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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (fourth left), presents awards to this year’s Petrojam scholars who have performed outstandingly in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations. They are (from left) Greenwich Primary’s Javonne Wong, who will be attending Kingston Technical High School and Tasheka Williams, who will be attending Meadowbrook High School. From St. Andrew Primary are Adrianna Whittingham, who heads to Excelsior High School, and Robert Reynolds, who will be attending the St. Andrew Technical High School. An awards ceremony was held at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Incubator and Resource Centre in Kingston on Thursday (August 25).
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (fourth left), presents awards to this year’s Petrojam scholars who have performed outstandingly in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations. They are (from left) Greenwich Primary’s Javonne Wong, who will be attending Kingston Technical High School and Tasheka Williams, who will be attending Meadowbrook High School. From St. Andrew Primary are Adrianna Whittingham, who heads to Excelsior High School, and Robert Reynolds, who will be attending the St. Andrew Technical High School. An awards ceremony was held at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Incubator and Resource Centre in Kingston on Thursday (August 25).

Petrojam Continues Support of PEP Students

Oil refinery company, Petrojam, has awarded four scholarships to this year’s top performers in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations at the Greenwich Primary and St. Andrew Primary schools. The two males and two females who have each received a...
Onion farmer, Lawrence Lynch, on his farm in Yallahs, St Thomas, where he has contributed to the parish considerably exceeding the national onion yield.
Onion farmer, Lawrence Lynch, on his farm in Yallahs, St Thomas, where he has contributed to the parish considerably exceeding the national onion yield.

St. Thomas Farmers Making Strides in Onion Production
Managing Director of the Human Employment and Resource Training/National Service Training Agency (HEART/NSTA Trust), Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, speaks at JIS ‘Think Tank’ on Friday, August 26.
Managing Director of the Human Employment and Resource Training/National Service Training Agency (HEART/NSTA Trust), Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, speaks at JIS ‘Think Tank’ on Friday, August 26.

HEART/NSTA Trust Offers Globally Competitive Training to Develop Labour Force
Theatre and Drama Development Specialist at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Shaun Drysdale.
Theatre and Drama Development Specialist at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Shaun Drysdale.

JCDC Selects 22 Aspiring Filmmakers to Create Short Films
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (third right), with Shelter Managers who were awarded at the Corporation’s Annual Shelter Management Conference, held on August 25, at the Scouts Association of Jamaica headquarters, in St. Andrew.
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (third right), with Shelter Managers who were awarded at the Corporation’s Annual Shelter Management Conference, held on August 25, at the Scouts Association of Jamaica headquarters, in St. Andrew.

KSAMC Awards Six Shelter Managers

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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), along with President of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), William Brown (left), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Courtney Williams (right), tours a section of the Newport business community in Kingston, on Tuesday (August 23).
Local Government

High-Level Ministerial Team Tours Kingston Port

Perennial issues of flooding and security in the Newport West business community in Kingston, are being tackled by several ministries and agencies. A high-level government team led by Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang and Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, met with the business operators on Tuesday (August 23), at the Shipping Association...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre, front row); British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Judith Slater (fourth right, front row), and State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (to the Minister’s right), with the 2022 United Kingdom (UK) Chevening Government Scholarships awardees. They were awarded their scholarship certificates during a reception held at the British High Commissioner’s Residence in Kingston, on August 25.
Education

Jamaicans Get More Chevening Scholarships

More than half of the 2022 United Kingdom (UK) Chevening Government Scholarships for Caribbean nationals were awarded to Jamaicans. Of the 33 scholarships that were made available, 16 were awarded to nine women and seven men from the country. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, said they will be studying in fields such as Special and Inclusive Education,...
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Information

All ‘Usual Residents’ to Be Counted in National Census

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is advising the public that only persons who are ‘usual residents’ of Jamaica on Census Day, Monday September 12, will be counted in the 15th Population and Housing Census when data collection gets under way. Usual residents are those persons who spend the greater part of the year (six months or more) or on...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), hands over keys to a unit of the newly constructed Majesty Gardens Phase 1A, in St. Andrew, to Cedrick Anderson (centre) and his son, Ricardo Anderson, during a ceremony on August 24 on the site of the new housing complex. Thirty-two duplex housing units were handed over to proud new homeowners under the National Housing Trust (NHT) Community Renewal Programme (CRP).
Housing

Low-Income Earners to Benefit More from Interest Rate Subsidy

The National Housing Trust (NHT) decision to target middle- and low-income earners and persons with disabilities to benefit from reduced interest rates, is in keeping with the Government’s mandate to make homeownership possible for every Jamaican. This was stated by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, at the handover ceremony for houses in Majesty Gardens Phase 1A in St....
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Hon. Floyd Green (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for the National Identification System (NIDS), shows a sample card to Custos Rotulorum for the parish of Manchester, Hon. Garfield Green, following the Minister
Technology

Green Talks NIDS with Manchester Stakeholders

Under the upcoming National Identification System (NIDS), there will be a renewal period of every 10 years for adults and five years for children who get their cards at birth. So says Hon. Floyd Green, Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, as he responded to questions from Justices of the Peace in Manchester, following his presentation...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), along with (from left) Managing Director, N.F. Barnes Construction and Equipment Company Limited, Keon Hinds, Member of Parliament for St. Catherine Southern, Fitz Jackson, and Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Housing Agency of Jamaica Limited, Sylvester Tulloch, break ground for the construction of the Sandown Palms housing development in St. Catherine, on Friday (August 26).
Housing

Ground Broken for Sandown Palms Housing Development in St. Catherine

A total of 148 units are slated for construction in the Sandown Palms housing development in south St. Catherine. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (August 26), broke ground for the project which will be undertaken by the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ), in partnership with N.F. Barnes Construction and Equipment Company Limited, at a cost of...
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President of the Private Sector Organisation (PSOJ) of Jamaica Keith Duncan.
Finance & Public Service

PSOJ Meets with Business Heads in Montego Bay to Discuss Project Star

The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), with its newly formed $2-billion community transformation initiative – Project STAR (Social Transformation and Renewal) – met with local business heads in Montego Bay, St. James, on August 24. The two-event ‘Stakeholders Engagement’, involved a presentation on Project STAR to PSOJ Western Region and other business community members, followed by a media tour...
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