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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses a ceremony for the official opening of the Holland Bamboo Scenic Avenue in St. Elizabeth held at the Holland Bamboo Primary School on June 2. The site was restored at a cost of $8.5 million.

South Coast Ripe For Investment – Minister Bartlett

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the island’s south coast is ripe for investment and will continue to be heavily promoted as one of Jamaica’s premier destinations. “The south coast is shaping up and I am appealing to everyone...

License Processing Administration Manager at the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) Sheryll Lewis, speaks with JIS News at the at the entity’s ‘Bring Your Application Day’ event held on Thursday, June 2, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James.

Owners And Operators Of Tourism Entities Reminded To Get Licensed

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, urges citizens to prepare for the hurricane season while addressing the hand over of housing unit in Seaview Gardens, Kingston on June 3.

PM Urges Jamaicans To Prepare For Hurricane Season

2958: License Processing Administration Manager at the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) Sheryll Lewis (left), engages a business operator at the entity’s ‘Bring Your Application Day’ licensing event held on Thursday (June 2), at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James.

Owners And Operators Of Tourism Entities Remained To Get Licensed

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, DPhil, MP

Statement From Hon. Nigel Clarke, Minister Of Finance And The Public Service on Court Proceedings with the Jamaica Police Federation

4 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Vaccination Blitz Sites June 4-5 , 2022

The Ministry of Health & Wellness invites members of the public to attend a vaccination site on Saturday and Sunday, June 4-5 2022 to receive their first, second or booster dose of the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Sinopharm or Johnson & Johnson vaccine for persons 18 years and older. Jamaicans 12 years and older will also be offered the first or second...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (seated centre), and President, Jamaica Bankers Association and Chief Executive Officer, National Commercial Bank (NCB), Septimus Blake (seated left), affix their signatures to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with deposit-taking institutions for the National Identification System (NIDS) pilot. The signing ceremony was held at the Office of the Prime Minister in St. Andrew on June 3. Observing the signing are Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (seated left); Modernisation of State Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Benjamin Roseth (standing, left) and NIDS Programme Director, Warren Vernon.

4 years ago NIDSOffice of the Prime Minister

Banks Sign MOU To Participate In NIDS Pilot

The Government on Friday (June 3) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with deposit-taking institutions to participate in the pilot of the National Identification System (NIDS). Representatives of the Jamaica Bankers Association signed on behalf of the banks during a ceremony held at the Office of the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, in his remarks at...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (standing), engages with students at the Paul’s Mountain Primary School in St. Catherine, during a recent wellness forum at the institution.

4 years ago EducationHealth & Wellness

Parents And Students Benefit From Wellness Forum

Scores of students and parents have benefited from a mental wellness forum organised by the Ministry of Health and Wellness at the Paul’s Mountain Primary School in St. Catherine. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said that the recent session was to equip parents to help their children deal with the anxiety and other challenges surrounding the resumption of...

Work in progress along a section of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project.

4 years ago Local GovernmentWorks / Construction

Improved Drainage Along Southern Coastal Highway

The National Works Agency (NWA) is assuring the public that drainage structures along the corridor of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project have been significantly improved. Communications and Customer Services Manager, Stephen Shaw, said the roads are in a “much better state” than they were last year and should be more resilient to varying weather conditions. He was speaking during...

4 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Thursday, June 2, 2022

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Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right) and Managing Director, Trade Winds Citrus Limited (Tru Juice), Peter McConnell (second from right), engage with students of Tulloch Primary School in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, after presenting them with boxes of milk. Occasion was a World Milk Day event at the school on Wednesday, June 1.

4 years ago AgricultureIndustry

Private Sector A Critical Partner In Growth Of Dairy Industry – Minister Charles Jr.

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has hailed the private sector as a critical partner in the expansion of the local dairy industry. He noted that entities such as Serge Island and Trade Winds Citrus Limited (Tru Juice), are “playing their part in driving the industry to regain the pride of place that it once held in Jamaica's...

Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Harold Davis.

4 years ago IndustryTechnology

Creatives Urged To Capitalise On New Technologies To Drive Business

Cultural and creative entrepreneurs are being urged to explore and capitalise on the growing opportunities provided by new technologies to drive business. The encouragement came from presenters at the recent Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) ‘In Concert’ series, where discussion was focused on the emerging opportunities presented by the metaverse, metadata, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and blockchain technology, for the growth...