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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), and Executive Chairman of Supreme Ventures Limited, Gary Peart (right) look on students (from left) Githaniel Byfield and Janella Burton show them the coding programme used to control the robot they made. Occasion was the closing ceremony for the five-day Junior Creators Robotics Camp held at Ardenne High School in Kingston on August 19. The camp was spearheaded by the Supreme Ventures Foundation in partnership with Halls of Learning.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), and Executive Chairman of Supreme Ventures Limited, Gary Peart (right) look on students (from left) Githaniel Byfield and Janella Burton show them the coding programme used to control the robot they made. Occasion was the closing ceremony for the five-day Junior Creators Robotics Camp held at Ardenne High School in Kingston on August 19. The camp was spearheaded by the Supreme Ventures Foundation in partnership with Halls of Learning.

Students Gain Robotics Skills at Five-Day Camp

Over 80 primary and secondary level students were exposed to skills in robotics, engineering, and coding at a free five-day camp, which ended on Friday, August 19. The Junior Creators Robotics Camp, organised by Supreme Ventures Foundation in partnership with...
Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Homer Davis (second right), participates in the ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open Omni Nearshore Limited at Barnett Tech Park, Montego Bay, St. James on Friday (August 19). From left are: Chief Operating Officer (COO) at American First Finance, Thomas Nusspickel; Senior Site Director, Omni Nearshore Limited, Marie Whyte; President of American First Finance, Howard Hambleton; Vice President of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Logistics, Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), Gloria Henry; Member of Parliament for St. James West Central and Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo-Forte; and Councillor for the Spring Garden Division, Dwight Crawford.
Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Homer Davis (second right), participates in the ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open Omni Nearshore Limited at Barnett Tech Park, Montego Bay, St. James on Friday (August 19). From left are: Chief Operating Officer (COO) at American First Finance, Thomas Nusspickel; Senior Site Director, Omni Nearshore Limited, Marie Whyte; President of American First Finance, Howard Hambleton; Vice President of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Logistics, Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), Gloria Henry; Member of Parliament for St. James West Central and Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo-Forte; and Councillor for the Spring Garden Division, Dwight Crawford.

Omni Nearshore Limited Opens Montego Bay Offices
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D'mario Powell (right) receives his certificate of participation in the Food for the Poor (FFP) Jamaica's Bandcamp from ‘Miss Guardian Queen’ Antoinette McDonald on Thursday (August 18), at FFP head office in Ellerslie Pen, Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

PHOTOS: Food for the Poor Stages Special Jamaica Bandcamp
Chief Growth Officer at Lynk, Denise Williams and Chief Product Officer, Lynk, John Matthew Sinclair, address JIS ‘Think Tank’, on August 18.
Chief Growth Officer at Lynk, Denise Williams and Chief Product Officer, Lynk, John Matthew Sinclair, address JIS ‘Think Tank’, on August 18.

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Bank of Jamaica Governor, Richard Byles.
Bank of Jamaica Governor, Richard Byles.

BOJ Projects Growth Within Range of 2.5 % and 4.5 % for 2022/23

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Fisheries Management Specialist at the National Fisheries Authority, Shellene Berry.
Fisheries

First Safety at Sea Training Begins August 23

Thirty-five Jamaicans working in the fisheries sector islandwide will participate in the National Fisheries Authority (NFA) Safety at Sea Training Programme. The first of its kind, the training is being done in partnership with the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), with support from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. The first cohort will be trained between August 23 and 25 at...
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Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles.
Finance & Public Service

Inflation Trending Down

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is encouraged by the declining out-turns recorded in the last three Consumer Price Index (CPI) reports, Governor, Richard Byles, has said. The CPI, which measures variations (inflationary movements) in commodity prices for consumers, is administered by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). Mr. Byles noted that having peaked at 11.8 per cent in April 2022,...
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Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, Managing Director, HEART/NSTA Trust; Dr. Julius Garvey, son of the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, ONH; His Excellency the Most Honourable, Sir Patrick Allen, ON, GCMG, CD, KSt.J, Governor-General of Jamaica; Hon. Nigel Clarke, DPhil., MP, Minister of Finance and the Public Service; Hon. Marsha Smith, MP, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and Ambassador Douglas Saunders, Cabinet Secretary, are seen with the recipients of the 2022 Marcus Garvey Public Sector Graduate Scholarship Programme after the awards ceremony on Wednesday (August 17), at King’s House.
Governor General

G-G Hails Vision of Marcus Garvey Scholarships

Governor-General His Excellency Sir Patrick Allen is appealing for more persons in the public sector to take advantage of scholarship opportunities that are available to them. The Governor-General made the call as he delivered his remarks at the Marcus Garvey Public Sector Graduate Scholarship Awards Ceremony on Wednesday (August 17). The scholarships are made available to all Jamaicans in the...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), presents a back-to-school package to young Asier Bryan, who is being held by his mother Treviece Gayle. The occasion was a back-to-school fair hosted by staff of the Ministry on August 18 at the PCJ Building, Kingston. It catered to children of members of employees of the Ministry and their relatives.
EducationEnergyTechnologyYouth

Students Get Back-to-School Items

Scores of students were assisted in their preparations for the reopening of schools in September at a back-to-school fair staged by staff of the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology on Thursday (August 18). The event catered to children of employees and their relatives, who were provided with packages containing notebooks, pens, pencils and masks. They also received snack items....
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