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Acting Principal Research Director for the Research and Development Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Sherwood.

Ginger Farmers To Benefit From Renovated Hardening Facility At Bodles

Ginger farmers are to benefit from the newly renovated hardening facility at the Bodles Research Station, in St. Catherine, which is expected to help increase production. Weaning and hardening is important for plant propagation, where plantlets are taken from the...

The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is staging a Safer Sex Week Instagram Live session on Friday, February 18. Contributed Photo

NFPB Stages Safer Sex Instagram Live For Youngsters

Research Scientist at the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Johann Antoine.

Partnership Urged On Research Into Lead Exposure

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), emphasises a point during a Global Tourism Resilience Forum panel discussion at EXPO2020 Dubai on Thursday (February 17). Listening (from left) are Kenya’s Minister of Tourism and Chair of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre – East Africa (GTRCMC – EA) – Minister Najib Balala, and GTRCMC Executive Director, Professor Lloyd Waller.

Collective Approach Needed To Overcome COVID-19 – Minister Bartlett

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), harvests Irish potatoes from a section of the New Pen farmlands in St. Mary with the assistance of Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Robert Montague, who is also the Member of Parliament for Western St. Mary. Occasion was a tour of Irish potato farms in St. Ann and St. Mary on Wednesday (February 16).

Food Security The Ultimate Goal For MOAF

4 years ago Budget 2022/2023Finance & Public ServiceNational SecurityParliament

Work To Begin On New Westmoreland Police Divisional Headquarters In 2022/23

Construction of the new Westmoreland police divisional headquarters is slated to commence in the 2022/23 financial year. A sum of $700 million has been allocated in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. For the upcoming fiscal year, it is anticipated that 50 per cent of construction activities will be completed. The project, which is being...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw (third left), and President of the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS), Egerton Newman (left), share a photo opportunity with some of the transport operators who have been certified by the TODDS for best practices in road safety. The certificates were handed over during a recent ceremony held at the University of Technology (UTech) in St. Andrew.

4 years ago Transport

Transport Operators Certified For Best Practices In Road Safety

Several operators in the public transport sector have been certified by the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS) for best practices in road safety. Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, who delivered the keynote address at a recent ceremony held at the University of Technology (UTech) in St. Andrew to hand over the certificates, commended the owners and operators...

Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for Works, Hon. Everald Warmington (centre), speaks with Member of Parliament (MP) for Clarendon North Central and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (right), about improvement works to be undertaken on roads in the constituency. The Ministers, accompanied by representatives from the National Water Commission (NWC) and the National Works Agency (NWA), were on a tour of several roads in the area on Wednesday (February 16). Also pictured is Community Relations Officer for the Southern Region of the NWA, Howard Hendricks.

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentTransportWorks / Construction

Several Roads In North Central Clarendon To Be Rehabilitated

Several roads in Clarendon North Central are slated to be rehabilitated under the National Works Agency (NWA) Maintenance of Secondary Roads Programme. Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, who spoke to JIS News following a tour of the area on Wednesday (February 16), said that the NWA will be conducting an...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (at podium), addressing the launch of Global Tourism Resilience Day at EXPO2020 Dubai on Thursday (February 17).

4 years ago Foreign AffairsTourism

Jamaica Launches Global Tourism Resilience Day At EXPO2020 Dubai

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, on Thursday (February 17) launched Global Tourism Resilience Day during EXPO2020 Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Day, which is the brainchild of Mr. Bartlett, will be observed annually on February 17. The observance forms part of the thrust to heighten global tourism stakeholder awareness and actions towards strengthening the industry’s capacity to...

4 years ago Budget 2022/2023Finance & Public ServiceNational SecurityParliament

$2.7 Billion Earmarked To Procure Border Patrol Vessels And Equipment

The ability of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) to monitor and safeguard the country’s borders will be strengthened in the new financial year. The Government has allocated $2.7 billion in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure to facilitate the procurement of radar, marine offshore patrol vessels, cameras, software, hardware, and other equipment. This will be done under the Purchase and Overhaul...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the 2022/223 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on Thursday (February 10).

4 years ago Budget 2022/2023Finance & Public ServiceParliament

Security Forces To Receive Telecommunications Equipment At A Cost Of $2.2 Billion

The Government has earmarked $2.2 billion to improve cybersecurity initiatives and purchase telecommunications equipment for the security forces. Details of the provision are outlined in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, in the House of Representatives, recently. The project seeks to facilitate the security force’s enhanced use...

4 years ago Budget 2022/2023Finance & Public ServiceHealth & WellnessParliamentYouth

Gov’t Provides $83 Million For Work On Western Children And Adolescent Hospital

Approximately $83 million has been allocated to continue work on the construction of the Western Children and Adolescent Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James, during the new financial year. Details are outlined in the 2022/2023 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project is aimed at building a 220-bed facility on the compound of the Cornwall Regional...