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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks at the virtual inaugural meeting of the National Quality Policy Council, on Thursday (February 25).

Minister Says 30 To 40 Public-Sector Entities Should Be ISO 9001 Certified By End Of 2021/22

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government is working to have between 30 and 40 public-sector entities certified to the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) standard by the end of the new financial year....

Chief Executive Officer of Fygaro, Ariel Rochwerger.

MSMEs Encouraged To Offer Consumers Options In Web Stores

PM Holness And National Security Council Get Comprehensive Update On The Country’s Cybersecurity Apparatus

Environmental Manager at the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), Errol Mortley, addresses recent JIS ‘ Think Tank’.

High Level Of Environmental Monitoring On Highway Project – NROCC

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), examines syringes being stored at the Ministry’s storage warehouse on Shalimar Avenue in Kingston, in preparation for the distribution of vaccines that are to come in the island to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Looking on is Acting Stores Manager, Dwayne Linton. The Minister visited the site on February 24.

PHOTOS: Health Minister, Dr. Tufton At Ministry’s Warehouse

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, places a wreath at the shrine of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, in honour of the 137th anniversary of his birth, at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Wednesday, February 24.

5 years ago Tribute

PHOTOS: Floral Tributes For Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante

National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) sanitation workers with the Metropolitan Parks and Markets Waste Management Limited clear garbage from a section of downtown Kingston. The NSWMA is reminding householders that they should secure their waste until the sanitation workers and compactor trucks do collections. (File Photo)

5 years ago Local Government

Persons Encouraged To Practise Proper Waste Management

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is calling on Jamaicans to help protect sanitation workers and achieve a cleaner environment by playing their part in proper waste management. Community Relations Manager at the NSWMA, Kimberley Blair, is asking that persons be mindful of how they dispose of their waste, as the Authority has noticed that bins are filling up...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), observes as Business Administration Manager, Stone Plus Limited, Saccherine Chin (second left), assists grade-five Lyssons Primary, student, Nathallia Crumbie (third left), in using her new tablet. Principal of the school, Evette Bonfield Beecher, looks on. The occasion was the handover of 100 tablets donated by Stone Plus Limited under the ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative, at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Wednesday (February 24).

5 years ago Education

Greater Emphasis On Strengthening Online Learning – Minister Williams

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says with the suspension of face-to-face classes, greater emphasis will be placed on the acquisition of devices to strengthen online learning. She was speaking at the handover of 100 tablets by Stone Plus Limited at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Wednesday (February 24). The presentation was made under the...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), examines the Medi Tray cold insulation packs that will preserve coronavirus (COVID-19) at the warehouse of the National Health Fund (NHF) in Kingston, on Wednesday (February 24). With the Minister is Senior Director, Pharmacy Services Delivery, NHF, Keron Mais.

5 years ago Health & Wellness

PHOTOS: Health Minister At National Health Fund Warehouse

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (third left), along with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence (second left); Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture, Lothan Cousins (right), and other officials, tours the upgraded $32-million Ebony Park irrigation facility in Clarendon, on February 24.

5 years ago Water

Ebony Park Irrigation System Upgraded

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, has commissioned into service the upgraded $32-million Ebony Park irrigation facility in Southern Clarendon. Speaking at the ceremony, yesterday (February 24), Mr. Green reported that the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) solar retrofitted system will self-generate 75 per cent of the required energy for the pump station, resulting in a 43 per cent...

5 years ago Agriculture

Trelawny 4-H Clubs Deliver Virtual Training On Rabbit Rearing

As part of its thrust to maintain relevance amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jamaica 4-H Clubs has revised the way it presents and delivers a number of its training programmes. This has been done while maintaining its mandate as the country’s premier youth leadership and vocational training organisation for young, aspiring farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs. Among its latest endeavours, the...

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Vaccines Distributed Through COVAX Are Safe And Effective – PAHO Head

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, is encouraging citizens of member states to get vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19), once doses approved for distribution by the World Health Organization (WHO) are delivered to their countries. Approximately two billion doses of vaccines are being procured from manufacturers for initial deployment through WHO’s COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility,...