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JAMAICA | Opposition MP Natalie Neita to file lawsuit against WIndalco

KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 18, 2019 - The Member of Parliament for North Central St Catherine Natalie Neita is…

October 19, 2019
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JAMAICA | PNP express sadness at Elijah Cummings Passing

KINGSTON, October 17, 2019 -The People’s National Party (PNP) says it notes with sadness the passing of Chairman of…

October 17, 2019
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PNP General Secretary, Member of Parliament Julian Robinson

JAMAICA | PNP tells Holness: No whitewashing of corruption scandals

KINGSTON, Jamaica. October 15, 2019: The People’s National Party (PNP) has repudiated PM Andrew Holness’ attempt to score…

October 16, 2019
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness (second right, seated), signs the agreement for the Catherine Estates housing development in St. Catherine, during a ceremony at Jamaica House on Tuesday (October 15). Also signing are President of China Harbour Engineering Company Limited’s (CHEC) Americas Division, Dr. Zhimin Hu (second left, seated), and Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) Chairman, Norman Brown (right, seated). The project is being implemented at a cost of $9.5 billion under a joint venture partnership between the HAJ and CHEC. Other participants include Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for Housing, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left seated); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell (right, standing); and Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi (second right, standing).

JAMAICA | Gov't partners with the Chinese to build 1650 houses in St. Catherine

KINGSTON, October 16, 2019 - The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) is slated to build 1,650 studio and…

October 16, 2019
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Jamaica's prime minister Andrew Holness as he addressed parliament to request an extension of the State of Emergency

JAMAICA | Parliament extends State of Emergency in three western parishes, Clarendon and St. Catherine

KINGSTON, OCTOBER 16, 2019 - The House of Representatives has voted to extend the states of emergency in…

October 16, 2019
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Opposition Spokesman on National Security, Fitz Jackson, M.P., is calling on National Security Minister Dr. Horace Chang to find a suitable location to temporarily house the Police Records Office.

JAMAICA | PNP says suitable location for police records needed

KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 27, 2019: Opposition Spokesman on National Security, Fitz Jackson wants the National Security Minister Dr.…

September 28, 2019
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JAMAICA | Perception of corruption in Jamaica has increased in the past year

KINGSTON, September 23, 2019 - A half of all Jamaicans surveyed in the last year are of the…

September 23, 2019
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JAMAICA | Opposition demands answers on expandion of Petrojam Board

Kingston, Jamaica, September 20, 2019: The People’s National Party’s (PNP), Shadow Minister of Mining and Energy, Phillip Paulwell…

September 21, 2019
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Collette Roberts Risden (right), converses with (from left) Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA) President, Richard Pandohie; Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) President, Helene Davis Whyte; and Senior Director in the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) Social Policy Planning and Research Division, Easton Williams. Occasion was the PIOJ’s seventh annual Labour Market Forum on Wednesday (September 18), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. The event was staged jointly with the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) Kingston Office.

JAMAICA | Migration Has Helped Shape Jamaica’s Economic And Sociocultural Frameworks

KINGSTON, Sept. 20, 2019 - Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Collette Roberts Risden,…

September 20, 2019
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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), engages Opposition Spokesperson on National Security, Fitz Jackson, during the launch of the Ministry’s anti-violence campaign dubbed, ‘Liv Gud’, at Roxborough Avenue, Top Range, Mountain View, in St. Andrew, on September 13.

JAMAICA | Ministry Of National Security Launches Anti-Violence Campaign

KINGSTON, September 17, 2019 - As part of the Government’s drive to encourage Jamaicans to adopt a culture…

September 17, 2019
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JAMAICA | Munroe urges fresh start for Integrity Commission

KINGSTON, September 2, 2019 - Consequent upon the resignation of Justice Karl Harrison as Chairman of the island's…

September 4, 2019
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