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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 Expects Major Growth In Medical Cannabis Industry

The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) is anticipating major growth in the local medicinal cannabis industry in the new fiscal year. “We expect the growth… to be exponential because we anticipate that the import-export regulations will be promulgated within the next...
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right); Executive Director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Hopeton Heron (centre) and Chartered Quality Professional Trainer, Dr. Yvette Castell, at the launch of the JS ISO 31000: 2019 Risk Management Guidelines, on Tuesday (February 25) at the offices of the BSJ, in Kingston.
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right); Executive Director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Hopeton Heron (centre) and Chartered Quality Professional Trainer, Dr. Yvette Castell, at the launch of the JS ISO 31000: 2019 Risk Management Guidelines, on Tuesday (February 25) at the offices of the BSJ, in Kingston.

Government Launches New Risk Management Standard
Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council (LAC), Hugh Faulkner.
Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council (LAC), Hugh Faulkner.

Organisations Urged To Request Services Of Mobile Justice Units
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing residents at a town hall meeting held at the Charlton Primary School in Alexandria, St. Ann, on Friday, February 21.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing residents at a town hall meeting held at the Charlton Primary School in Alexandria, St. Ann, on Friday, February 21.

Gov’t Investing In St. Ann’s Healthcare
Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, speaks with grade-six students at Tulloch Primary School in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, ahead of the sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Ability Test this morning (February 25). Looking on in the background are Director for Region 6, Barrington Richardson (left); and Principal of the school, Dameon Hinds.
Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, speaks with grade-six students at Tulloch Primary School in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, ahead of the sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Ability Test this morning (February 25). Looking on in the background are Director for Region 6, Barrington Richardson (left); and Principal of the school, Dameon Hinds.

PHOTOS: Minister Samuda With Tulloch Primary School

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, lays flowers at the shrine of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, in honour of the 136th anniversary of his birth, during a floral tribute at National Heroes Park in Kingston, on Monday (February 24).
Culture

PHOTOS: Flowers For Sir Alexander Bustamante

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, lays flowers at the shrine of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, in honour of the 136th anniversary of his birth, during a floral tribute at National Heroes Park in Kingston, on Monday (February 24).
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), and Defence Attaché at the United States Embassy, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Ramsay, examine the controls of the CASE Front-End Scoop Loader donated to the Ministry by the United States Embassy. The heavy-duty equipment and a Bobcat Skid Loader were handed over on February 24, at the Ministry, in Kingston.
Foreign AffairsLocal Government

Government Gets Disaster Response Equipment From US

The Government has received a donation of heavy-duty equipment from the United States (US) Embassy in Kingston, and the Department of Defence, US Southern Command, to boost local disaster relief capacity. The presentation was made at the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development in Kingston on Monday (February 24), with portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie and other Ministry officials...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), discusses an important aspect of a document with Principal Director for Energy in the Ministry, Fitzroy Vidal. Occasion was a press conference held at the Trafalgar Road offices of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), on Monday (February 24).
Energy

Government Will Ensure The Highest Standard Of Safety In Petroleum Trade

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government is focused on ensuring the highest standard of safety in the petroleum trade. This follows an explosion and ensuing fire that damaged a section of the Heaven’s Fesco Gas Station in Mandeville, on Friday (February 21). Seven persons were injured, one of whom later died. He was a...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a dengue response team regional meeting at the Grand Palladium Hotel and Resort in Hanover on February 19.
Local Government

Jamaicans Urged To Take Disaster Preparedness Seriously

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is imploring Jamaicans to take the matter of disaster preparedness seriously, as to do otherwise could put lives at risk. The Minister, who was addressing a recent dengue-prevention and disaster preparedness meeting at the Ruseas High School in Hanover, said that while Jamaica is fortunate to not have suffered a...
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Director of Communication at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Commerce

Persons Must Consult Doctor Before Starting New Diet Regimes – CAC

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is advising persons to engage their medical doctors before starting new diet regimes or exercises. Director of Communications, CAC, Latoya Halstead, told JIS News that the start of a new year typically sees persons including health and fitness changes among their new year’s resolutions. “We advocate for persons to make lifestyle changes instead of decisions...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, speaks in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11), after tabling the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure.
Budget 2020/2021

NHT, NWC AND PAJ To Spend Billions On Projects In 2020/21

The National Housing Trust (NHT), National Water Commission (NWC), and Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) have been allocated 82.6 per cent of the $32.56 billion budgeted for 101 major public investment projects for commencement or continuation by 12 Public Bodies during the 2020/21 fiscal year. These projects, to be implemented under the Government’s Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP), are designed...
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