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Corporate Communications and Community Awareness Coordinator, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Marline Stephenson Dalley.

TPDCo Hosts Webinar To Commemorate 25th Anniversary

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) will be hosting a ‘Tourism Webinar’ on Wednesday (July 28) beginning at 10 a.m., to commemorate its 25th anniversary. The webinar is open to all tourism stakeholders as well as persons who have an...

Regional Vector Control Officer at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Ryan Morris.

CHAs Assisting Vector Control Efforts In Western Region

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), is in discussion with President of JAMPRO, Diane Edwards (right), and Chairman of Portmore Holdings Limited, Gordon Tewani, at the opening of an IBEX business process outsourcing (BPO) facility at G-Tech Park in Portmore, St. Catherine, on Friday (July 23).

Construction Boom A Signal Of Economic Recovery – PM

Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (right), in discussion with Operations Director, S&G Road Surfacing Materials Ltd, James Sampson while touring sections of the Port Royal Coastal Revetment Project recently. The World Bank loan-funded development is being coordinated by JSIFand implemented under the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP). The project aims to create protective infrastructure along the Port Royal Street corridor that will safeguard it against the effects of potential storm surges resulting from climate change. This thoroughfare is deemed integral to the east-west transportation network in the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA).

PHOTOS: JSIF Managing Director Tours Port Royal Coastal Revetment Project

COVID-19 Update for Sunday, July 25, 2021

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the opening of an IBEX Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) facility at the G Tech Park in Portmore, St. Catherine, on Friday, (July 23).

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Portmore Positioned to Secure Parish Status – Prime Minister Holness

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the community of Portmore in St. Catherine has been evolving in a manner that now positions it to secure parish status. Mr. Holness said once a community records notable growth and development in the way Portmore has, particularly since becoming a municipality, it should be given the requisite support to advance its governance structure. “Once you start to see emerging in a people, a certain level of independence and expression of their sense of...

Their Excellencies, the Governor-General, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), and Lady Allen (2nd left, partly hidden), greet officiating priest for Sunday’s (July 25) Jamaica National Drumhead Church Service, Major Rev. Dr. Damian Ffriend (2nd right), and assistant officiating priest, Major Rev. Milverton Munroe (right). The service was held at the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) Curphey Barracks, Up Park Camp, Kingston.

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Their Excellencies, the Governor-General, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen and Lady Allen attend the Jamaica National Drumhead Church Service (Photos)

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis (left), in conversation with Member of Parliament for South West Clarendon, Lothan Cousins (right), while touring a section of the community of Banks in the parish on July 22. Others (from left) are: Councillor for the Race Course Division, Pauline Reynolds, and Chief Executive Officer for the Clarendon Municipal Corporation, Rohan Blake.

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Major Developments Earmarked for Banks Community in Clarendon

The Community of Banks in Clarendon is slated to benefit from major drainage upgrading and an electrification exercise for households, among other engagements, under the Government’s $650 million Rural Development Programme. Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis, says Banks is one of four communities islandwide where the programmed activities, designed to enhance the lives of residents and the overall economic...

The first cohort of graduates from the Events Planning and Management Level 3 Supervisory Course offered by the HEART/NSTA Trust College of Hospitality Services in partnership with the Social Development Commission (SDC). The occasion was their graduation ceremony at the SDC complex in St. Catherine on July 22

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Twenty-Three Students Graduate From Events Planning And Management Course

The first cohort of 23 students who participated in an Events Planning and Management Level 3 Supervisory Course, offered by the HEART/NSTA Trust, have completed their studies. They were presented with skills certificates during their graduation ceremony at the Social Development Commission (SDC) complex in St. Catherine, on July 22. The programme, a partnership between the HEART College of Hospitality...

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Business Process Outsourcing Employment up 15 Per Cent

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica’s business process outsourcing (BPO) industry has recorded a 15 per cent increase in employment, despite the economic fallout resulting from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Speaking during the opening of the IBEX BPO facility at the G-Tech Park in Portmore, St. Catherine on Friday (July 23), Mr. Holness said approximately 44,000 persons were employed across the sector as at June 2021, relative to 38,400 for the corresponding period last year. ...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the silage handing over ceremony which was held at the Island Dairies Limited dairy farm in Goshen, St. Elizabeth on Friday (July 23 )

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Government Providing $70M in Funding Assistance for Dairy Farmers

The Government is providing approximately $70 million in loan funding assistance for the island’s dairy farmers. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the funds are being provided through the Jamaica Dairy Development Board’s (JDDB) Dairy Concessionary Loan Programme. “Through this financial scheme, farmers can improve the quality of [their livestock and] increase [their] herd numbers,” Mr. Green said. He was speaking during a ceremony for the hand-over of silage to the St. Elizabeth Dairy Development Co-operative, on Friday (July 23), at...

Resident of Brown’s Town in St. Ann, Andy Smythe, displays plastic bottles he collected for drop-off during a plastic bottle drive organized in the town by Recycling Partners of Jamaica, on Friday (July 23).

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Recycling Partners Stage Plastic Bottle Collection Drive in Brown’s Town

Residents of Brown’s Town and its environs in St. Ann, on Friday (July 23), participated in a major plastic bottle collection drive organised by Recycling Partners of Jamaica in collaboration with several key stakeholder entities. More than two truckloads of bottles were collected, as personnel highlighted the importance of separating plastics from other disposables and recycling these items in order to better preserve the environment. Other participating partner entities included the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), and Forestry Department. General...