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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses the 17th Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) semi-virtual Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Wednesday (January 26).
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses the 17th Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) semi-virtual Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Wednesday (January 26).

Public Sector Compensation Review To Receive Much Focus In 2022/23

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says a significant proportion of the impending public-sector-compensation review is expected to be undertaken during the 2022/23 fiscal year. The review, slated to commence on April 1, is...
President of the Jamaica Household Workers Union (JHWU), Shirley Pryce.
President of the Jamaica Household Workers Union (JHWU), Shirley Pryce.

Domestic Workers Encouraged To Sign Up For NIS
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses the House of Representatives on January 25, after tabling the Third Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the 2021/22 financial year.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses the House of Representatives on January 25, after tabling the Third Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the 2021/22 financial year.

Third Supplementary Estimates Tabled To Reflect Changes In Ministries
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

Minister Bartlett on ‘Let’s Connect with Ambassador Marks’ Thursday
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address at the opening ceremony for the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) 17th semi-virtual Regional and Capital Markets Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Tuesday (January 25). The three-day event is being held from January 25 to 27 under the theme ‘Positioning Capital for Growth: Facilitating, Mobilising and Expanding’.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address at the opening ceremony for the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) 17th semi-virtual Regional and Capital Markets Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Tuesday (January 25). The three-day event is being held from January 25 to 27 under the theme ‘Positioning Capital for Growth: Facilitating, Mobilising and Expanding’.

Jamaica Recovering Steadily Says PM

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Nurse at the Savanna-la-Mar Health Centre, Shirnette McIntosh, administers a vaccine to a child, while Distinguished President of the Kiwanis Club of Westmoreland Capital, Denise Ennis, provides support, during an immunisation drive at the Hatfield Early Childhood Institution in Westmoreland on Tuesday (January 25).
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Immunisation Drive Now On For Children In Westmoreland

Westmoreland Public Health Services and the Kiwanis Club of Westmoreland Capital on Tuesday (January 25) coordinated an immunisation drive at the Hatfield Early Childhood Institution in Westmoreland. The project targeted students from zero to six years old from both the Institution and the wider Hatfield community who had missed their original immunisation dates. Public Health Nurse at the Savanna-la-Mar Health...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing the House of Representatives on January 25.
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Govt Has Been Strategic In COVID-19 Response And Management – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that the Government has been strategic in its coronavirus (COVID-19) response and management measures. He said that the focus is on balancing lives and livelihoods, noting that the measures will allow for a return to normalcy and economic recovery. “We want to give the businesspeople, the small enterprises, the average Jamaican the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks in the House of Representatives on January 25. (FILE)
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Gov’t Plans To Undertake New Vaccination Campaign

The Government plans to embark on a new vaccination campaign to increase public confidence in and uptake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. Addressing the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 25), Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said that the Government recognises that there remains a high level of misinformation in the public domain regarding the vaccines. “The Government...
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: Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), counts the tablets that will be distributed to students on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), under the Tablets in School (TIS) Project. Joining her is Chairman, Board of Directors, Postal Corporation of Jamaica, Professor Felix Akinladejo. The handover of the tablets was held at the Postal Corporation of Jamaica in Kingston, on January 25.
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PHOTOS: Tablet Donation

: Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), counts the tablets that will be distributed to students on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), under the Tablets in School (TIS) Project. Joining her is Chairman, Board of Directors, Postal Corporation of Jamaica, Professor Felix Akinladejo. The handover of the tablets was held at the Postal...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), and (from second left) Regional Director, Region seven, Barrington Richardson; Acting Regional Director for Region Two, Yashieka Blackwood-Grant; and Director for Region five, Ottis Brown, view COVID-19 Home Testing Kits at a handover ceremony held at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices on January 25.
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PHOTOS: Ministry Of Education Hands Over COVID-19 Test Kits To Ministry Regional Offices

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), and (from second left) Regional Director, Region seven, Barrington Richardson; Acting Regional Director for Region Two, Yashieka Blackwood-Grant; and Director for Region five, Ottis Brown, view COVID-19 Home Testing Kits at a handover ceremony held at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices on January 25.
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Corporate Communications Manager, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Suzette Campbell.
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JBDC Virtual Biz Zone Resumes February 1

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) will resume its weekly online series, ‘JBDC Virtual Biz Zone’, for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) with its first webinar on February 1, beginning at 10:00 a.m. via the Zoom platform. Information on how to register is available at the JBDC website at www.jbdc.net or on any of its social media pages. The...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks in the House of Representatives on January 25.
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COVID-19 Containment Measures Extended to Feb. 10

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the current coronavirus (COVID-19) containment measures have been extended for a further two weeks until February 10, 2022. Mr. Holness made the announcement during the sitting of the House of Representatives on January 25. “This means that the curfew hours remain from 10:00 p.m. nightly to 5:00 a.m. the following morning, until...
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