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Programme Director of the Global Services Sector (GSS) Project, Marjorie Straw, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Global Services Sector Project Transformative

Programme Director of the Global Services Sector (GSS) Project, Marjorie Straw, says the project is transformative and will promote the growth of the sector in higher value-added segments. “The GSS Project will help Jamaica to compete at the next level...

General Manager of the Housing Agency of Jamaica Limited (HAJ), Gary Howell, provides details about new projects that the agency will undertake in the upcoming 2019/2020 Fiscal Year, at a recent JIS Think Tank.

HAJ to Provide Over 3,000 Housing Solutions in 2019/20

National Mathematics Coordinator in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, says the winner of the Mathematics Teacher of the Year competition is expected to apply the knowledge and skills gained to benefit students and fellow teachers. She was addressing a JIS Think Tank on Monday (March 11).

Maths Teacher of the Year Expected to Make An Impact

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), engages with Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre) and Chief Executive Officer, National Rums of Jamaica, Winston Harrison, on day two of the Jamaica Rum Festival on Sunday (March 10) at Hope Gardens, St. Andrew.

Tourism Ministry to Help Train 2,000 Bartenders

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), is being introduced by Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (second left) to High Commissioner of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, His Excellency, Mizanur Rahman (right). Occasion was a meeting with diplomatic heads at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on March 13.

Jamaica’s Economic Progress A Model for Other Countries – PM

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Spanish Town Residents to Benefit from Health Fair at St. Catherine High

More than 3,000 residents in the St. John’s Road area of Spanish Town are expected to benefit from the St. Catherine High School annual health fair, to be held on Friday, March 15. The all-day event will commence at 9:00 a.m., with persons being screened and counselled for major ailments. This is part of the school’s effort to partner with...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, emphasises a point while addressing a ceremony to announce the 2018 Tourism Service Excellence Awards (TSEA) finalists, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (March 12).

7 years ago Tourism

Tourism on Track to Become Fastest Growing Sector

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the local industry is on track to become Jamaica’s fastest growing economic engagement. This, he said, is based on the sector’s significant inflows to the gross domestic product (GDP), and on the fact that its contribution, in the last two and a half years in particular, “has grown faster than every industry in the...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre) and member of the National Consumers League of Jamaica (NCLJ) and retired Executive Chef, Mazie Miller (right), listen to Vice President of the NCLJ, Michael Diamond, at a public forum put on by the NCLJ in observance of World Consumer Rights Day 2019, to be celebrated on March 15 under the theme ‘Trusted Smart Products’. The forum was held on Wednesday (March 13) at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), in Kingston.

7 years ago EnergyScienceTechnology

Minister Calls on Jamaicans to Protect Themselves Against Cyberattacks

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, is calling on Jamaicans to educate themselves in cybersecurity measures to protect their information from cyberattacks. “It is absolutely imperative that we take cybersecurity and data security seriously at all levels. Something as seemingly harmless as downloading an app or clicking on a link can have serious personal and financial implications...

7 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Jamaica is Doing Very Well – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared that by all accounts Jamaica’s economy is doing very good and could be used as a model to other countries. The Prime Minister made the comments today (Wednesday, March 13) to more than 60 resident Heads of Mission and Diplomats at the launch of the annual Diplomatic Week at the Jamaica Pegasus. Prime Minister...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), greets Director of the Surveillance Disease Prevention and Control Division at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr. Virginia Asin-Oostburg, at the opening of a two-day meeting on Post Market Surveillance and the Caribbean Pharmaceutical Policy, at the Medicines Quality Control and Surveillance Department of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), at Hope Gardens in St. Andrew, on March 12.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Ministry Reviews Registration Process for Pharmaceutical Drugs

The Health Ministry is undertaking a review of the registration process for pharmaceutical drugs, in an effort to achieve a more modernised system. Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the process of modernisation will include the digitisation of records to reduce the average timeline taken to register a drug. The Minister was addressing the opening of a two-day...

Bauxite Community Development Programme Project Coordinator at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute, Clarence Osbourne, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on March 12.

7 years ago MiningTransport

JBI to Undertake Phase 7 of Bauxite Community Development Programme

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) is preparing to enter Phase Seven of the Bauxite Community Development Programme (BCDP). This was disclosed by BCDP Project Coordinator, Clarence Osbourne, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on Tuesday (March 12). He explained that under phase seven, another tranche of funds is expected to be paid over to the Programme to continue to administrate the...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), shares pleasantries with Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) Executive Director, Dr. Andrew Spencer (left), and Director General in the Tourism Ministry, Carole Guntley, during a ceremony to announce the 2018 Tourism Service Excellence Awards finalists, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston, on Tuesday (March 12).

7 years ago EducationTourism

Government and UWI Discuss Further Training for Tourism Workers

The Government is in discussion with the University of the West Indies (UWI) regarding potential training options that can be explored and initiated to further boost the competence of tourism workers. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, who is leading the discussions on behalf of the Government, said it is anticipated that the outcome of the talks “will take us into...