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Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Director of Research Development and Communications, Felicia Bailey
Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Director of Research Development and Communications, Felicia Bailey

CLA and JAMPRO to establish online platform

The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) and Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) are working together to establish an online platform to facilitate the Authority’s application process. Speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, Director of Research Development and Communications...
Director of Research Development and Communications at the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Felicia Bailey, ​speaking at a recently held JIS Think Tank. (File photo).
Director of Research Development and Communications at the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Felicia Bailey, ​speaking at a recently held JIS Think Tank. (File photo).

Ministry working to address banking challenges impacting medical cannabis
Executive Director of The Health for Life and Wellness Foundation (HLWF), Courtney Cephas (fourth left), displays personal protective equipment that was handed over by representatives from Henan Fifth Construction Company, recently. They are (from left) Tsang Zhoo; and local partners, Jianne Legere and Patrick Wong; and Qishan Liu (Henan Fifth). Also participating in the handover is Director of Technical Services, Housing Agency of Jamaica, Rose Marie Brown.
Executive Director of The Health for Life and Wellness Foundation (HLWF), Courtney Cephas (fourth left), displays personal protective equipment that was handed over by representatives from Henan Fifth Construction Company, recently. They are (from left) Tsang Zhoo; and local partners, Jianne Legere and Patrick Wong; and Qishan Liu (Henan Fifth). Also participating in the handover is Director of Technical Services, Housing Agency of Jamaica, Rose Marie Brown.

Health Ministry gets donation of medical masks and coveralls
The late Mrs. Jeanette Grant-Woodham, OD, JP, former State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.
The late Mrs. Jeanette Grant-Woodham, OD, JP, former State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Saddened by the passing of Jeanette Grant-Woodham
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Major infrastructure upgrades to five hospitals

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers ​his first address after taking the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Office at King
Prime Minister

Some 150,000 new jobs to be created

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that the new Administration is targeting the creation of approximately 150,000 new jobs across various sectors. Mr. Holness made the announcement in his first address shortly after being sworn into office for a second consecutive term by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen at King’s House on Monday (September...
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Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Transport operators in Westmoreland being sensitised about COVID-19 protocols

The Westmoreland Health Department has partnered with transport groups within the parish to sensitise operators of public passenger vehicles about the coronavirus (COVID-19) health and safety protocols. It will focus on regular cleaning and sanitisation of vehicles, the wearing of masks, sanitising hands, among other measures. Health Promotion and Public Education officer, Gerald Miller, told JIS News that the awareness...
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Executive Director of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC), Professor Lloyd Waller.
Tourism

GTRCMC to host third Lecture Series Sept. 9

The Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) will host its third Edmund Bartlett Lecture Series tomorrow (September 9), beginning at 9:00 a.m., under the theme ‘Geopolitics and the Coronavirus: Implications for Global Travel and Tourism’. The event will be held virtually and is open to everyone, particularly tourism stakeholders, both locally and internationally. It will examine the geopolitical...
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Director of Research Development and Communications at the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Felicia Bailey, ​speaking at a recently held JIS Think Tank. (File photo).
IndustryJIS Think Tank

CLA committed to facilitating cannabis import/export

Director of Research Development and Communications at the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Felicia Bailey, says the agency is committed to facilitating the import and export of cannabis until the import/export regulations are promulgated. Under the Interim Measures, licensees can export cannabis inflorescence/buds and extracts from Jamaica to jurisdictions across the world. CLA licensees have exported to countries such as Canada,...
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Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Winston Ennis (left), addresses the monthly meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) today (September 8), at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston. At right is Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, Robert Hill.
Local Government

Deputy Mayor calls on Councillors to protect the most vulnerable

Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Winston Ennis, is calling on his colleagues to ensure that measures are put in place to protect the most vulnerable across the Corporate Area, particularly during the hurricane season. Addressing the monthly meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) on Tuesday (September 8) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, he...
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