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Director of Economics at the Caribbean Development Bank (CBD), Dr. Justin Ram, addresses the High Level Symposium for Transport Ministers of the Caribbean Region, held recently at the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James.
Director of Economics at the Caribbean Development Bank (CBD), Dr. Justin Ram, addresses the High Level Symposium for Transport Ministers of the Caribbean Region, held recently at the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James.

CDB Official Hails Jamaica Junior Market as Model for Financing Blue Economy

By: Serena Grant, March 12, 2019
Director of Economics at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Justin Ram, says Jamaica’s Junior Stock Exchange (JSE) stands as a blueprint for how countries across the region could utilise...
Chief Executive Officer of the Port Authority of Jamaica, Professor Gordon Shirley (left); and Senior Advisor/Strategist in the Ministry of Tourism, Delano Seiveright (centre), converse with Chief Executive Officer of Royal Caribbean International, Michael Bayley, during a meeting in Kingston last week.

Ian Fleming Airport Expansion Deemed Pivotal to Tourism Growth

By: Garwin Davis, March 12, 2019
Managing Director of HEART Trust/NTA , Dr. Janet Dyer, addresses attendees during the launch of the Essex Valley Community and Associates (EVC) Employee Certification Programme, which was held at the Alpart Sports Club in Nain , St. Elizabeth, on Tuesday (February 26).

HEART/NTA to Offer Railroad Track Maintenance Certificate Course

By: Serena Grant, March 6, 2019

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Chairman of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Phillip Henriques (fifth left) and JCAA Director General, Nari Williams-Singh (fourth left), with participants in the ICAO Senior and Middle Managers Training Programme on Managing Compliance with International Civil Aviation Organisation Standards and Recommended Practices. The training is being held in Jamaica from February 25 to March 1 with participants from five countries across the Caribbean and Central America.
Transport

JCAA Hosts Global Training Course

The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), through its training arm, the Civil Aviation Authority Training Institute (CAATI), is currently hosting an International Civil Aviation (ICAO) Global Training Course in Kingston....
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By: Peta-Gaye Hodges, February 27, 2019
Senior Director of Transport Policy in the Transport and Mining Ministry, Tanya Bedward (second left), converses with Acting Director of Documentation/Information and Access Services in the Ministry, Carene Harris (second right), at a consultation on the National Transport Policy (NTP), at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on February 21. Also sharing in the discussion are Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Dr. Janine Dawkins (left); and Senior International Transport Policy Officer in the Ministry, Hassin Fulton.
Transport

Transport Policy Being Reviewed

The Transport and Mining Ministry is staging a series of stakeholder consultations to guide the review of the 2007 National Transport Policy (NTP). The policy, which was first promulgated in...
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By: Chad Bryan, February 24, 2019
Director of Lands and Administrator of the Bauxite Community Development Programme at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Dr. Diane Gordon, speaks with Chairman of the Content Farmers Cluster in the JSIF/JBI Water Harvesting and Greenhouse Cluster Project, Errol Williams, on a recent tour of the Manchester-based facility.
Transport

JBI to Launch Scholarship Programme

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) is to launch scholarships for young persons in its greenhouse cluster areas, called the JBI/Alcan Rio Tinto Legacy Fund Scholarship Programme. The programme was created...
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By: Peta-Gay Hodges, February 20, 2019