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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre) and Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks (right), tour the Harvard Innovation Lab at the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday (September 15). They are accompanied by the Director of Alumni Programmes and Engagement, Thara Pillai (left). During a visit to the university, the Prime Minister spoke at a roundtable on ‘Re-imagining the Role of Business in the Public Square’. The event was hosted by Harvard Law School, Harvard School of Business and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre) and Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks (right), tour the Harvard Innovation Lab at the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday (September 15). They are accompanied by the Director of Alumni Programmes and Engagement, Thara Pillai (left). During a visit to the university, the Prime Minister spoke at a roundtable on ‘Re-imagining the Role of Business in the Public Square’. The event was hosted by Harvard Law School, Harvard School of Business and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

PHOTOS: Prime Minister Holness Visits Harvard University

Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Charah Watson.
Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Charah Watson.

Applications Open for SRC’s Young Scientist and Technologist Award
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left) engages in discussion with (from second left) United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Nick Perry; Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Jamaica’s Health Emergencies Advisor, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse; Acting Country Representative for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Alex Gainer, and PAHO/ World Health Organization (WHO), Representative to Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, Ian Stein. Occasion was the hand over of vehicles and equipment, valued at US$540,000, by the USAID and PAHO/WHO to further strengthen the country’s response to COVID-19. The presentation took place at the PAHO/ WHO country office in Jamaica, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, St. Andrew on September 16.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left) engages in discussion with (from second left) United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Nick Perry; Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Jamaica’s Health Emergencies Advisor, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse; Acting Country Representative for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Alex Gainer, and PAHO/ World Health Organization (WHO), Representative to Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, Ian Stein. Occasion was the hand over of vehicles and equipment, valued at US$540,000, by the USAID and PAHO/WHO to further strengthen the country’s response to COVID-19. The presentation took place at the PAHO/ WHO country office in Jamaica, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, St. Andrew on September 16.

Jamaica Gets Vehicles and Equipment to Support COVID-19 Response
Custos of Manchester, Garfield Green, addresses students at a school reopening event at the May Day High School in the parish on September 12.
Custos of Manchester, Garfield Green, addresses students at a school reopening event at the May Day High School in the parish on September 12.

Students Urged to Use Education to Help Jamaica
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left) is in conversation with President of the Rotary Club of Kingston, Karsten Johnson, during the club’s meeting on September 15 at the Pegasus Hotel, Kingston.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left) is in conversation with President of the Rotary Club of Kingston, Karsten Johnson, during the club’s meeting on September 15 at the Pegasus Hotel, Kingston.

Education Minister Urges Partnership Between Parents and Schools to Maintain Discipline

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More Young Men Urged to Enter GSS Sector

More young men are being urged to join the pool of workers in the country’s Global Services Sector (GSS). Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, made the call, while addressing the recent graduation ceremony for the first set of 114 graduates of the GSS apprenticeship programme. “I want to see a lot more men in...
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Managing Director, National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica (EXIM Bank), Lisa Bell (left), and Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA), Kamesha Blake, display a folder with the partnership agreement signed by both organisations for the ‘EXIM Ecommerce Funder’, to assist small and medium-sized enterprises, on Friday (September 16), at the Bank’s headquarters in St. Andrew. Observing is Business Development Consultant, EXIM Bank, Winston Lawson.
Commerce

EXIM Bank Earmarks $100 Million to Assist SMEs Expansion Online

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Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), in discussion with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), and Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, at the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) passing out parade ceremony at the National Police College of Jamaica, in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, on September 14.
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New Firearms Act to Strengthen Jamaica’s Capacity to Respond to Armed Violence

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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (fourth right), officially breaks ground for a new $175 million police station in Frome, Westmoreland, on Thursday (September 15). He is joined by (from left): Member of Parliament, Westmoreland Central, George Wright; Deputy Mayor of Savanna-La-Mar, Councillor Danree Delancy; Custos Rotulorum for Westmoreland, The Very Reverend Hon. Canon Hartley Perrin; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Courtney Williams; Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson; Assistant General Manager, National Housing Trust (NHT), Bryan Saunders, and Councillor for the Frome Division, Rudolph Uter.
National Security

New Police Station for Frome in Westmoreland

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, officially broke ground for a new state-of-the-art police station in Frome, Westmoreland, on Thursday (September 15). The station, to be built at a cost of $175 million with funding from the National Housing Trust (NHT), is expected to provide a more comfortable working and living environment for members of the Jamaica Constabulary...
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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.
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Free Tagging of Cattle in Sections of Clarendon

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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, announces the launch of the Innovation-based Tourism Incubator, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, on September 12. Thw Incubator is slated to be launched on September 30.
Tourism

Innovation-Based Tourism Incubator to Be Launched on September 30

The Ministry of Tourism will be launching its Innovation-based Tourism Incubator on September 30, during the observance of Tourism Awareness Week. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on September 12, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said the incubator “will ferret new ideas, and then incentivise the ideas by providing funding support.” He noted that the facility’s establishment...
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Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes.
Justice

Steady Decline in Parish Court Case Backlogs

Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes, says data over the past six years shows outstanding improvements in addressing case backlogs in the parish courts. “There has been a steady decline in the net backlog of cases from 17.98 per cent in 2016 to 1.27 per cent. So, what that means is that the parish courts have exceeded international benchmarks, as far...
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