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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),...
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.
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.

More Partnerships With Early Childhood Institutions Being Considered
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.
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.

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

Number of New Social Housing Programme Units Delivered Being Increased
Chairman of the Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC), Professor Orlando Patterson, addresses students at Dinthill Technical High School in St. Catherine, during a visit to the institution on June 6. R. Fraser Photos
Chairman of the Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC), Professor Orlando Patterson, addresses students at Dinthill Technical High School in St. Catherine, during a visit to the institution on June 6. R. Fraser Photos

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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.
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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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Senior Director for Research and Measurement at the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC), Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), Mikhail-Ann Urquhart.
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JPC Invites Businesses/Organisations To Enter Its Productivity Innovator Competition

The Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) is inviting businesses/organisations to enter its Productivity Innovator of the Year 2022 competition. The competition is the precursor to World Productivity Day, which will be observed on June 20, under the theme ‘Productivity in a Digitized World’. Senior Director for Research and Measurement at the JPC, Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), Mikhail-Ann Urquhart,...
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Senior Archivist, Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD), Racquel Innerarity, examines one of the many records that make up the collection at JARD.
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Work of Archivists to be Highlighted June 6-10

The Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD) will be using International Archives Week, June 6 to 10, to highlight the work of its archivists, through a series of daily social media posts. The posts will be shared on JARD’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube platforms. Being celebrated under the theme #ArchivesAreYou, the Week also coincides with the celebration of the...
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Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon.
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Clean-Up Programme for Jamaica 60 Celebrations

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) will be part of a massive clean-up programme for Jamaica 60th celebrations. Jamaica’s 60th year of Independence is being celebrated under the theme ‘Re-igniting a Nation for Greatness’. Speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, the agency’s Executive Director, Audley Gordon, said that announcements for a massive clean-up programme will be made in...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith (right), and State Minister in the Ministry, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell, peruse a document, during Friday’s (June 3) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.
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Senate Pays Tribute To Late Arthur Ziadie

The Senate, on Friday (June 3), paid tribute to late former member, Herbert Arthur ‘Turo’ Ziadie, during its sitting at Gordon House. Mr. Ziadie, who served in the Upper House from 1983 to 1989, passed away on June 2 at age 87. Government and Opposition members, at the invitation of Senate President, Senator the Hon. Tom Tavares-Finson, paid their respects...
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