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State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn.
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn.

JBDC Establishing Essential Oil Incubator

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is establishing an essential oils incubator that will provide manufacturing capacity for clients as well as further position the country to tap into the lucrative global industry. The development forms part of a project...
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development will be undertaking electrification and water supply projects in Chamber’s Pen, Hanover. “In another couple of weeks, I will be signing the contract for [electrical] installation of 150 households in Chamber’s Pen and another 150 [communities] between the Corporate Area and Portland,” portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, told JIS News. The installation works will be undertaken as part of the Ministry’s Rural Electrification Programme (REP) being spearheaded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). The programme aims to extend electricity to rural Jamaica as part of measures to stimulate economic and social activity, and improve the quality of life in rural communities. So far, several rural areas across the island have been benefiting from the project. Chamber’s Pen will also be the focus of a major water supply project. “An extensive amount of work [will be done] to bring water to the community… and that will be done by Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL),” Minister McKenzie said, while addressing a water supply commissioning ceremony in Top Aberdeen in St. Elizabeth, recently. Chamber’s Pen is the pilot community under the Ministry’s $650-million Rural Development Programme. The programme, which will create temporary and permanent employment opportunities across the country, includes the installation of water, electricity, Internet access, roads, sidewalks, community parks and indigent housing. -30-
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development will be undertaking electrification and water supply projects in Chamber’s Pen, Hanover. “In another couple of weeks, I will be signing the contract for [electrical] installation of 150 households in Chamber’s Pen and another 150 [communities] between the Corporate Area and Portland,” portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, told JIS News. The installation works will be undertaken as part of the Ministry’s Rural Electrification Programme (REP) being spearheaded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). The programme aims to extend electricity to rural Jamaica as part of measures to stimulate economic and social activity, and improve the quality of life in rural communities. So far, several rural areas across the island have been benefiting from the project. Chamber’s Pen will also be the focus of a major water supply project. “An extensive amount of work [will be done] to bring water to the community… and that will be done by Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL),” Minister McKenzie said, while addressing a water supply commissioning ceremony in Top Aberdeen in St. Elizabeth, recently. Chamber’s Pen is the pilot community under the Ministry’s $650-million Rural Development Programme. The programme, which will create temporary and permanent employment opportunities across the country, includes the installation of water, electricity, Internet access, roads, sidewalks, community parks and indigent housing. -30-

Electrification And Water Supply Projects For Chamber’s Pen
Newly appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne.
Newly appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne.

Private Security Industry Legislation To Be Reviewed And Amended
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda.

Labour Ministry’s Website Out of Service
(FILE) Work in progress along a section of the Mandela Highway. This forms part of the US$64-million Mandela Highway Realignment and Reconstruction Project, which involves road construction works comprising extensive soft soil treatment, construction of a 3.5 km six-lane corridor, with a two-lane overpass bridge, two new three-lane bridges at Fresh River, a two-lane service road adjacent to the main roadway to facilitate the development of Caymanas Estate and upgrading of the Six Miles Interchange.
(FILE) Work in progress along a section of the Mandela Highway. This forms part of the US$64-million Mandela Highway Realignment and Reconstruction Project, which involves road construction works comprising extensive soft soil treatment, construction of a 3.5 km six-lane corridor, with a two-lane overpass bridge, two new three-lane bridges at Fresh River, a two-lane service road adjacent to the main roadway to facilitate the development of Caymanas Estate and upgrading of the Six Miles Interchange.

NROCC To Continue Maintaining Tolled Highways

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fifth left), breaks ground for a new police station at Stony Hill in St. Andrew, on February 25. Others participating (from left) are Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn; Councillor for the Stony Hill Division, Tasha Schwapp; Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne; Principal, Stony Hill Technical High School, Eric Smith; Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson and Senior General Manager, National Housing Trust (NHT), Donald Moore.
National Security

New Police Station For Stony Hill

A new police station will be constructed at Stony Hill, St. Andrew, as part of the Government’s efforts to modernise and upgrade the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who broke ground for the station on February 24, said its construction is a “strategic direction” of the Government’s crime-fighting efforts. “You will notice that we...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness speaking at the recent ground-breaking ceremony for a new Stony Hill Police Station in St. Andrew West Rural.
Foreign AffairsParliament

Preparing For Impact From Ukraine/Russia Conflict

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is monitoring and preparing for the impact that the country’s economy will face because of conflict between the neighbouring countries, Ukraine and Russia. “We expect that the impact on Jamaica could be through the global energy prices, oil prices, in particular, and possibly through some commodities, maybe wheat [and] flour...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives.
EducationParliament

Diagnostic Centres To Be Established At Three Colleges

Three Special Education Diagnostic Centres are to be established at three colleges at a cost of $110 million, during the new fiscal year. They are Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College, St. James; Church Teachers’ College, Manchester and the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), in Portland. Details of the projects, being facilitated under the Ministry of Education and Youth’s National...
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Finance & Public Service

$9 Billion Allocated For Projects Under Finance Ministry

Just over $9 billion has been allocated for the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service’s 2022/23 Capital Budget. The provision is earmarked to implement and manage projects financed by the Government’s Consolidated Fund and bilateral and multilateral agencies. Details are outlined in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The largest share of $5.32 billion...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), speaks with reporters in the community of Russia in Savanna-la-Mar on Friday (February 25
CabinetEnvironment

Plan For Reopening Entertainment Sector Heads To Cabinet

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has said that he will be going to Cabinet today (Monday, February 28) with “proposed measures” that would govern the highly anticipated reopening of the entertainment industry. Minister McKenzie, who was addressing reporters in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland on Friday (February 25), said that he has been tasked by Prime Minister, the...
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St. Ann 4H Club Assistant Secretary Sonia Tucker (right) and Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) volunteer Natsumi Nagarmura (second from right), gives Secretary at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Ann branch, Marie Richards and her daughter Julisan Richards, an over view of products at their booth. Occasion was the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ St. Ann Agri-Tourism Business Symposium which was held at the Seville Heritage Park in the parish on Friday (February 25).
AgricultureTourism

Strengthening Tourism And Agriculture Links In St. Ann

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ St. Ann Agri-Tourism Business Symposium was held at the Seville Heritage Park in the parish on (Friday) February 25. The event was spearheaded by the Ministry through the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) in collaboration with the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF). The primary focus of the symposium was to bring together emerging businesses, product...
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Chairman of the Minimum Wage Advisory Commission, Dr. Ronald Robinson.
Labour

Ministry Of Labour To Establish Living Wage Standard

As of April 1, there will be an increase in the national minimum wage from $7,000 to $9,000 per 40-hour work week. This was announced by the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, during a recent virtual press conference. Following the Minister’s announcement, Chairman of the Minimum Wage Advisory Commission, Dr. Ronald Robinson, who also addressed the...
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