the Chinese capital, Beijing, on August 21, while in the (background), Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller converses with Premier of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Li Keqiang. Assisting the Minister is Acting Director of the Bilateral Relations Department in the Ministry, Deon Williams and at left (partly hidden) is Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill.

Jamaica and China Sign Four Agreements
Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), is engaged in conversation by Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (right), during Friday’s (August 16) groundbreaking ceremony for phase one of the $200 million Mason River water supply upgrading project in Clarendon. Minister Dalley is Member of Parliament for North Clarendon, where the project and beneficiaries are located. In the background is National Water Commission (NWC) Chairman, Dr. Leary Myers.
Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), is engaged in conversation by Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (right), during Friday’s (August 16) groundbreaking ceremony for phase one of the $200 million Mason River water supply upgrading project in Clarendon. Minister Dalley is Member of Parliament for North Clarendon, where the project and beneficiaries are located. In the background is National Water Commission (NWC) Chairman, Dr. Leary Myers.

K-Factor Unit of NWC to Spend $4 Billion on Water Projects
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second left), observes as Senior Accounting Manager, Productive Business Solutions (PBS) Jamaica, Gregory Douet (right), demonstrates how to use the Xerox ColorQube 9303 photocopy machine, during a handing-over ceremony at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Tuesday (August 20). Looking on (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Elaine Foster Allen; Managing Director, PBS, Melanie Subratie; and Operations Manager, PBS, Paul Reid.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second left), observes as Senior Accounting Manager, Productive Business Solutions (PBS) Jamaica, Gregory Douet (right), demonstrates how to use the Xerox ColorQube 9303 photocopy machine, during a handing-over ceremony at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Tuesday (August 20). Looking on (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Elaine Foster Allen; Managing Director, PBS, Melanie Subratie; and Operations Manager, PBS, Paul Reid.

Education Ministry Gets 40 Photocopy Machines from PBS Jamaica
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), is greeted by Assistant Foreign Minister, People’s Republic of China, Zheng Zeguang (left); and Jamaica
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), is greeted by Assistant Foreign Minister, People’s Republic of China, Zheng Zeguang (left); and Jamaica's Ambassador to China, His Excellency Ralph Thomas, shortly after her arrival at the Beijing International Airport in China. The Prime Minister is on a five-day official visit to the Asian country.

Prime Minister Simpson Miller Arrives in China

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Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (second left), announces a 25 per cent increase in fares for the public transportation sector, at a press conference held on August 19 at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices. Looking on (from left) are: Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy; Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Urban Transit Company, Colin Campbell and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Audrey Sewell.
Transport

25% Fare Increase, Concessionary Fare Remains the Same

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, has announced a 25 per cent increase in fares for the public transportation sector. In respect of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Cabinet has approved an increase from $80 to $100, which will take effect from Sunday, August 25. However, Cabinet has taken the decision to hold the...
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Retired Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMO), Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester (right), receives a plaque from President of the Alumni of the St. Elizabeth based Bethlehem All Age and Infant School, Frank Marshall, on August 17, at a re-union dinner, held at the Bethlehem Moravian College, in Malvern.
Education

Bethlehem All Age Honours Past Students

The Alumni of the St. Elizabeth based Bethlehem All Age and Infant School, honoured some of its veteran educators and past students, at an inaugural dinner on August 17, with proceeds in aid of a computer laboratory at the institution. “These teachers have taught many of us, and the students respect them. They have helped us to be who we...
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Chairman of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Joseph Matalon, addresses the media launch of the fifth annual Caribbean Micro Finance Forum, at the Bank’s Oxford Road offices in Kingston, on August 19). Country Representative, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones (seated left), and Charge d’Affaires, Delegation of the European Union, Cesar Valor Arge (right), also brought greetings at the launch.
Finance & Public Service

DBJ Disburses $1.2 Billion to MSME Sector in 2012

Last year the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) committed and disbursed over $1.2 billion to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector, covering 200 small and medium sized business loans. The Bank’s funding activities have helped to establish nine new companies, 850 new jobs, and the maintenance of close to 7,000 existing jobs. Additionally, micro finance institutions on lent...
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Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (centre), along with Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (right); and National Water Commission (NWC) Chairman, Dr. Leary Myers (left), during Friday’s (August 16) groundbreaking ceremony for phase one of the $200 million Mason River water supply upgrading project in Clarendon. Minister Dalley is Member of Parliament for North Clarendon, where the project and beneficiaries are located. Looking on, in the background, is Clarendon Parish Council Chairman and Mayor of may pen, Councillor Scean Barnswell.
Environment

7,000 More Rural Residents to Benefit from Better Water Supply

Some 7,000 residents of Mason River, Kellits, Sandy River, and neighbouring areas in North Clarendon will benefit from improved water supply following the completion of some $200 million worth of upgrading work on the Mason River water supply system. The project is slated to be undertaken upwards of the next 24 months by the National Water Commission (NWC), which is...
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Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency, Stephen Vascianne, delivers the keynote address at the Jamaica Independence Celebration Foundation Independence Ball to mark Jamaica’s 51st Year of Independence at the Hylton Hotel, Manhattan, NY, on August 17.
Foreign Affairs

Ambassador Vascianne Expresses Concern Over Number of Deportations

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Stephen Vascianne has expressed concern over the large number of Jamaicans being deported from the United States back to Jamaica on a monthly basis. “Far too many Jamaicans are stepping on to the deportation train.”  Each month about 75 Jamaicans are sent home for indulging in unlawful activities,” he stated. He told...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (Right) presents resident of the Barrett Hall Housing Development, Sudar Buckall with her registered title during a presentation ceremony held at Barrett Hall in St. James on Friday (August 16). Twenty-nine new land owners received titles during the ceremony.
Transport

Housing Ministry Pushing To Deliver 5,000 Land Titles This Financial Year

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing will be working through the Housing Agency of Jamaica to achieve its target of distributing some 5,000 registered titles to land owners during this financial year. Delivering a special address on Friday, August 16, at a ceremony for the presentation of titles for the Barrett Hall Housing development in Rose Hall, St. James,...
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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (at podium) addresses attendees at a ceremony to publicly roll out the Extending Financial Services Directly to Rural Jamaican Farmers (Direct2Client) Project at the Whispering Bamboo Cove in Morant Bay, St. Thomas on Friday (August 16). The Minister was representing the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller at the function. Pictured at the head table (from left) are: General Manager of the St. Thomas Cooperative Credit Union, Hopeton Morrison; President of the credit union, Rev. Lennox Kirby; Country Representative, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones; and Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Thomas and Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson.
Agriculture

$48 Million Project To Assist Small Farmers

The earnings of small-scale rural farmers in St. Thomas are expected to be boosted under a US$479,000 ($48 million) pilot project. Dubbed the Extending Financial Services Directly to Rural Jamaican Farmers (Direct2Client) Project, the initiative is being implemented by the St. Thomas Cooperative Credit Union through funding by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Under the programme, farmers will gain increased...
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