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Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz during his contribution to the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (June 28).
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz during his contribution to the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (June 28).

Agreement in Principle Reached to Reopen Dragon Bay Hotel

An agreement in principle has been reached with Sandals Resorts International (SRI) to facilitate the reopening of the Dragon Bay Hotel in Portland. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the...
Employees at one of several Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) entities operating out of the Montego Bay Free Zone. (File photo)
Employees at one of several Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) entities operating out of the Montego Bay Free Zone. (File photo)

Three New BPOs Approved Since May
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz during his contribution to the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (June 28).
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz during his contribution to the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (June 28).

Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) Receives Over 200 Applications from Investors
Minister with responsibility for Environment and Climate Change in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), greets Climate Finance Trainer, Mr. Jason Yapp, at a breakfast meeting with the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), at the Hotel Four Seasons on June 24. This formed part of a week-long Climate Finance Readiness Training workshop. The meeting was hosted by the Climate Change Division of the Ministry, in conjunction with the German Institute (GIZ).
Minister with responsibility for Environment and Climate Change in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), greets Climate Finance Trainer, Mr. Jason Yapp, at a breakfast meeting with the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), at the Hotel Four Seasons on June 24. This formed part of a week-long Climate Finance Readiness Training workshop. The meeting was hosted by the Climate Change Division of the Ministry, in conjunction with the German Institute (GIZ).

Climate Change Division Awaits Response to Proposal
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), listens to Vice President of Panama, Isabel Saint Malo (left), after she signed Cooperation Framework Agreement with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (second right), in Panama City, on June 26. Others (from second left) are: Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry; and Ambassador to Mexico, Sandra Grant Griffiths. The Prime Minister and his delegation are in Panama for the opening of the expanded Panama Canal.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), listens to Vice President of Panama, Isabel Saint Malo (left), after she signed Cooperation Framework Agreement with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (second right), in Panama City, on June 26. Others (from second left) are: Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry; and Ambassador to Mexico, Sandra Grant Griffiths. The Prime Minister and his delegation are in Panama for the opening of the expanded Panama Canal.

Jamaica, Panama Sign Cooperation Framework Agreement

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Investment Projects Valued at $800 Billion to Provide 80,000 Jobs

The Government is exploring several proposed investment projects valued at approximately $800 billion, which are expected to create 80,000 jobs. This was disclosed by Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Daryl Vaz, during Thursday's (June 29) Post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He said some of the proposed investments are far advanced, noting that the...
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Minister with responsibility for Water and Housing in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. (File)
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Government Gives Support to Real Estate Sector

The Government is looking to modify and reform the institutional structures relating to housing and to implement upgraded legislation for the operation and development of the real estate sector. Minister with Responsibility for Water and Housing in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, said the current push of the Housing portfolio is to seek...
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Prime Minister to Honour 40 Educators on June 23

Prime Minister Andrew Holness will honour 40 educators on Thursday, June 23 at the Ceremony for the Presentation of the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education. Those to be awarded include active and retired teachers, principals, lecturers and education officers. Since 2005, awardees have been selected based on their outstanding service through innovation and creativity as well...
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Lead Planning Officer for Phase 2 of the United States Southern Command (US SOUTHCOMM)-led multinational security training initiative, ‘Exercise Tradewinds’, Lieutenant Colonel Mahatma Williams (right) of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), along with local and visiting programme participants at Monday’s (June 20) launch at the JDF’s headquarters at Up Park Camp in Kingston. From left are: Canadian armed forces Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kerber; Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Jamaica, Brigadier Rocky Meade; Deputy Chief of Staff of the US Marine Corps Forces, Colonel David Carbonero; Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Jamaica, Major General Antony Anderson; US SOUTHCOMM Division Chief in charge Joint Training and Exercises, Colonel Randall Warring; and Executive Director of the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPOACS) and Jamaica’s former Police Commissioner, Francis Forbes.
National SecurityOffice of the Prime Minister

Participants in Exercise Tradewinds to Clean Beaches

Officers attending the Exercise Tradewinds multinational security training programme (Phase 2), now under way in Jamaica, will participate in six coastal clean-up projects on June 26. The projects are community relations events organised by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) that will target beaches and coastlines in Kingston, St. Catherine, and St. Ann. They will be carried out under the theme:...
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Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Antony Anderson (right), listens to a point from United States Southern Command (US SOUTHCOMM) Division Chief in charge of Joint Training and Exercises, Colonel Randall Warring, just before the launch of phase two of Exercise Tradewinds at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) headquarters at Up Park Camp in Kingston on Monday (June 20).
National SecurityOffice of the Prime Minister

Foreign Police, Military in Jamaica for Security Exercise

More than 1,300 military and police personnel from the Caribbean, United States (US), Canada, Britain, France, and Mexico, are in Jamaica for Exercise Tradewinds 2016. The nine-day exercise, from June 20 to 28, is focused on training in maritime and land operations. It is phase two of the multinational security training initiative led by US Southern Command (US SOUTHCOMM). Chief...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addresses the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) luncheon held in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, recently.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentOffice of the Prime Minister

One-Stop Shop in Economic Growth Ministry

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the Ministry will be making it a lot easier for persons to do business by creating a “one-stop shop” to cut bureaucracy. Addressing the recent 55th anniversary luncheon of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Mr. Vaz said the...
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