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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (third from left, standing), with Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, Kitack Lim (second left, standing) and Caribbean Transportation Ministers at a High Level Symposium held at the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James, on Wednesday, February 27.

Gov’t Implementing Laws to Support Blue Economy

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, says the Government is implementing legislative measures aimed at supporting a sustainable Blue Economy as a key driver of economic growth. He cited the recent passage of the Ballast Water Management Convention...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck. (FILE)

Low Outdated Monetary Fines to be Increased

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (second right), listens to scholarship recipient, Labour Market Information System (LMIS) Adoption School Initiative, Evaughn McKenzie (left), at The Mico University College (MUC) on Tuesday (February 19). Occasion was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry and MUC. Others (from second left) are Guild President, MUC, Larey Graham; President, MUC, Dr. Asburn Pinnock and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden.

Mico to Offer New Programmes

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen. (FILE)

Government to Leverage New Opportunities in Partner Countries to Support Trade

Senior Investigator at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Phillip Morgan (left); Manager of the Pollution, Prevention Branch at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Bethune Morgan (centre), and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Yaneke Watson, peruse the National Policy for the Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous Wastes, at a public sector consultation on the policy, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on February 12.

NSWMA to Host Consultations on E-Waste Regulations

7 years ago Climate ChangeEnvironmentVision 2030

Gov’t Driving Climate Change Policy

Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Douglas Saunders, says that work is ongoing in the implementation of the Climate Change Policy Framework and Action Plan. The policy seeks to provide a strategic and integrated approach to addressing the challenges and opportunities created by climate change while honouring the country’s commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and related instruments....

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020CommunityLocal GovernmentVision 2030

Gov’t Allocates $558.8 Million for Poverty-Reduction Programme

The Government is to commence 17 infrastructure projects in targeted communities during the upcoming fiscal year under the Poverty Reduction Programme IV. These include construction, expansion and rehabilitation of police stations, schools, health and community centres. A sum of $558.8 million has been provided in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, for the undertaking. Being...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses the opening ceremony for the University of the West Indies (UWI) Research Days 2019, on Wednesday (February 6), at the Mona Campus in St. Andrew.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentFinance & Public ServiceVision 2030

Research and Development to be Included in GDP

Come September 2020, the Government will be amending the format for measuring Jamaica’s gross domestic product (GDP), to include research and development as a subsector. Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says this will entail incorporating the 2008 GDP measurement update under the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA), being used by a number...

7 years ago InformationVision 2030

Jamaican Foreign Language Teachers Encouraged to Upgrade Skills

Jamaican teachers of foreign languages are being encouraged to upgrade their skills, in order to enhance students’ learning capabilities. The charge comes from Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, who was speaking at the 10th Foreign Languages Conference, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, in downtown Kingston, on Friday (February 1). “Take advantage of scholarships...

Programme Director of Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan, Elizabeth Emmanuel, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

7 years ago DevelopmentJIS Think TankVision 2030

Vision 2030 on Display at UWI Research Days Feb. 6-8

Vision 2030 Jamaica will be on display at the 20th staging of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Research Days (February 6 to 8), on the Mona Campus. Vision 2030 Jamaica is a strategic road map to guide the country to achieve its goals of sustainable development and prosperity by 2030. The comprehensive vision of the national development plan...

Director of Graduate Studies and Research at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, and Convener of the UWI’s Research Days 2019 activities, Professor Denise Eldemire-Shearer, addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on January 29.

7 years ago EducationVision 2030

UWI Partnering with Vision 2030 Jamaica for Research Days 2019

The University of the West Indies (UWI) is partnering with Vision 2030 Jamaica to stage The UWI’s Research Days 2019. The event is slated for the Mona Campus from February 6 to 8 under the theme: ‘Driving Research for Social and Economic Development’. It will get underway with the official opening ceremony on Wednesday, February 6, at which Finance and...

The exhibition, organised by the National Library, is in commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the OAS, and the 50th Anniversary of Jamaica’s Ratification of the Charter of the OAS.

7 years ago Foreign AffairsVision 2030

Jamaica Benefits From Projects Funded By OAS

Jamaica received more than US$2.73 million from the Organization of American States (OAS) between 2016 and 2017, for 16 projects relating to energy, security, education and training. Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., made the announcement while addressing the official launch of the OAS Travel Exhibition, on January...