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Director of the Rent Assessment Board, Shenese Headlam.
Director of the Rent Assessment Board, Shenese Headlam.

Tenants and Landlords Urged to Be Diligent in Negotiating Rental Arrangements

Director of the Rent Assessment Board, Shenese Headlam, is encouraging landlords and tenants to exercise diligence when negotiating rental arrangements. “Tenants and landlords should… ensure that a written agreement is [drafted] because sometimes things that were not initially agreed on...
Director of Field Operations at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation, Beverley Martin Berry, addressing a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) think Tank. The forum was held at the JIS’s Head Office in Kingston.
Director of Field Operations at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation, Beverley Martin Berry, addressing a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) think Tank. The forum was held at the JIS’s Head Office in Kingston.

Women’s Centre Encourages Diligent Monitoring of Teenagers in School During Holidays
President of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Gloria Henry, addressing a JIS Think Tank forum.
President of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Gloria Henry, addressing a JIS Think Tank forum.

Upskilling for Business Process Industry Workforce Emphasised
President of the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), O’Neil Grant, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office in St. James, on Monday, September 09.
President of the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), O’Neil Grant, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office in St. James, on Monday, September 09.

JCSA Garners Benefits for Public-Sector Workers
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), converses with Project Consultant, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Venture Capital Programme, Audrey Richards (right), during the DBJ’s Private Equity Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on June 11. Looking on (from second left) are DBJ Managing Director, Milverton Reynolds; and General Manager for the Bank’s Public-Private Partnerships and Privatisation Division, Denise Arana.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), converses with Project Consultant, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Venture Capital Programme, Audrey Richards (right), during the DBJ’s Private Equity Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on June 11. Looking on (from second left) are DBJ Managing Director, Milverton Reynolds; and General Manager for the Bank’s Public-Private Partnerships and Privatisation Division, Denise Arana.

DBJ to Stage Second Equity Financing Workshop September 18

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Professor Emeritus, Jamaican Language Unit, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Hubert Devonish, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.
Culture

UWI to Launch Discussion on Making Jamaican Language Official

The Jamaican Language Unit at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, with be leading national conversation on the appropriate positioning of the Jamaican language in official spaces. The discussion, under the slogan ‘Make Jamaican Official… Just Do it’, is the unit’s contribution to the 100 days of activities planned to celebrate the centenary anniversary of the birth of...
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President of the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), O’Neil Grant, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office in St. James, on Monday, September 09.
JIS Think Tank

Public-Sector Workers Should Be Given Minimum Hours of Training – JCSA President

President of the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), O’Neil Grant, has suggested that public-sector workers should be given some minimum hours of training per year, enabling them to become more valuable to their organisations. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank, at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office in St. James on September 9, Mr. Grant said this would inevitably lead...
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Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Valerie Veira, addresses recent JIS Think Tank on the 2019 Employee Engagement Conference.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentJIS Think Tank

MSME Sector to Be Fully Represented at Employee Engagement Conference

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) says the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) sector will be fully represented at the 2019 Employee Engagement Conference from October 16 to 17. Speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the JBDC, Valerie Veira, said that the services and products offered by MSMEs will be...
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President of the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), O’Neil Grant, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office in St. James, on Monday, September 09.
EnvironmentJIS Think Tank

JCSA and JET Join Forces to Clean Beaches in Discovery Bay

The Brown’s Town Chapter of the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), in St. Ann, will join forces with the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) to remove garbage from three beaches in Discovery Bay, as part of International Coastal Clean-up Day on September 21. The global initiative is aimed at reducing marine pollution, with JET being the national coordinator of International Coastal...
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Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), in conversation with Director of the cryosurgical programme at Urological Consultants of Florida, Dr. Amery Wirtshafter (left), at the Prostate Cancer Medical Symposium on Sunday (September 8), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. The symposium is one of several activities held in observance of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Also pictured are Executive Director, Jamaica Cancer Society, Yulit Gordon (second left); and Chairman of the Jamaica Cancer Society, Earl Jarrett.
Health & Wellness

PHOTOS: Symposium — Cancer Awareness Month

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), in conversation with Director of the cryosurgical programme at Urological Consultants of Florida, Dr. Amery Wirtshafter (left), at the Prostate Cancer Medical Symposium on Sunday (September 8), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. The symposium is one of several activities held in observance of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Also...
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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (at podium)), speaks at the EXIM Bank’s annual strategic planning retreat, held at the institution’s Hope Road Offices today (September 9).
CommerceIndustry

Industry Minister Wants Closer Working Relationship Between DBJ and EXIM Bank

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, is proposing a closer working relationship between the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) and EXIM Bank Jamaica, in order to maximise funding resources available for on-lending to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). “If you look at the portfolio of the DBJ, I think that the larger sums that are on...
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The Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James.
Health & Wellness

Cornwall Regional Oversight Committee to Report on Repairs

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that Cornwall Regional Hospital’s Independent Oversight Committee is to present a comprehensive report on the ongoing repairs at the facility, later this month. The Minister was speaking to journalists during a press briefing at the St. James Type-Five Health Centre on Friday (September 6). He said that the Committee,...
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