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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

Laws Being Amended to Bolster Safeguards for Victims of Gender-Based Violence

Several pieces of legislation are being amended to provide greater protection for victims of gender-based violence. Work to this end has commenced on the Domestic Violence Act, to broaden the scope and definition of ‘domestic violence’, and the Memorandum of...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth right), is joined by other Government and private sector officials in breaking ground for the construction of the UNICO 18˚77˚ Hotel in Lilliput, St James, on Friday (November 25). Others (from left) are Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman, St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Leeroy Williams; Director of Sales and Marketing, AIC Hotel Group, Rafael Chapur; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; Vice President of Development, RCD Hotels, Rodrigo Chapur; Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett; Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, Audrey Sewell; and Minister of State, Office of the Prime Minister (West), Hon. Homer Davis.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth right), is joined by other Government and private sector officials in breaking ground for the construction of the UNICO 18˚77˚ Hotel in Lilliput, St James, on Friday (November 25). Others (from left) are Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman, St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Leeroy Williams; Director of Sales and Marketing, AIC Hotel Group, Rafael Chapur; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; Vice President of Development, RCD Hotels, Rodrigo Chapur; Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett; Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, Audrey Sewell; and Minister of State, Office of the Prime Minister (West), Hon. Homer Davis.

Ground Broken for Multimillion US Dollar Boutique Resort Development in St. James
Recipient, Flazel Jackson, poses in front of his new home in Norwood, St. James, that was provided under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, presented him with the keys on Friday (November 25).
Recipient, Flazel Jackson, poses in front of his new home in Norwood, St. James, that was provided under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, presented him with the keys on Friday (November 25).

Prime Minister Holness Hands Over Social Housing Units to Families in St. James
Assistant Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education and Youth, Sadpha Bennett (left) and Director of Programmes, HEART/NSTA Trust, Ronique Rhoden, listen as Instructor Jamaican-German Automotive School (JAGAS), Francois Johnson, outlines the features of an air-conditioning trainer. Occasion was the HEART/NSTA’s Youth Festival held on November 23 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.
Assistant Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education and Youth, Sadpha Bennett (left) and Director of Programmes, HEART/NSTA Trust, Ronique Rhoden, listen as Instructor Jamaican-German Automotive School (JAGAS), Francois Johnson, outlines the features of an air-conditioning trainer. Occasion was the HEART/NSTA’s Youth Festival held on November 23 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.

PHOTOS: HEART/NSTA’s Youth Festival
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addresses a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew at Pollyanna Caterers in Kingston.
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addresses a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew at Pollyanna Caterers in Kingston.

Development of Broadband Network to be Declared National Development Project

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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addressing Friday’s (Nov. 25) sitting of the Upper House.
Social Security

SOEs to Expire Tuesday

The States of Public Emergency (SOEs) now in effect in several parishes and police divisions across the island will expire on Tuesday (Nov. 29). This, after two resolutions to extend the enhanced security measures until January 14, 2023, failed to get a two-thirds majority vote, during Friday’s (Nov. 25) sitting of the Upper House. All 13 Government Senators voted for...
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Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (right), listens as the newly installed Youth Mayor, Kijani Williams, addresses the Junior Mock Council, Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSMAC), at the Council Chamber in downtown Kingston on Friday (November 25). The Junior Council provides a platform for students to voice their concerns about issues that affect them and coincides with Local Government Month in November.
Local Government

PHOTOS: Sitting of KSAMC Junior Council

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (right), listens as the newly installed Youth Mayor, Kijani Williams, addresses the Junior Mock Council, Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSMAC), at the Council Chamber in downtown Kingston on Friday (November 25). The Junior Council provides a platform for students to voice their concerns about issues that affect them and coincides with...
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Postmaster General, Lincoln Allen.
Technology

Caribbean Transportation Hub Think Tank Slated for November 28 to 30

The Central Sorting Office (CSO) will host the upcoming Caribbean Transportation Hub Project Think Tank, slated for November 28 to 30. Delegates from the Universal Postal Union and Caribbean Postal Union will participate in discussions during the three-day event. This, as the Post and Telecommunications Department (Jamaica Post) seeks to rectify protracted delays experienced by mail transport operators and clients...
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His Worship, the Mayor of Kingston and St. Andrew, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams.
Community

Shops and Stalls in Jubilee Market to be Completed by January 2023

The construction of shops and vending stalls at the Jubilee Market in downtown Kingston is expected to be completed by January 2023. The new space will accommodate approximately 60 haberdashery vendors who sell at the intersection of West Queen and Orange Streets. Speaking at the official opening of the upgraded Stony Hill Market in St. Andrew on Thursday (November 25),...
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Executive Director of the Fair Trading Commission, David Miller.
Investment

20th Shirley Playfair Lecture on December 1

The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) will host the 20th staging of its flagship public education initiative, the Shirley Playfair Lecture, on Thursday, December 1. It will be held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA), John Mahfood, will deliver this year’s lecture under the...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (third right), points to the unveiled sign of the upgraded Stony Hill Market in St. Andrew, at the opening on November 24. Celebrating its unveiling are (from left) Minority Leader, Kingston and St. Andrew Muncipal Corporation (KSAMC), Councillor Andrew Swaby; Mayor of Kingston and St. Andrew, His Worship, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams; Member of Parliament, St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn; Councillor, Stony Hill Division, Tosha Schwapp; Deputy Mayor, Kingston and St. Andrew, Councillor Winston Ennis and Chief Executive Officer, KSAMC, Robert Hill.
Local Government

Significant Capital Investments to Upgrade Markets

The Government will be making significant capital investments to upgrade existing markets and build a new one across the island in the next financial year. Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, disclosed the details during the official opening of the upgraded Stony Hill Market in St. Andrew on Thursday (November 24). Included in the investments will...
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Transport and Mining Minister, Hon Audley Shaw (left), converses with Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister (West), Hon Homer Davis (right), following a tour of lands owned by the Jamaica Railway Corporation (JRC) and the Montego Bay Transport Centre in St. James, on Thursday (November 24). Listening (from second left) are Member of Parliament for St. James Central, Heroy Clarke and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams.
Transport

New Transportation Centre to be Built in Montego Bay

The Government has announced plans to construct a new transportation centre in Montego Bay, St James, as part of efforts to ease persistent traffic congestion in the resort city. This was disclosed by Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, who said the new facility, to be named the Southern Transportation Centre, will be built on three acres of land...
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