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Prime Minister, the Most Hon Portia Simpson Miller(right); and Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Onika Miller, view a mural in one of the rooms at the Birds Nest Stadium in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, during their tour of the facility on Friday, August 23. The tour formed part of the itinerary for the five-day official visit to China by a government delegation, headed by the Prime Minister, and private sector representatives accompanying them.

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Nineteen- year-old Nevinne Blake of Anchovy High School, in St. James, who earned five subjects in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).
Education

Top Anchovy High Student Cops Five CAPE Subjects

Nineteen-year-old Nevinne Blake of Anchovy High School, in St. James, has attained five distinctions in the 2020 sitting of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), Unit 2, earning her the title of top-performing CAPE student at the institution. Nevinne received grade one in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Pure Mathematics and Caribbean Studies, paving the way for her pursue the dream of...
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By: Nickieta Sterling
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left); Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (centre), display a symbolic cheque for $700 million presented to e-Learning Jamaica by the Universal Service Fund (USF) for the procurement of tablet computers, under the Tablets for Teachers Programme, during a ceremony at the PCJ Auditorium, in New Kingston, on May 7. Also at the presentation are Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica, Keith Smith (second right) and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes.
EducationTechnology

Tablets For Public School Teachers

Within the next two months, 25,000 public school teachers will benefit from the roll-out of the Tablets for Teachers Programme. The tablet computers will be for personal use as well as to assist the educators in delivering content and lessons in a virtual environment, especially since the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has transformed the teaching/learning atmosphere in Jamaica and worldwide. A sum...
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By: Chris Patterson
Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP
Budget 2020/2021ParliamentPrime MinisterPrime Minister's Speeches

Contribution By Prime Minister The Most Honourable Andrew Holness ON, MP To The 2020/2021 Budget Debate

TOWARDS A DECADE OF GROWTH TO ANCHOR OUR PEACE, PROSPERITY AND RESILIENCE   Acknowledgements: 3 Our Response to COVID-19  5 Financial Resilience - COVID Economic Stimulus Plan  14 Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) 16 Constituency Development Fund COVID-19 Support 18 Trucking of Water 18 Our Fiscal Stability  20 Our Security Infrastructure   24 Objective 1 - Strengthening the National Security Architecture  ...
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American Caribbean Maritime Foundation (ACMF) Donor and Board Member, Roland Malins Smith, engages with ACMF Royal Caribbean International Scholarship Recipient for 2018, Shante Pearson, at the ACMF 2019 Anchor Awards held in October in New York.
Foreign AffairsTransport

US-Based Foundation Supporting Region’s Maritime Sector

The American Caribbean Maritime Foundation (ACMF) is supporting the growth of the region’s maritime industry through donation of funds for infrastructure development and the education and training of students at the Palisados Park-based Caribbean Maritime University (CMU). “We have committed over $30 million (US$220,000) in scholarships and building funds and have 13 scholarship recipients to date from Jamaica, The Bahamas,...
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By: Peta- Gay Hodges
Budget 2020/2021

Gov’t Continuing Global Services-Sector Buildout

The Government has earmarked approximately $8.857 million to further promote and build out the Global Services Sector (GSS) in Jamaica during the upcoming fiscal year. This provision, for the ‘Implementation Support for Skills Development for Global Services’ project, is contained in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project aims to advance the growth of...
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By: Ainsworth Morris
Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness, speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 28).
Prime Minister

PM Outlines Measures To Improve Governance At CMU

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Tuesday (January 28), outlined a number of measures that are being undertaken to improve the governance and management of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU). He noted that many of the measures, which cover human resource management, procurement, records management and financial accountability, are being implemented in response to recommendations by the Auditor...
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By: Tanesha Mundle
Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (second row, third left), and Member of Parliament for North Central Clarendon and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pearnel Charles Srr. (second row, left), with a representational cheque valued at US$67,985 (J$8 million), which was handed over by the Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki (first row, third left), to Principal of the Richmond Park Primary School in North Central Clarendon, Delwyn Gordon (first row, second right), for the purchase of a school bus. The grant contract-signing ceremony took place at the National Heroes Circle offices of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information in downtown Kingston on Thursday (January 23). Also sharing the moment (second row, from second left) are teachers at the Richmond Park Primary School, Sophia Lewis and Donnett Golding, while in the front row (from left) are students of the school, Mackebah Garrick and Akilah Elliston; and Chairman of the school, Merleta Copeland.
EducationTransportYouth

Bus For Primary School In North Central Clarendon

Students of Richmond Park Primary School in North Central Clarendon will soon be able to travel in comfort to and from school, with the purchase of a new school bus, courtesy of the Government of Japan. The Japanese Government has provided the school with grant funding of US$67,985 (J$8 million), which will go towards the purchase of a 29-seater Coaster...
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By: Alecia Smith
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (at podium), addresses attendees at the launch of the 50th anniversary of the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) operations in Jamaica, at its Montrose Road offices, in Kingston, on Thursday (December 5). At second right (front row) is the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Country Representative in Jamaica, Therese Turner-Jones.
Finance & Public Service

DBJ To On-Lend $5 Billion To MSMEs

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) will be on-lending $5 billion to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) over the next 12 months. This was announced by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, at the launch of the 50th anniversary of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) operations in Jamaica, at its country offices, in...
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By: Alecia Smith
Ministry with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Karl Samuda (right), looks on as Senior Vice President for Customer Services, Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company and Deputy Chairman, JPS Foundation, Ramsay McDonald (centre), signs the symbolic cheque covering the cost for 444 students to sit the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Industrial Technology (electrical) examination. Occasion was the handover of the cheque to the Overseas Examinations Commission at the JPS’ head office in New Kingston on Thursday (Nov. 28). Witnessing the moment (from left) are: President and Chief Executive Officer, JPS, Emanuel DaRosa; Chairman, JPS Foundation, Alphie Mullings-Aiken; and Deputy Director of Examinations, Overseas Examinations Commission, Sharon Burnett.
Education

JPS Foundation Covers Fees For CSEC Industrial Technology

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company Foundation has paid the full examination fees for 444 public secondary school students, who will be sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Industrial Technology (electrical) examination in 2020. The examination grant, in the sum of $1.618 million, will benefit students from 35 high schools. Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon....
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By: Ainsworth Morris
Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, addresses journalists during Tuesday’s (November 19) quarterly briefing, held at the PIOJ’s head office in New Kingston.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Persons of Working Age Now 69.7 % of Population

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, says persons falling within the country’s working-age range of 15 to 64 years now stand at 69.7 per cent of the overall population of 2.9 million. He says this represents the largest figure ever attained in Jamaica’s history and creates a window of opportunity for the country, often...
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By: Douglas McIntosh
Youth

State Minister Terrelonge Launches L.I.T. Youth Month 2019

On Saturday, November 2, 2019, over five hundred (500) youth from all parishes, several youth organisations and different social backgrounds gathered at the Emancipation Park to officially launch the "Popular" version of The National Youth Policy (2017-2030). The event represented the launch of Youth Month 2019 which is being commemorated under the theme: L.I.T- “Jamaican Youth Leading, Inspiring and Transforming...
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By: Ministry of Education Youth and Information