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Minister Without Portfolio with Responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses Wednesday’s (October 25) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
Minister Without Portfolio with Responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses Wednesday’s (October 25) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

Companies to be Given More Time to Comply with Requirements of Data Protection Act

Companies will be given time to comply with the full requirements of the Data Protection Act (DPA) beyond the start of the registration process on December 1. This assurance was given by Minister without Portfolio in the office of the...
Minister Without Portfolio with Responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses Wednesday’s (October 25) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
Minister Without Portfolio with Responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses Wednesday’s (October 25) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

National Partnership Council to be Institutionalised
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon.

Tertiary Institutions to be Included in Apprenticeship Programme
Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second right), makes a point while on a tour of communities in Clarendon South East recently, to view areas slated for house wiring under the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), administered by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). Others (from left) are: Managing Director, JSIF, Omar Sweeney; Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson; and Minister of Labour and Social Security and Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.
Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second right), makes a point while on a tour of communities in Clarendon South East recently, to view areas slated for house wiring under the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), administered by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). Others (from left) are: Managing Director, JSIF, Omar Sweeney; Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson; and Minister of Labour and Social Security and Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

Houses of More Than 200 Residents of Clarendon South East to be Wired
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address during the Office of the Prime Minister’s (OPM) strategic planning retreat, held recently at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel in St. Andrew. Listening (from left) are: Chief Technical Director, OPM, Shereika Hemmings Allison; Minister without Portfolio with Responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon; Minister of State, Hon. Homer Davis; and Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Dr. Rocky Meade.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address during the Office of the Prime Minister’s (OPM) strategic planning retreat, held recently at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel in St. Andrew. Listening (from left) are: Chief Technical Director, OPM, Shereika Hemmings Allison; Minister without Portfolio with Responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon; Minister of State, Hon. Homer Davis; and Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Dr. Rocky Meade.

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Former Transport and Mining Minister, Audley Shaw, is among five persons who will receive the Order of Jamaica (OJ) at the 2023 National Honours and Awards Ceremony on National Heroes Day, Monday (October 16), at King’s House.
Office of the Prime Minister

Former Minister, Audley Shaw, Among Jamaicans to Receive OJ on National Heroes Day

Five outstanding Jamaicans will be conferred with the Order of Jamaica (OJ), the country’s fifth highest honour, for service to the nation in various fields They lead the list of more than 120 persons who will be recognised at the 2023 National Honours and Awards Ceremony on National Heroes Day, Monday (October 16). Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (left), and Deputy Secretary General for Economic and Global Affairs at the European Union, Helena Konig (right), display documents during the Digital Jamaica Exchange of Documents Ceremony held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in downtown Kingston on Tuesday (October 10).
Office of the Prime Minister

Programme to Advance Jamaica’s Transition to Digital Society Launched

Digital Jamaica, a €9.5-million programme aimed at increasing access to and use of information and communications technologies (ICT) to support the country’s transition to a digital economy and society was launched on Tuesday (October 10). An initiative of the Government of Jamaica in partnership with the European Union (EU), Digital Jamaica will be implemented by the Office of the Prime...
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Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), holds a makeshift light pole while on a tour of the Citron Street community in Clarendon North Central on October 5. The area is slated for electricity upgrade under the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), administered by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). Others pictured (from left) are Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Hon. Robert Morgan; Managing Director of JSIF, Omar Sweeney, and Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.
EnergyOffice of the Prime Minister

More Residents in Clarendon North Central to Get Electricity

More than 200 residents in Clarendon North Central are to benefit from a $25-million project under the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), administered by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). The beneficiary communities are Citron Street and Cottage Hill. In Citron Street, wiring and installation will be done on 160 houses, and 120 houses will be done in the Cottage Hill...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon.
Office of the Prime Minister

Data Protection Act Regulations to Be Tabled in Parliament Soon

Regulations governing the implementation of Jamaica’s data protection legislation will be brought to Parliament soon. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon. Passed in 2020, the Data Protection Act provides guidelines on how personal data should be handled in...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (right), speaks during the August 9 launch of the Learning and Investment for Transformation (LIFT) programme at Jamaica House. Looking on is Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Office of the Prime Minister

Entities Encouraged to Pursue Service Excellence and Be Digitally Bold

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, is encouraging organisations and entities to pursue service excellence and be “digitally bold”. She was bringing greetings on Wednesday (October 4) during a two-day virtual Service Excellence Conference staged by the Jamaica Customer Service Association (JaCSA). “The digital domain is still the realm...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, addresses a Public Relations and Communications Retreat for Government Officers at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, downtown Kingston, on Thursday (September 28).
Office of the Prime Minister

Gov’t Communication Being Streamlined

The Government is moving to streamline communication, which will see ministries, department and agencies (MDAs) working more closely to ensure effective dissemination of official information and promote meaningful engagement with the public. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, said the strategy has two components. The first is the designation...
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Head of the Jamaica Cyber Incident Response Team (JaCIRT), Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col) Godphey Sterling, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Thursday (September 28).
CybersecurityOffice of the Prime Minister

National Cybersecurity Authority in Two to Four Years

Government is looking to establish the new National Cybersecurity Authority within the next two to four years. “The Authority will be created as a creature of statute and will seek to provide overarching guidance to how cyber (computers and computer networks) is treated in Jamaica,” said Head of the Jamaica Cyber Incident Response Team (JaCIRT), Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col) Godphey...
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