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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the launch of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show today (June 21), at the Hi-Pro supercentre in St. Catherine.
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the launch of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show today (June 21), at the Hi-Pro supercentre in St. Catherine.

Support for Flood-Affected Farmers In Sections of Manchester, St. Elizabeth and St. Ann

Farmers in sections of South St. Elizabeth, South Manchester and parts of St. Ann who were recently affected by heavy rains are to benefit from a $63-million support package from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining. Portfolio Minister, Hon....
Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, reads a Proclamation at King’s House on Wednesday (June 21), declaring Friday (June 23) as the National Day of Mourning for Jamaica’s Children.
Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, reads a Proclamation at King’s House on Wednesday (June 21), declaring Friday (June 23) as the National Day of Mourning for Jamaica’s Children.

June 23 Proclaimed National Day of Mourning for Jamaica’s Children
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

House Approves Further 60-Day Extension of Seven ZOSOs
Trade Administrator and Chief Executive Officer, Trade Board Limited (TBL), Dr. Major (Ret’d) Hugh Blake, announces plans for the development of an Export Academy, while addressing the TBL’s recent ‘Step-Up Export with Trade Agreements’ Seminar at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew.
Trade Administrator and Chief Executive Officer, Trade Board Limited (TBL), Dr. Major (Ret’d) Hugh Blake, announces plans for the development of an Export Academy, while addressing the TBL’s recent ‘Step-Up Export with Trade Agreements’ Seminar at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew.

Trade Board Limited Develops ‘4E’ Export Strategy
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (right), presents the Top Exporter award to Managing Director of Home Choice Enterprise Limited, Kareema Muncey (centre) and Export and Marketing Manager at the company, Ali Muhammad, at the closing ceremony for cohort three of the Enterprise Development for Export Growth under the JAMPRO Export Max Programme, held on June 20 at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (right), presents the Top Exporter award to Managing Director of Home Choice Enterprise Limited, Kareema Muncey (centre) and Export and Marketing Manager at the company, Ali Muhammad, at the closing ceremony for cohort three of the Enterprise Development for Export Growth under the JAMPRO Export Max Programme, held on June 20 at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.

Industry Minister Hails JAMPRO’s Export Max Programme

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A group of tourists after their arrival to Jamaica on the Carnival Sunrise cruise ship in Ocho Rios, St. Ann.
Sectoral Debate 2023/24Tourism

Jamaica Gets Ready for Best Summer Season

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica is bracing for the best summer tourism season. “Already, before even completing the first six months of this year, we have… received a combined two million stopover and cruise visitors, with record earnings of US$2 billion, a whopping 18 per cent above the 2019 earnings for the same time period. It should...
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National Coordinator for the national Police Youth Club (PYC), Sergeant Ricardo McCalpin.
National SecurityYouth

Youth Encouraged to Join National Police Youth Club

Youth are being encouraged to join the National Police Youth Club to benefit from its upcoming Summer Camp, which will provide skill-certification opportunities in partnership with the HEART/NSTA Trust. Level-two skills training will be offered for various areas, including housekeeping, painting, electrical wiring and connection, motor vehicle repairs, tiling and baking. The camp will be held for one week from...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), addresses today’s (June 21) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, in St. Andrew. Listening at left is Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill.
LabourSocial Security

NIS Pensioners Receive Increases

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is reporting that as at this month (June), National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensioners started receiving their increases. Addressing today’s (June 21) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., said the pension rate increases range from 23 to 76 per cent under the National Insurance Scheme. “We are very...
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Some of the buses in the fleet of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC).
Sectoral Debate 2023/24Transport

JUTC to Get 50 Additional Buses By Month End

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is set to receive a boost to its fleet with the addition of 50 new buses, 45 diesel and five electric, by the end of this month. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, made the disclosure as he closed the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 20). “This infusion...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, opens the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on April 18.
Sectoral Debate 2023/24Tourism

JCTI Looking to Attract New Tourism Recruits

The Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation (JCTI) is proposing a strategy for attracting new recruits and helping them prepare for available jobs. This, as the tourism sector continues to be hampered by the challenges of finding adequate workers as a result of thousands of employees opting not to return to the industry post pandemic. The JCTI is the Ministry of...
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Executive Director, National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris-Ghartey.
Education

Expansion Works at Four Secondary Schools to Eliminate Shift System

Expansion works are to be undertaken at four secondary schools to formally remove them from the shift system, says Executive Director of the National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris-Ghartey. They are Holmwood Technical, which will have its ground-breaking in July, followed by Exchange High in St. Ann and Cedric Titus and Albert Town High in Trelawny, leading up to September...
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