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Tourism Enhancement Fund’s Executive Director, Dr. Carey Wallace.
Tourism Enhancement Fund’s Executive Director, Dr. Carey Wallace.

TEF to Host Town Hall on Orchard Beach Development

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) will host a town hall on the development of the Orchard Beach in Hopewell, Hanover. The consultation session is scheduled for Sunday (November 27) at the Hopewell Community Centre and will start at 2:00 p.m....
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Marsha Smith, addresses the Civil Service Week Public Forum at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on November 22. The forum was held under the theme ‘The Public Sector: Forging Ahead with Determination’.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Marsha Smith, addresses the Civil Service Week Public Forum at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on November 22. The forum was held under the theme ‘The Public Sector: Forging Ahead with Determination’.

Paternity Leave Comes into Effect January 1, 2023
Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Hon. Robert Morgan (centre, back row), with six students of Lennon High School, in Clarendon, after he awarded them education grants today (November 22) at the school’s prize-giving ceremony. Sharing the moment (from left) are Pastor at the Ebenezer Beulah Circuit of Baptist Churches, the Reverend Arnold Parkinson, and Acting Principal of the school, Tanesha Powell.
Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Hon. Robert Morgan (centre, back row), with six students of Lennon High School, in Clarendon, after he awarded them education grants today (November 22) at the school’s prize-giving ceremony. Sharing the moment (from left) are Pastor at the Ebenezer Beulah Circuit of Baptist Churches, the Reverend Arnold Parkinson, and Acting Principal of the school, Tanesha Powell.

MP Morgan Presents Education Grants to Students of Lennon High
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill.

Industry Minister Urges Business Collaboration with Muslim Community
Students from various schools look on as Acting Commercial Manager at the National Irrigation Commission, Kenroy Hare, outlines the workings of an irrigation model on display during the Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival at Minard Estate, in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, recently.
Students from various schools look on as Acting Commercial Manager at the National Irrigation Commission, Kenroy Hare, outlines the workings of an irrigation model on display during the Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival at Minard Estate, in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, recently.

NIC Seeks to Make Agriculture Attractive to Young Jamaicans

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TPDCO Launches Podcast

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) has launched its ‘Jamaica’s Tourism Titans’ podcast, which will share information about people who have made and who continue to make significant contribution to Jamaica and the region’s tourism industry. It is also expected to inspire listeners to choose a career in tourism and become ambassadors for the industry. In a release by the...
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Finance & Public Service

US$939.7 Million in Export Earnings from January to July

Jamaica generated US$939.7 million in export earnings for the seven-month period between January and July 2022. This is 2.3 per cent more than the US$918.3 million earned for the corresponding period in 2021, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). A communiqué from STATIN on Monday (November 21) indicated that the increase was due primarily to a 61.8 per...
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President, Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), O’Neil Grant, addressing the 2022 Civil Service Week church service on November 20 at the Boulevard United Church, Kingston. Civil Service Week is being observed from November 20 to 26.
Finance & Public Service

Transformation Process Will Build Resilience of Public Sector

President, Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), O’Neil Grant, says public-sector transformation is the country’s best answer to strengthening the resilience of the public service. “The resilience of our country is reflected in the resilience of the public sector,” he noted. “The Jamaican public sector has been on a path of transformation of its people, its places, and its processes to...
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The 2021 Awardees for Top Station in each division in Area Four Transforming Our Police Service (TOPS) Competition, display their trophies. From left are Inspector Jacqueline Grant, a representative from the Allman Town Station (Top Station for Kingston Central Division); Inspector Stacey-Ann Powell, Station Commander for Olympic Gardens (Top Station for St. Andrew Southern Division); Inspector Paul Cummings, Station Commander for Bull Bay Station (Area Four Top Station); Inspector Veronica Johnson-Blythe, Station Commander for Denham Town (Top Station for the Kingston Western Division) and Inspector Lorna Fowler-Burchell, Station Commander for Mona Police Post (Top Station in the St. Andrew Central Division).
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Area Three Tops Competition Awards Ceremony November 25

The top performers in the Transforming Our Police Service (TOPS) Competition for Area Three will be announced at an awards ceremony on Friday, November 25, during Police Week celebrations. This event will be held at Gold View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Organised by the Police Civilian Oversight Authority (PCOA), the TOPS competition this year had some...
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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (left), greets High Commissioner for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to Jamaica, His Excellency Deryck Lance Murray (right), during the Doing Business with Jamaica trade mission at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on November 21. Looking on (from second left) are President of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association (TTMA), Tricia Coosal and Minister of Trade and Industry, Trinidad and Tobago, Paula Gopee-Scoon.
CommerceIndustryInvestment

Delegation from Trinidad on Four-Day Trade Mission to Jamaica

A delegation comprising 17 companies from the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago is now in Jamaica on a trade mission. The four-day visit by the companies, which span construction, food and beverage, logistics, packaging and printing, chemicals as well as other sectors, is part of an effort to expand and promote bilateral export trade between the countries. Minister of...
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Yonique Gordon, winner of the Name the System Competition, receives her prize from Project Administrator for the Fisheries Licensing and Registration System, Morris Lawrence, at a recent handover Ceremony of the National Fisheries Authority.
FisheriesTechnology

NFA to Implement Online Licensing and Registration System Soon

The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) has chosen a name for the soon-to-be implemented online fisheries licensing and registration system, following a naming competition among its staff. The system will be called IrieFINS – Jamaica’s fisheries and aquaculture information system. Winner of the competition is Licensing and Registration Clerk, Yonique Gordon, who walked away with the top prize of $25,000. Describing...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, addressing the recent Young Entrepreneurs Association (YEA) Young Entrepreneur Success Summit and Expo, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.
CommerceIndustryInvestment

More Persons Encouraged to Become Entrepreneurs

As Jamaica’s resilience against the COVID-19 pandemic continues to fuel the economy’s gradual recovery from the resulting fallout, more persons are being encouraged to become entrepreneurs. This urging comes from Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, who was speaking during the recent Young Entrepreneurs Association (YEA) Young Entrepreneur Success Summit...
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