Daryl Vaz
Acutely aware that the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET) became known for controversy under the last Government, new MSET Minister Daryl Vaz is determined to shed its scandal tag.
“It has not missed me in any way that this Ministry is the make it or break it for me, despite the fact that some may feel that I am not that smart,” Vaz quipped at a press conference on Wednesday.
It is against that background that he has named a team of high-profile figures from business and academia to the boards of public bodies under his watch. Metry Seaga, Jacqueline Sharp, Professor Ishenkumba Khawa and Dr Parris Lyew-Ayee are among those chosen to advise and lead the entities which include Petrojam, which has been more associated with scandal than performance in recent years.
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis displays the ISO 9001 certification received by her department Thursday after completing a two-year quality standards exercise with the National Certification Body of Jamaica.
Jamaica’s ranking on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) poses a barrier to the Audley Shaw-led Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce’s efforts to woo foreign direct investment to the country, a global quality expert has said.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standards Ambassador Reginald Budhan said that foreign direct investment was crucial to growing the economy and creating employment.
In its 2019 CPI report, Transparency International positioned Jamaica as the fourth most corrupt state among Caribbean countries ahead of Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Haiti.
Daryl Vaz
Acutely aware that the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET) became known for controversy under the last Government, new MSET Minister Daryl Vaz is determined to shed its scandal tag.
“It has not missed me in any way that this Ministry is the make it or break it for me, despite the fact that some may feel that I am not that smart,” Vaz quipped at a press conference on Wednesday.
It is against that background that he has named a team of high-profile figures from business and academia to the boards of public bodies under his watch. Metry Seaga, Jacqueline Sharp, Professor Ishenkumba Khawa and Dr Parris Lyew-Ayee are among those chosen to advise and lead the entities which include Petrojam, which has been more associated with scandal than performance in recent years.