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BOJ Expected to Continue Easing of Monetary Policy

By: Judana Murphy, September 17, 2024
Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) Chairman, Keith Duncan, says it is expected that the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) will continue to ease monetary policy and further reduce interest rates. For the first time since October 2022, the BOJ’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to cautiously ease its monetary policy stance, resulting in the Bank’s indicative policy interest rate being reduced by 25 basis points to 6.75 per cent per annum, effective August 21. This reduction means that commercial banks and other deposit-taking institutions (DTIs) can...
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BSJ Stages 2-Day Starch Stakeholders’ Session

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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., makes a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 17).
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Over 14,000 Post-Hurricane Beryl Household Damage Assessments Completed

By: Latonya Linton, September 18, 2024
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Mpox Health Alert

The Ministry of Health & Wellness (MOHW) has issued a health alert in response to the declaration of mpox as a public health emergency of international concern, by the World Health Organization (WHO). There are currently no active cases reported in Jamaica,...

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The Most Honourable

ANDREW MICHAEL HOLNESS

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Jamaica is the 3rd largest Island in the Caribbean, home to some of the world’s fastest sprinters ever and it’s own genre of music, reggae, made famous by the legendary singer Bob Marley.

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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (seated centre); Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes (seated left); and President of the Court of Appeal, Hon Justice Marva McDonald Bishop (seated right), with members of the judiciary who were sworn in to higher offices at today’s (September 16) swearing in ceremony, at King’s House. They are from (left) Justice Kissock Laing; Her Honour Tracey-Ann Johnson; Her Honour Opal Smith; Justice Georgiana Fraser; Ms. Andrea Martin Swaby; Her Honour Christine McNeil and Ms. Maxine Jackson.
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (seated centre); Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes (seated left); and President of the Court of Appeal, Hon Justice Marva McDonald Bishop (seated right), with members of the judiciary who were sworn in to higher offices at today’s (September 16) swearing in ceremony, at King’s House. They are from (left) Justice Kissock Laing; Her Honour Tracey-Ann Johnson; Her Honour Opal Smith; Justice Georgiana Fraser; Ms. Andrea Martin Swaby; Her Honour Christine McNeil and Ms. Maxine Jackson.

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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), hands over fertilisers to Buff Bay Valley coffee farmers during a presentation ceremony at the Bangor Ridge Church of God of Prophecy on September 11. The farmers are (from left) Orlando Willis, Norma Howard, Shernette Cobran, and Teneshia Bender.
September 13, 2024
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), engages in conversation with outgoing Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Fitz Bailey, at a retirement function for the veteran policeman, held on Friday (September 6), at the AC Mariott Hotel, in New Kingston.
September 9, 2024
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), and Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (second left), observe as Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz, assists President of the Combined Disabilities Association, St. Catherine, Christine Keene, in maneuvering her wheelchair onto a ramp affixed to one of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s new compressed natural gas (CNG) buses. The occasion was Tuesday’s (August 27) handover ceremony for the 100 new CNG buses acquired for the JUTC at the State entity’s Portmore Depot in St. Catherine.
August 28, 2024
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Projects Coordinator, Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Natalie Fuller, provides an overview on the Empowered Futures Parenting Curriculum during the recent launch at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew. Listening (from left) are WCJF Executive Director, Novelette Howell; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe; WCJF Chair, Debby-Ann Brown Salmon; Deputy Representative, UNICEF Jamaica, Mohammad Mohiuddin; and Senior Lecturer in Caribbean Institute for Health Research (CAIHR) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Epidemiology Research Unit, Dr. Christine Powell. The curriculum is designed to support adolescent mothers across Jamaica by equipping them with the tools and knowledge to raise happy, healthy children and promote positive parenting practices.

Adolescent Mothers at WCJF Benefit from New Parenting Programme

By: Chris Patterson September 18, 2024

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