Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, has reiterated the Government’s commitment to creating and maintaining an enabling environment for Jamaican innovators to register, protect, monetise and commercialise their intellectual property (IP) rights. “The protection of the intellectual property of our innovators is another step in the ecosystem that we must bolster in support of their growth and...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is looking at possible alternative routes to restore access to communities cut off by at least one major landslide along the Gordon Town Road in East Rural St. Andrew. Sections of the road have been severely damaged and made impassable following recent heavy rains. Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, made...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government’s $1.5-billion Production Incentive Programme is “bearing fruit”, with increases in several crops. Delivering the keynote address at the virtual launch of ‘Eat Jamaican Month’, today (November 10), Mr. Green reported that for onion, production increased from 827 tonnes in 2018 to 1,821 tonnes in 2019, representing a 120 per...

The administration at the Anchovy High School in St. James has instituted two helplines to provide technical and counselling support to students and parents who are facing challenges with online learning. Principal of the institution, Lavern Stewart, told JIS News that the technical helpline was implemented at the start of the new school term in October, and since then, several...

The Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN) is encouraged by the steps taken by the Government of Jamaica to implement the necessary legislation to prevent paint containing lead from entering the island. In an interview with JIS News, Poison Information Coordinator at CARPIN, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, said this is based on a 2018 Lead in Paint study which found that there is...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has collected 1,211 pounds of plastic waste, to date, under its Plastic Recycling Eco-Reward Pilot Programme, which got under way on October 1. The eight-week pilot, aimed at promoting the sustainable disposal of plastic waste in the Corporate Area, involves partnership with Lee’s Food Fair Supermarket, Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) and Magna...

Jamaica’s tourism sector has started to rebound, with the island welcoming more than 211,000 visitors while generating US$231.9 million in foreign exchange earnings, since the reopening of its borders to international travellers on June 15. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, made the disclosure during the virtual launch of the two-day Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) Live 2020 exposition, on Monday (November...