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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), in discussion with (from second left): Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, Dr. Luz Longsworth; and University Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI Mona Campus, Professor Opal Palmer Adisa. Occasion was a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony at the UWI Regional Headquarters on February 28. Under the MoU, the Government will partner with the UWI Open Campus to provide training and research in the area of sexual harassment over the next three years.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), in discussion with (from second left): Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, Dr. Luz Longsworth; and University Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI Mona Campus, Professor Opal Palmer Adisa. Occasion was a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony at the UWI Regional Headquarters on February 28. Under the MoU, the Government will partner with the UWI Open Campus to provide training and research in the area of sexual harassment over the next three years.

Minister Wants Sexual Harassment Bill Passed By Second Half Of Year

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Government is working to have the Sexual Harassment Bill passed into law by the second half of the calendar year. The Bill, which outlines the types of conduct...
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking at a sensitisation session on the tourism workers’ pension scheme on Thursday (February 27), at Hotel Tim Bamboo in Port Antonio, Portland.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking at a sensitisation session on the tourism workers’ pension scheme on Thursday (February 27), at Hotel Tim Bamboo in Port Antonio, Portland.

8,000 Tourism Workers To Be Certified By 2022
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Jamaica Mission, Deputy Director, Jason Fraser (right), makes his presentation at the 4th Energy Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) Ministerial Meeting, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, on February 27. At left is outgoing President of the American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica, Allison Peart.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Jamaica Mission, Deputy Director, Jason Fraser (right), makes his presentation at the 4th Energy Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) Ministerial Meeting, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, on February 27. At left is outgoing President of the American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica, Allison Peart.

Jamaica To Benefit From US$5 Million Investment By USAID
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), breaks ground for a US$1 billion multi-resort development - Sugarcane Bay Jamaica - in Llandovery, St. Ann, on Friday, February 28. Also taking part (from left) are: Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Karisma Hotels & Resorts, Armando Chomat; Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett; and Mayor of St. Ann
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), breaks ground for a US$1 billion multi-resort development - Sugarcane Bay Jamaica - in Llandovery, St. Ann, on Friday, February 28. Also taking part (from left) are: Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Karisma Hotels & Resorts, Armando Chomat; Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett; and Mayor of St. Ann's Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis.

Ground Broken For US$1 Billion Multi-resort Development In St. Ann
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (seated left), signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will see the Government partnering with the UWI Open Campus to provide training and research in the area of sexual harassment over the next three years. Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, Dr. Luz Longsworth (seated, right), also signed the document. The ceremony took place at the UWI Regional Headquarters on February 28. Observing (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Culture Ministry, Denzil Thorpe; Senior Director, Gender Affairs, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn Robinson; University Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI Mona Campus, Professor Opal Palmer Adisa; and Head, Hugh Shearer Labour Studies Institute, UWI Open Campus, Danny Roberts.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (seated left), signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will see the Government partnering with the UWI Open Campus to provide training and research in the area of sexual harassment over the next three years. Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, Dr. Luz Longsworth (seated, right), also signed the document. The ceremony took place at the UWI Regional Headquarters on February 28. Observing (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Culture Ministry, Denzil Thorpe; Senior Director, Gender Affairs, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn Robinson; University Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI Mona Campus, Professor Opal Palmer Adisa; and Head, Hugh Shearer Labour Studies Institute, UWI Open Campus, Danny Roberts.

Government Partners With UWI For Research On Sexual Harassment

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses journalists during a media briefing at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston, on February 27.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Health Minister Says Response Committee To Discuss Prevention Measures

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the National Disaster Response Committee, which is chaired by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has been designated to spearhead overall coordination of Jamaica’s preparedness for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Dr. Tufton, who noted that the body is the point of reference for matters of a critical nature,...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), converses with Chairman, Trade Facilitation Task Force, Patricia Francis, at a private-sector-engagement breakfast held on February 27 at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Heroes Circle, Kingston.
Commerce

Single Window To Be Piloted At Trade Board

The Jamaica Single Window for Trade (JSWIFT) is to be piloted at the Trade Board Limited starting March 2020. This was disclosed by Chief Information Officer at the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), André Williams, at a private-sector-engagement breakfast held on February 27 at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service in Kingston. JSWIFT is a one-stop-shop electronic system that allows...
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Researcher and winner of the award for best poster presentation at the 2019 staging of the National Health Research Conference, Shericka Whitelocke Ballingsingh (right), addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank”, on the finding of her study on childhood poisoning in Jamaica. With her (from left) are Director of the Epidemiological Research and Data Analysis Unit at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Andriene Grant; and medical doctor and researcher, Dr. Ijah Thompson, who won the award for the Most Impactful at the conference.
JIS Think TankScience

Researcher Calls For More Public Education In Informal Chemical Industry

One of the country’s leading researchers in the area of poison control in Jamaica says public education efforts will need to be intensified, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, to promote best practices in the informal chemical industry. This would include training for retailers of household chemicals to teach them about packaging and storage, under the Global Harmonisation System...
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Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addresses the National Conference on Technology in the Justice System, at the AC Hotel in St. Andrew on February 27.
Justice

Transcripts Will Be Delivered Within Days By Year End – Justice Minister

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says by the end of the year the court system will be equipped with technology for the delivery of transcripts within days. Delivering the keynote address at the National Conference on Technology in the Justice System, at the AC Hotel in St. Andrew on February 27, Mr. Chuck said the audiovisual system will also...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, greets Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Corporate Communications Unit, Senior Superintendent of Police, Stephanie Lindsay, at the Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association
Commerce

83,000 Used Vehicles Inspected Under Pre-shipment Regime

A total of 83,000 imported used cars have been examined under the Government’s Pre-Shipment Inspection regime since its implementation in February 2018. Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, made the disclosure at the Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association’s (JUCDA) Annual General Meeting on Thursday (February 27) at Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel...
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Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon. (File photo)
Local Government

NSWMA Calls On Citizens To Separate Plastics From Regular Garbage

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is calling on citizens to play their part in eliminating plastic bottles from the waste stream, by practising garbage separation at home and in communities. “We have to take responsibility for the solid waste that we generate. There is a myth out there that we must dispel, that somebody else must pick up...
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