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Spatial Plan Coordinator at the National Spatial Data Management Branch (NSDMB), Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Raymond Poyser, addresses the second Jamaica Virtual GIS User Conference on September 24.

GIS Users Invited to Test Spatial Planning Information Technology Platform

Local users of geographic information systems (GIS) are being invited to test and provide feedback on the National Spatial Planning Information Technology (NSPIT) Platform, which is in the final stages of completion. The platform will be used for the dissemination...

Senior Manager with responsibility for Projects at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Gregory Thomas, during a coral out-planting exercise at the Orange Bay Fish Sanctuary in Hanover on September 25.

NEPA Calls on Negril Residents to Help Restore Great Morass

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (right), presents a copy of the Quick Reference Guide for the Government’s Records and Information Management (RIM) Programme implementation to Executive Director for the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC), Hector Stephenson, during Monday’s (September 28) digital launch of the initiative targeting for the third cohort of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). The OEC is among the 25 target entities under this phase. The programme’s implementation is being led by the Jamaica Archives and Records Division (JARD), an agency of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, with support from the Cabinet Office.

RIM Programme to be Rolled Out in 25 Additional MDAS

St. Ann Parish Manager for the Social Development Commission (SDC), Hillory McBayne (left); and SDC's Director, Local Economic Development and Community Projects, Avril Ranger (right), present a grant cheque to Melisha Coke of Aisha’s Inspirations, a Local Economic Initiative in St. Ann, at the St. Ann Community Market and Business Fair, held in May 2020.

Businesses Can Apply for SDC Grants

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), converses with Lorna Davidson (centre), aunt of nine-year-old Bianca Spence who died on September 26, during a visit to the family on September 27. At left is Denari Davidson, cousin of young Bianca. The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding her death.

PHOTOS: Education Minister Visits Family of Nine-Year-Old Bianca Spence

5 years ago Vision 2030

Call for Geospatial Professionals to Align Collaborate and Transform to Promote National Development Goals

PIOJ Director of Sustainable Development, Mrs Nadine Brown, urged geospatial professionals across the public and private sector to: (1) ensure that the objectives of the GIS processes are aligned to national strategic priorities; (2) collaborate for the efficient use of limited human and financial resources; and (3) aim to transform their space with geospatial technologies. She said this against the...

Senior Director of Technical Services in the Tourism Ministry, David Dobson, speaks at a JIS Think Tank.

5 years ago Tourism

JSIF Broadens Scope of REDI II

The Ministry of Tourism says it is heartened that the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has broadened the scope of the Rural Economic Development Initiative Phase II (REDI II), to provide a suitable response to the fallout from COVID-19. “This will assist many community-based tourism entities at the grassroots… to weather the ravaging impact of the pandemic and better position...

Child Diversion Consultant, Ruth Carey, speaks at a recent Ministry of Justice Virtual town hall.

5 years ago Justice

Offices of Child Diversion Programme Fully Operational

The Child Diversion Programme Offices and Committees of the Ministry of Justice are now fully operational in all 14 parishes. The Programme seeks to divert children who come in conflict with the law away from the formal criminal justice system. This is one of the main objectives of the Programme and is in line with the Programme’s obligations under the...

Public Education Officer at the Forestry Department, Daniel Dunkley, plants a Caribbean Pine in the British Forest Estate in Clarendon.

5 years ago Environment

Jamaicans Encouraged to Plant Trees on October 2

The Forestry Department is encouraging Jamaicans to plant trees at home or in their communities on National Tree Planting Day, October 2. “We are encouraging members of the public, if you plant even on the lead up to, please share your photographs with us. We will be hosting a virtual tree-planting event and we will be uploading images and videos...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), addresses community health aides from the St. Ann Public Health Department prior to a coronavirus (COVID -19) sensitisation tour of sections of Ocho Rios in the parish, recently. The tour followed a virtual meeting with members of the St. Ann business community.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Dr. Tufton Urges St. Ann Business Community to Follow New Workplace Protocols

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, met with members of the St. Ann business community recently, to apprise them about the new workplace protocols, as the country experiences the community transmission phase of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The meeting, held via the Zoom platform, involved collaboration with the St. Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Under the...

Project Manager, Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (IWEco) Jamaica, Loureene Jones displays coral pieces during a coral out-planting exercise at the Orange Bay Fish Sanctuary in Hanover on September 25.

5 years ago Environment

NEPA Replants Reef at Orange Bay Fish Sanctuary

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), on Friday (September 25), planted some 150 pieces of corals onto the reef at the Orange Bay Fish Sanctuary, as part of efforts to restore the reef systems in Negril, Westmoreland and surrounding areas. The out-planting exercise, conducted in partnership with the Negril Area Environmental Protection Trust (NEPT) forms part of the Integrating...

5 years ago Tourism

Message from Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett  to mark World Tourism Day 2020 and Tourism Awareness Week

Today, we join the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the global community in celebrating World Tourism Day. This year’s theme: “Tourism and Rural Development” highlights the unique role that tourism plays in providing opportunities outside of big cities and preserving cultural and natural heritage all around the world. Here in Jamaica, this theme will guide our activities for...