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Chairman of the South Coast Chapter of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) and owner of Jakes Hotel, Jason Henzell (3rd right), brought Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett (2nd left) up to date on the preparedness of tourism stakeholders along the newly opened South Coast Resilient Corridor, when he toured recently to see and hear first-hand from them. Behind Mr Bartlett is Executive Director of Jamaica Vacations Ltd. (JAMVAC), Joy Roberts and at centre is Destination Manager for the South Coast, Jonathan Bamidele.

Minister Bartlett Issues Stern Shut-Down Warning

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett, has warned that tourism entities that fail to comply with health and safety protocols designed to facilitate the phased reopening of the tourism sector, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, will be shut down. Speaking at...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point while speaking at a handing over ceremony of a one bedroom house to an elderly person in Bogue, St. Elizabeth, on July 17.

PM Says There Are Some Strong Indicators That Bode Well For The Future

Former Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, with responsibility for Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Leslie Campbell (second left), is presented with a Leica CS20 field controller by Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Lim Baejin (second right), during the official handing over ceremony for several pieces cadastral mapping and land surveying equipment, on Thursday (July 16) at the National Land Agency Estate Management Division, Downtown, Kingston. Also displaying the devices are Chief Executive Officer, National Land Agency (NLA) Elizabeth Stair (left) and Under-Secretary, Bilateral, Regional and Hemispheric Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Janice Miller. Mr. Campbell has since been re-assigned to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries.

National Land Agency Aims To Produce 20,000 Titles In Three Years

Founder of the Ilah’s Lemon-Aid Stand for Kids Foundation, 11 year-old Imani-Leigh Hall (centre), in discussion with Principal of the Alligator Pond Primary and Infant School, Gregory Bent (left), at the handing over of 46 computer tablets to the Early Childhood Commission (EEC), at the agency’s head office, in Downtown, Kingston, on July 17. At right is Chairman of the ECC, Trisha Williams-Singh.

Foundation Donates Computers To Children

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right); Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (centre) and Opposition Spokesman on National Security, Fitz Jackson (left), at the Thanksgiving Service for the late Detective Corporal, Dane Biggs, held today (July 18), at the Evangel Temple Deliverance Centre, in Portmore. Detective Biggs was one of three Policemen killed by gunmen in Horizon Park, St. Catherine, recently.

PHOTOS: Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, Pays Respects to the late Detective Corporal, Dane Biggs

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

Residents Of Mt. Salem Grateful For Compassionate Grant

Residents of Mt. Salem, in St. James, are lauding the Government for the compassionate grant in their time of need. One recipient, Ruby Grant, told JIS News that she is appreciative of the compassionate grant of $10,000, paid under the COVID Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) programme, which she received in May. The grant is aimed at assisting persons...

The one bedroom house that was handed over to St. Elizabeth resident, Winston Wint, on July 17, under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP).

6 years ago HOPE ProgrammeHousing

Prime Minister Says The Government Has Kept Promise On Home Ownership

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government has made good on the promise to reform the housing agencies, with many Jamaicans now having an easier path to home ownership. Mr. Holness, who was giving the main address at the handing over ceremony of a one bedroom unit to a physically challenged man in Bogue District, St. Elizabeth,...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, makes her presentation in the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate, in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (July 14). Listening are: Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left) and Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)

6 years ago EntertainmentSectoral Debate 2020/2021

Stakeholders In Entertainment And Creative Industries Encouraged To Sign Up For Benefits

Stakeholders in the entertainment and creative industries are being encouraged to sign up with the Government’s e-registry, in order to benefit from various incentives. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, made the call during her contribution to the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (July 14). “Practitioners who register with the e-registry,...

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

BOJ Opens Door to Central Bank Digital Currency

Earlier this year, Bank of Jamaica indicated a willingness to consider the use of central bank digital currency (CBDC). In a step further, the Bank is now formally inviting interested CBDC providers to develop and test potential CBDC solutions in its recently established Fintech Regulatory Sandbox. The Sandbox provides a controlled environment where technological financial innovations such as CBDC can...

6 years ago Coronavirus

Jamaica records 3 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more recoveries

Jamaica recorded three new COVID-19 cases and 3 additional recoveries in the last 24 hours. The total number of confirmed positives for the island is now 768 while recoveries have moved to 678. Two of the newly confirmed cases are females while the third is a male. They range in age from 35 to 47 years and are from St....

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second left), and Member of Parliament for South West St. Andrew, Dr. Angela Brown Burke (left), look at a bottle of cleaning solution, which was among sanitisation products donated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High School for its summer programme. The handover took place at the school in Kingston on July 15. Also pictured are USAID Country Representative, Jason Fraser (third right); Principal of the school, Dr. Patricia Kinglocke Findley (second right) and USAID representative, Morana Krajnovic.

6 years ago Education

PHOTOS: USAID Donates Sanitisation Products to Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High School

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second left), and Member of Parliament for South West St. Andrew, Dr. Angela Brown Burke (left), look at a bottle of cleaning solution, which was among sanitisation products donated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High School for its summer programme. The handover took...

Former Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (second right), cuts the ribbon to mark the official opening of a farm road in Bingham Hill, St. Ann, on Thursday, July 16. Looking on (from left) are Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson (left); RADA’s Director of Engineering Services, Lennoy Prendergast; and Member of Parliament for South West St. Ann, and State Minister for Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne.

6 years ago Agriculture

Bingham Hill Farm Road Rehabilitated

Farmers in Bingham Hill and surrounding communities in St. Ann will now find it easier to get to their fields and transport their goods to market following the rehabilitation of the farm road in the area. The upgrade of the roadway forms part of ongoing farm road improvements in the parish, where approximately $42 million have been spent over the...