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Holness: BPOs crucial to the digital economy
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), the umbrella organisation for the business process outsourcing sector, is expected to play a critical role in building out the country’s digital...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Holness encourages CARICOM countries to build stronger bonds with Africa
Amid the challenges being faced globally from the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has called for members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to strengthen their bonds with Africa. Speaking at the inaugural CARICOM-Africa Summit,...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
PM sharpening new anti-crime law
While waiting for its day in court challenging a Supreme Court ruling that detentions under states of emergency were in breach of the Constitution, the Andrew Holness administration has signalled that work is well advanced on new legislation to...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaican ship workers begin disembarking in Falmouth
The first batch of the 1,044 Jamaican ship workers who returned to the island on Tuesday afternoon has departed for government quarantine centres in St Ann after being processed at the Falmouth cruise ship pier in
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Botched gun deal triggers all-out war
The Holness administration moved on Sunday to stem the bloodletting by so-called “super gangs” by imposing a state of emergency (SOE) across the Kingston Central Police Division, home to some of the warring gangsters, and Kingston
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Nigeria: Foreign Affairs Ministry's Top Official Queried Over Alleged Sexual Harassment
[Premium Times] The top official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied the sexual harassment allegations.
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Update: Statue rage - Government opens debate on removing monuments to colonial-era icons
As global anti-racism protests sparked by the killing of American George Floyd coalesce around the toppling of white-supremacy monuments, Jamaica’s Culture Minister Olivia Grange has opened the door for discussion on removing statues of colonial-era icons from public
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pcl, Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce collaborate to redefine tourism in Nigeria
The Annual Breakfast Forum underscored the need to leverage technology, music, lifestyle, and government support to revitalise the tourism sector in Nigeria The post pcl, Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce collaborate to redefine tourism in Nigeria appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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The White House state dinner menu for Kenya revealed | Africanews
Thursday's White House state dinner honouring Kenya boasted a tantalizing menu crafted by Executive Chef Cris Comerford.
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PM ‘embarrassed’ by inhumane prison death, discloses proposal for new facility
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has revealed that the Government is now mulling a proposal for a new
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Johnson Smith refutes claims that SOEs/ZOSOs not working
Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, assured the Senate on Friday that the Government is working towards introducing more zones of special operations
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PM, JLP officials pay tribute to former May Pen mayor
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness was among Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) officials who paid tribute to former mayor of May Pen Milton Brown, who died peacefully
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Rio Grande rafters plead for help
Raft captains on the Rio Grande, a key tourist attraction in Portland, are appealing for assistance in the wake of a weeks-long lay-up since the closure of water bodies to the public and the shutdown of the tourism industry as global travel ground to
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My attention was drawn to a news release supposedly issued by Minister of Labour and Social Security Shahine Robinson last Tuesday regarding the robbery of care packages in Enfield, St Mary, last
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Holness announces COVID screening for all incoming travellers this month
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that there will be mandatory COVID screening for all passengers arriving in Jamaica this
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'I am still trying to tell myself it is not true'
A week after Omari Stephens rushed from one end of the Corporate Area to “rescue” his mother, Susan Bogle, in August Town, St Andrew, after he was told shots were being fired at her residence, he confesses he is now living in a zone between shock and
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
World Travel and Tourism Council endorses Jamaica's COVID-19 protocols
THE COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols designed for Jamaica by the Ministry of Tourism have been endorsed by the World Travel and Tourism Council
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FREDERIKSTED — Police need your help to find a former firefighter who is wanted on St. Croix. Joseph Greaux, 39, of St. Thomas, is wanted for attempted murder on St. Croix, the...
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'Enough is enough' - Holness condemns killing of St James primary schoolboys
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has condemned the killing three persons, including two primary schoolboys in St James last evening, saying when children are attacked, all of society "must stand up and say, 'enough is enough'".
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Johnson Smith says PM gave 'honest' response to prison rejection issue
Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith says Prime Minister Andrew Holness was truthful when he told the nation on Friday that his administration did not reject the United Kingdom’s offer to help build a prison
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Holness calls for greater access to vaccines by the Caribbean and Africa
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has called for greater access to vaccines by the Caribbean and Africa, as these nations continue their fight against the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Addressing the Africa Day webinar on Tuesday Holness...
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Holness not ruling out Wheatley in future Cabinet
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has not ruled out appointing resigned Energy Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley to a future
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Election ready - PNP gearing up if poll called after SOEs lifted
THE LEADERSHIP of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has declared itself fit and ready to challenge the ruling Jamaica Labour Party if Prime Minister Andrew Holness calls a general election shortly after winding up states of emergency (SOEs) across the
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PM backs online transactions as way forward
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says the Jamaican economy must now rapidly transition to online transactions, as the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the inefficiencies and riskiness of cash
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Are we ready for June 1? - Several sectors still reeling from COVID-19 hit, employers await gov’t protocol
THE ANDREW Holness led-Cabinet is expected to determine tomorrow whether it will bow to pressure from tourism and other industry interests to abandon the long-term phased and full reopening of the economy despite protests from health
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Jamaica Government promises tougher legislation for use of illegal weapons | New York Carib News
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says a new Firearms Bill will be brought to Parliament that will outline the harshest consequences for the possession of illegal guns.
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