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Global Services Sector (GSS) Project Upskilling Persons to Expand the BPO Sector
Jamaica is positioning itself as the ideal outsourcing destination in the Caribbean. With more businesses outsourcing their operations abroad, more entrepreneurs are capitalizing on this lucrative opportunity. Over 36,000 Jamaicans are currently employed in the business process outsourcing sector, working in various capacities. Customer service, tech support, software engineering, accounting and many others. With that said, the country has embarked...
National Honours Award NHA Recipient 2019: Professor Clinton Hutton
Decades ago in the hills of Jericho, Hanover, young Clinton was learning at the feet of his elders. It wasn’t your typical classroom setting; but Aristotle couldn’t have learned more sitting at the feet of Plato. These men were philosophers. Listen to find out why Professor Clinton Hutton has been conferred with membership in the Order of Distinction in the rank...
Going For Growth: We Discuss New Green Bond listing to be Introduced to the Jamaica Stock Exchange
A Green Bond Listing is coming to the Jamaica Stock Exchange. But what exactly is a Green Bond Listing and what does it mean for the country? Find out on today’s programme. We’re Going For Growth with the lady at the helm of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, Marlene Street-Forrest.
National Honours Award NHA Recipient 2019: Major Desmon Brown
Former United States Army General Omar Bradley once said “The nation needs men who think in terms of service to their country and not in terms of their country’s debt to them.” This quote sums up the mindset of Major Desmon Brown who has spent several decades giving service to Jamaica in the fields of transportation and sports. Listen to this...
National Honours Award NHA Recipient 2019: Barbara Allen
With over forty years of experience in the Education sector,NHA Recepient 2019 Barbara Allen is a stickler for details. Raised in the rural community of Camrose in, St. James, Ms. Allen loves reading, gardening and pursuing higher education. Listen to today as we learn from this seasoned educator and nation builder.
National Honours Award NHA Recipient 2019: Margaret Rose Barnes
Any word used to describe Margaret Rose Barnes is heavily dependent on the capacity in which you know her. To the country, Ms. Barnes who hails from Retreat St. Mary, is an award recipient waiting to receive her Badge of honour at this year’s National Honours and Awards Ceremony.
National Honours Award NHA Recipient 2019: Valrie Veira
Small business development and Valrie Veira go hand in hand. A significant chunk of her over 40 years of dedicated public service have been spent helping the small business sector grow and develop. Ms. Veira says she has always wanted to give service to the public sector, thanks to the strong influence of family members.
Jamaica Made with Nathalia Johnson and her Company Essential Foods Jamaica
Jamaican food is known worldwide for its mouth-watering flavours and spices, setting us apart from others and leave visitors wanting more. One of the most commonly used spices in our cuisine comes from the pimento seed. On this episode of Jamaica Made we hear how one entrepreneur pimento and other flavours in cooking oil.
The Ministry of National Security is building State-of-the Art Classrooms for Wards of the State
The girls at the South Camp Juvenile Correctional and Remand Centre in St. Andrew, are set to benefit from expanded training opportunities, with plans underway for the construction of a multi-purpose facility at the centre by the end of December. Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Rudyard Spencer says the building will facilitate additional educational, vocational and recreational...
Government Opening Water Shop Initiative in St Elizabeth
Residents of St. Elizabeth have joined others in neighbouring parishes Manchester and Clarendon in benefitting from the Government’s Water Shop Initiative. The project involves the installation of water tanks in communities with severe water challenges. The tanks are then regularly serviced by water trucks and maintained by the municipal corporations in partnership with residents. Two new facilities were commissioned in Top Hill...


