The Port Authority of Jamaica has welcomed Jamaica being named the World’s Leading Cruise Destination by the World Travel Awards (WTA) as a major achievement, particularly at a time when the global cruise industry is facing severe challenges due to the coronavirus (COVID-19)) pandemic.
The announcement was made during a virtual awards ceremony held on Thursday (November 26).
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The Government will continue to make significant investment in infrastructure in the 2020/21 legislative year, under the Greater Infrastructure Development Programme (GIDP).
The GIDP is a multi-year comprehensive infrastructure programme, which includes not just roads but bridges and structures, street lighting, sidewalks and ramps, traffic lights, water and sewerage, fire hydrants and drainage.
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says a company is set to invest US$280 million in the development of a bamboo farm in Trelawny.
Mr. Green made the disclosure at the official launch of the 65th staging of the Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show, on Wednesday (January 22), at the Hague Showground in Trelawny.
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TransJamaican Highway Limited’s (TJH) initial public offering (IPO) could commence next month.
“We are hoping sometime in early February or thereabouts,” said Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.
The Prime Minister was speaking during the opening ceremony for the 15th Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Regional Conference on Investments and Capital Markets, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (January 21).
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has donated $400,000 through his Positive Jamaica Foundation, towards the six organisations that have, to date, been approved for funding support under the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE).
The JSSE, an initiative of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), facilitates financing, through public donations, for approved organisations involved in the implementation of social programmes for the society’s most vulnerable and marginalised citizens.
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