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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), speaks with Chair of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme National Committee, Joy Douglas. Occasion was the opening ceremony for the four-day Caribbean Small Island Developing States – Roadmap to Biosphere Nomination subregional MAB programme workshop, on Monday, March 19 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

Jamaica Looking to Have Four Areas Declared Biosphere Reserves

Jamaica is looking to have four areas declared as biosphere reserves under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme. The areas selected are Negril, Ocho Rios, Portland Bight and the Martha Brae/Rio...

Stakeholder Consensus on Factors for Tourism’s Success in the Caribbean

Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC), Project Manager, Carlington Burrell (centre); with CCIC GreenTech Entrepreneurs, Founder of Preelabs,Yekini Wallen-Bryan (left); and Chief Technical Officer Preelabs, Philip Logan, at the CCIC mentorship programme launch in January.

Regional Technology Entrepreneurs to Benefit from Mentorship Support

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda.

Agriculture Minister Hands Over Development Plan in Trelawny

Manager for Corporate Affairs and Communication, Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Camille Taylor, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

PCJ Raising Awareness about Oil and Gas Exploration

Communications Officer at Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), Leighton Beckles.

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

Income Tax Filing Deadline Extended to March 24

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has extended the deadline for the filing of income tax returns for all business persons, companies, self-employed individuals, and employed individuals with multiple sources of income to March 24, 2018. Communications Officer, TAJ, Leighton Beckles, is encouraging persons to use the online facility at jamaicatax.gov.jm to take full and convenient advantage of the extension. Persons may...

Marketing and Public Relations Manager at the Universal Service Fund (USF), Deleen Powell, addressing JIS ‘Think Tank’ recently.

8 years ago CommunityTechnology

Government Entities with ICT Needs Encouraged to Get in Touch with USF

The Universal Service Fund (USF) is encouraging government entities with information and communications technology (ICT) needs to make contact with the Fund to be a part of the Technology Advancement Programme (TAP). The programme, which aims to train and place young people in organisations to conduct digitisation or to collect data in relation to the organisation’s specific field, began with...

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport makes a point to Everton Hannam, Secretary General, Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO (left). Also a part of the conversation were: Ambassador Marcia Gilbert-Roberts, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade; Joy Douglas, Chairman, Man and the Biosphere National Committee and Katherine Grigsby, Director, UNESCO Office for the Caribbean (left to right).

8 years ago Gender AffairsScience

Minister Grange Calls for Protection of Biodiversity Across the Caribbean

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, has urged the National Commissions for UNESCO across the region to protect the biodiversity in their respective countries. Minister Grange, who chairs the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO, made the comment at the Opening Ceremony of a Caribbean regional workshop for the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme on...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), presents the Tourism Service Excellence Awards in the Individual category to national champion Mikailla Robinson of The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on Saturday March 17.

8 years ago Tourism

Pension Scheme for Tourism Workers by Mid -2018

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the much-anticipated Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme should be up and running by mid-2018. He said that the pensions committee, which is chaired by retired actuary, Daisy Coke, is moving steadily towards completing the preliminary processes related to the scheme. “Finally, the long-awaited pension plan is now on the horizon. Yesterday (March 18), we...

Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Lorna Goodison, makes a point while making a presentation on Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou) at a ‘Four Women’ cultural series held on Sunday (March 18) at the Institute of Jamaica Lecture Hall, East Street, downtown Kingston.

8 years ago CultureGender Affairs

Poet Laureate Says Miss Lou’s Talents and Gifts Were Purely Jamaican

Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Lorna Goodison, says the talents and gifts possessed by cultural icon, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou), were “purely Jamaican”. Speaking at the second presentation in the ‘Four Women’ series held yesterday (March 18) at the Institute of Jamaica, downtown Kingston, Ms. Goodison said Miss Lou “was the first of us who really did that. She was...

Government Senator, Don Wehby, makes his keynote address at the Tourism Service Excellence Awards ceremony held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on March 17.

8 years ago Tourism

Entrepreneurs Encouraged to Take Advantage of Tourism Opportunities

Government Senator, Don Wehby, has implored entrepreneurs to take advantage of the abundance of business opportunities resulting from the exponential growth of the tourism sector. Speaking at the Tourism Service Excellence Awards ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on March 17, Senator Wehby encouraged small businesses, in particular, to participate in the sector, as the Government has provided an...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

All in Place for Students Who Will Sit Final GSAT

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the State is ready to accommodate the 39,093 students registered to sit the final Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) on Thursday (March 22) and Friday (March 23). Speaking at a press briefing at the Ministry today (March 20) to provide an update on the Ministry’s GSAT readiness, Senator...