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JAMAICA | Farmers To Benefit From Tourism Boom

JAMAICA | Farmers To Benefit From Tourism Boom

MONTEGO BAY,  NOVEMBER 20, 2019 - Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Audley Shaw, is encouraging farmers to position themselves to take advantage of the expected boom in tourism over the next two years.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness, delivers a statement in the House of Representatives on November 19. At right is State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.

JAMAICA | China trip designed to achieve growth, job creation and poverty alleviation

KINGSTON, November 20, 2019 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness says “cooperation between Jamaica and the People’s Republic of China will enable the country to strategically connect opportunities with resources to achieve inclusive growth, increase meaningful job creation and lift our peoples out of poverty in an “open, green and clean, as well as a high-standard, sustainable and people-centered” way.​”
Workers build an anti-landslide concrete wall on a Jamaican highway: infrastructure spending has gained momentum during the country's economic reform program (photo: iStock/Debbie Ann Powell)

JAMAICA | On the Path to Higher Economic Growth - IMF

NEW YORK,  November 9, 2019 - The International Monetary Fund says Jamaica has successfully concluded its economic reform program, which was supported by a US$1.66 billion Stand-By Arrangement from the IMF. The country’s strong ownership, as well as the government’s steadfast reform implementation have resulted in a stronger economy, an all-time low unemployment rate, and a significant reduction in public debt.
People’s National Party’s (PNP) Shadow Minister of Mining and Energy, Mr Phillip Paulwell, M.P., whose Unitede States visa was revoked today.

JAMAICA| US revokes the visas of MPs Daryl Vaz and Phillip Paulwell

Havana, Cuba, November 1, 2019:  The People’s National Party’s (PNP) Shadow Minister of Mining and Energy, Phillip Paulwell, has confirmed that he is one of two Jamaican parliamentarians whose United States visa has been revoked. The other MP is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation,  Daryl Vaz.
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