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Chief Executive Officer, Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter, delivers remarks during the entity’s 15th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service at Tarrant Baptist Church in St. Andrew, on Sunday (June 5).
Chief Executive Officer, Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter, delivers remarks during the entity’s 15th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service at Tarrant Baptist Church in St. Andrew, on Sunday (June 5).

PICA Celebrates 15 Years

The Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) is celebrating 15 years of operations. To commemorate the milestone, members, including Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Andrew Wynter, attended a thanksgiving service at Tarrant Baptist Church in St. Andrew, on Sunday (June 5)....
Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second right), and United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Nick Perry (second left), discuss the Liv Gud campaign during the diplomat’s visit to the Ministry’s Oxford Road offices in New Kingston on Tuesday (June 7). Joining them are Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson (left), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Courtney Williams.
Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second right), and United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Nick Perry (second left), discuss the Liv Gud campaign during the diplomat’s visit to the Ministry’s Oxford Road offices in New Kingston on Tuesday (June 7). Joining them are Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson (left), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Courtney Williams.

PHOTOS: Ambassador Perry Calls on National Security Minister
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), breaks ground for the $1.2 billion K & T Development BPO Complex in Mandeville, Manchester, recently. He is joined by (from left), Managing Director of K & T Development, Patrick Crawford; Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, Rhoda Moy Crawford; head of K & T Development, Kenneth Black; and company attorney, Phillip Paulwell.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), breaks ground for the $1.2 billion K & T Development BPO Complex in Mandeville, Manchester, recently. He is joined by (from left), Managing Director of K & T Development, Patrick Crawford; Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, Rhoda Moy Crawford; head of K & T Development, Kenneth Black; and company attorney, Phillip Paulwell.

6, 000 More BPO Jobs Since COVID-19
Chair, National Codex Committee, Dr. Lorice Edwards-Brown, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on activities to mark World Food Safety Day, which is being observed internationally, today (June 7), under the theme: ‘Safer Food, Better Health’.
Chair, National Codex Committee, Dr. Lorice Edwards-Brown, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on activities to mark World Food Safety Day, which is being observed internationally, today (June 7), under the theme: ‘Safer Food, Better Health’.

Food Safety Takes Centre Stage
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), cuts the ribbon to hand over a newly built two-bedroom house to Collington Graham (left) in Seaview Gardens, St. Andrew, recently. Joining them are Chair, New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), Judith Robb-Walters (second right); and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Western, Anthony Hylton. The house was built under the NSHP.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), cuts the ribbon to hand over a newly built two-bedroom house to Collington Graham (left) in Seaview Gardens, St. Andrew, recently. Joining them are Chair, New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), Judith Robb-Walters (second right); and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Western, Anthony Hylton. The house was built under the NSHP.

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Falmouth’s Mayor, Councillor Collen Gager (fourth right), shares a moment with fellow Trelawnyites (from left) Kenneth Bailey, Charles Ramdata, Alinthi Allwood Gallagher, Violet Johnson, Tomlin Anderson, Harry Peter Johnson, and Loyal Ellis. Occasion was the annual Trelawny Picnic, held at the Rockland County State Park in Nyack, New York, on Sunday (May 29).
Local Government

A Grand Trelawny Tradition Returns To New York

Falmouth’s Mayor and Trelawny Municipal Corporation Chairman, Councillor Collen Gager, was among the regulars attending the annual Trelawny Picnic in New York, on Sunday (May 29). Returning after a two-year COVID-enforced absence, the event drew more than 3,000 Trelawnyites from across the United States, Canada, and Jamaica to the Rockland County State Park, in Nyack, upstate New York. Mayor Gager,...
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Finance & Public Service

Tax Services for Jamaica 60 Diaspora Virtual Conference

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) will join several government entities to provide support to the Jamaican diaspora at this years’ staging of the Jamaica Diaspora Conference June 14 - 16, 2022.  Operating under the banner of Government at Your Service (GOVAYS), the Tax Authority will display its digital service capabilities in keeping with the virtual themed modality of the conference. Chief...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), is accompanied by Chairman, Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC), Professor Orlando Patterson (right), the Education Ministry’s Regional Director for Kingston and St. Andrew, Dasmine Kennedy (left), and Kingston College Principal, Dave Myrie, when she visited the school recently. The visit was facilitated to garner relevant stakeholder feedback on recommendations contained in the JETC report that was released in January.
EducationYouth

More Partnerships With Early Childhood Institutions Being Considered

More partnerships with Early Childhood Institutions (ECIs) are being considered, as the Ministry of Education and Youth develops an implementation plan for the Jamaica Education Transformation Commission’s (JETC) recommendations to advance the education sector. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, shared details during a recent visit to Kingston College with JETC Chairman, Professor Orlando Patterson. “The pace needs to be accelerated...
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Sorted waste collected from a beach in Montego Bay. WPM Waste Management Limited will be joining forces with Recycling Partners of Jamaica in cleaning the Montego Bay Fishing Beach on World Oceans Day, being observed on Wednesday (June 8). A recycling bin will be installed at the complex to facilitate garbage separation, for the collection of plastic containers.
Local Government

Big Clean-Up For Fisherman’s Beach On World Oceans Day

WPM Waste Management Limited is partnering with several stakeholders to clean the Montego Bay Fisherman’s Beach on Wednesday (June 8), which is being observed as World Oceans Day. WPM’s Customer Relations Officer, Sharnon Williams, told JIS News that the clean-up exercise will culminate the agency’s observance of World Environment Week, from June 1 to 8. She said the slated activities...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), presents the keys for a three-bedroom house to Ewarton St. Catherine, resident, Ivy Smith (second left). Others (from left) are Chairperson, Oversight Committee, New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), Judith Robb Walters, and Member of Parliament for St. Catherine North West, Hugh Graham.
Housing

Number of New Social Housing Programme Units Delivered Being Increased

The Government is looking to increase the number of units built annually under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), from just over 300 to 1,000. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says building contractors are now delivering the houses at a faster pace, compared to when the programme commenced in 2018. “We are improving the systems… contractors are moving...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), is hugged by Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, after she presented a maquette of one of Jamaica’s pioneer female labour rights activists, Agnes “Aggie” Bernard, during the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Labour Relations Awards Banquet, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, recently.
CabinetLabour

Cabinet To Consider Unemployment Insurance Scheme

The Unemployment Insurance Scheme is to be submitted to Cabinet for approval, shortly, says Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda. Addressing the Ministry’s Labour Relations Awards Banquet, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, recently, the Minister said the scheme is a priority area for the Government as part of efforts to strengthen the national legislative framework for labour...
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