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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

The local Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry continues on a growth path with the official opening of Omni Nearshore Limited at the Barnett Tech Park in Montego Bay, St. James on Friday (August 19). The new 17, 142 square feet...
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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.

LYNK Seeks to Tap into Multibillion-Dollar Market
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
Fisheries Management Specialist at the National Fisheries Authority, Shellene Berry.
Fisheries Management Specialist at the National Fisheries Authority, Shellene Berry.

First Safety at Sea Training Begins August 23

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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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PAH! Deaf Dance Company entertains attendees at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency’s fifth National Children’s Summit. The event was held at the National Indoors Sports Centre in Kingston on August 18.
Youth

CPFSA Hosts Fifth National Children’s Summit

Hundreds of children, mainly wards of the State, converged at the National Indoors Sports Centre on Thursday (August 18) for the fifth staging of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) National Children’s Summit. The biennial event was conceptualised by the agency’s Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP) in 2014, as a means of increasing interaction with the youngsters the panel...
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