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Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation, Sharonmae Shirley.

JANAAC Extends Period for Free Pre-Assessment

By: Ainsworth Morris, March 7, 2018

Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, is encouraging local inspection bodies for goods and services to take advantage of the extended period for free pre-assessment...

Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown.

Jamaicans Encouraged to Support National Quality Policy

By: Ainsworth Morris, March 6, 2018

Custos of St. Andrew, Hon. Dr. Patricia Dunwell (centre), with Ideator of 2030 Youth Jamaica, Ockino A. Leslie (left) and Associate Executive Director of 2030 Youth Jamaica, Kadesha Croney, at the launch of the youth organisation, at the Mona Campus of the University of West Indies, on March 3.

Custos Calls for Revival of Uniformed Groups in More Schools

By: Chad Bryan, March 5, 2018

Energy 8 years ago Draft STI Policy to Be Placed Before Cabinet
By: Chad Bryan, February 22, 2018
Budget 2018/2019 8 years ago $602.6 Million Allocated to Poverty Reduction Programme IV
By: Douglas Mcintosh, February 20, 2018
Budget 2018/2019 8 years ago NHT to Deliver Over 11,000 Houses; Create 8,000 New Loans
By: Chris Patterson, February 15, 2018

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Modernisation Specialist in the Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Division, Office of the Cabinet, Michele Gordon Somers.

8 years ago Vision 2030

All Ministries Must Have Customer Service Improvement Plans by April

All ministries must have customer service improvement plans in place by the end of April 2018 as mandated by the Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Programme. The aim is to...

By: E. Hartman Reckord, February 12, 2018

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left); and Chairman, Water Resources Authority (WRA), Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee (right) observe as Senior Hyrdologist, WRA, Michael Wilson, highlights the features of a water-level sensor. Occasion was a press conference at the WRA’s Hope Gardens headquarters on February 7, to announce the payment of water abstraction fees effective April 1.

8 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentVision 2030Water

Water Abstractors to Begin Paying Fees April 1

Effective April 1, some 159 licensed water abstractors will begin paying water abstraction charges/volume-based fees (WAC/VBF). The fee is applicable to all persons who have a license to abstract and...

By: Chris Patterson, February 8, 2018

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left) is about to place an empty plastic bottle in a recycling bin, during the launch of the Environmental Wardens Programme in schools on February 1 at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston. From right are State Minister for Education, Hon. Floyd Green (right); Environmental Warden, Ricardo Gouldbourne; Chairman of Recycling Partners of Jamaica Limited (RPJL), Lucille Brodber; and Environmental Warden, Samantha Wilson.

8 years ago EducationEnvironmentInformationVision 2030Youth

50 Environmental Wardens to Be Placed in Primary Schools

Fifty environmental wardens are to be placed in primary schools in Clarendon and Manchester under a pilot programme involving the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, and Recycling Partners of...

By: Rochelle Williams, February 5, 2018

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (second left), congratulates winner of an inverter refrigerator in the Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) ‘Energy Matters Competition’, Albert Chin (second right), during the awards ceremony on February 2, at ATL’s showroom in Kingston. Observing (from left) are Managing Director of ATL, Danville Walker; and ATL’s Marketing Manager, Tanya Russell. The competition forms part of the Government’s World Bank-funded public education thrust to increase awareness of the Energy Security and Efficiency Enhancement Project (ESEEP) and other energy-related developments in Jamaica.

8 years ago EnergyScienceTechnologyVision 2030

Government Saves $150 Million through ESEEP

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says the Government realised savings of $150 million last year through the Energy Security and Efficiency Enhancement Project (ESEEP). “That...

By: Rochelle Williams, February 5, 2018

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon Audley Shaw (left), greets Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) General Manager, Country Department, Caribbean Group, Therese Turner-Jones, during Thursday’s (February 1) signing ceremony for €9.17 million (US$10 million) in grant funding under the European Union-Caribbean Investment Facility (EU-CIF) for the Government’s energy management and efficiency project. The signing took place at the Ministry in Kingston. At centre is Director-General for International Cooperation and Development in the European Commission, Stefano Manservisi.

8 years ago EnergyFinance & Public ServiceVision 2030

Additional Funding for Energy Efficiency Programme

The Government has received additional funding support for its Energy Management and Efficiency Programme (EMEP) through a €9.17-million (US$10-million) grant from the European Union (EU). This is being allocated through...

By: Douglas Mcintosh, February 2, 2018

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), converses with Chief Technical Director, Financial Investigations Division (FID), Robin Sykes, during Wednesday’s (January 31) opening ceremony of the FID’s two-day conference held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

8 years ago Finance & Public ServiceVision 2030

Gov’t Working to Take Profit Out of Crime

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Audley Shaw, says the Government is undertaking measures to combat acquisitive crimes, where the offender derives material gain from the criminal activity. The measures...

By: Douglas Mcintosh, February 2, 2018

Director General at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry.

8 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterVision 2030

2018 Extended Migration Profile Launched

The Government has launched the 2018 Extended Migration Profile of Jamaica, which can be used to inform policy development and planning. This is Jamaica’s second publication of a migration profile,...

By: Latonya Linton, January 19, 2018

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (front centre), shares a photo opportunity with the 74 recipients of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence, at the awards ceremony held last evening (December 6) on the lawns of the Office of the Prime Minister. Others sharing the moment are State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (11th left); and Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Ruel Reid (14th right).

8 years ago CultureEducationPrime MinisterVision 2030Youth

79 Receive PM Youth Awards for Excellence

Seventy-nine young people who have made outstanding contribution in various areas were presented with the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence, during a ceremony held last evening (December 6) on...

By: Ainsworth Morris, December 7, 2017

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Additional Funding for Energy Efficiency Programme

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