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Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses members of the Senate during a special sitting on Thursday (January 30).

Senate Approves Extension Of SOEs In Six Parishes

Members of the Senate have approved the continuation of States of Public Emergency (SOEs) in six parishes for another 90 days. Three Emergency Powers Resolutions, which give effect to the extension of the SOEs in St. James, Hanover, Westmoreland, Clarendon,...

President, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards (right), engages with (from left) Managing Director, HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer; Programme Director, Global Services Sector (GSS) project, Marjorie Straw; and Specialist in the Labour Markets Division, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Fernando Pavon, during the launch of the GSS Apprenticeship Programme at JAMPRO’s offices in New Kingston on January 28.

Hundreds To Be Trained Under Global Sector Services Programme

Executive Director at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Deborah Chen (centre), addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on January 29, to launch Heart Month, which will be observed during February under the theme ‘High Blood Pressure and the Untold Damage to Kidneys’. With Mrs. Chen are Consultant Cardiologist at the HFJ, Dr. Handel Emery (left), and Deputy Head of Medicine, Kingston Public Hospital, Dr. Davlyn Dewar.

Persons With Preventable Diseases Putting Pressure On Limited Dialysis Resources

Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (centre), displays her ‘Public Service’ award at the RJRGleaner Honour Awards Category Luncheon, held at The Gleaner Company in downtown Kingston, on Thursday (January 30). Flanking her are Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer, JIS, Enthrose Campbell (left); and Director, Human Resources, JIS, Bernita Locke.

Head Of JIS Wins Award For Public Service

Acting Chief Public Health Inspector for St. James, Sherika Lewis, speaking at a dengue town hall meeting on Wednesday (January 29) at the Granville All-Age School in St. James.

Dengue Town Hall In Granville

Business Development and Communication Specialist at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), Keisha Thomas

6 years ago EducationVision 2030

MIND Hosts Policy Forum On Crime On January 31

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) will host its first Policy Forum for 2020 on Friday (January 31) under the theme ‘Safety and Security: Crime Prevention through Social Intervention’. The discussion session will be held at the Institute’s Old Hope Road campus in St. Andrew. Business Development and Communication Specialist at MIND, Keisha Thomas, said the policy forum is...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher (seated, centre), signs a contract valued at US$674,000 with Director, Project Planning and Management Limited, Borislav Stoyanov (seated right), to provide designs for the upgrade of 13 health facilities over the next 11 months under the Health Systems Strengthening Programm’. The signing ceremony took place at the Courtyard by Marriott in New Kingston on January 28, where the programme was officially launched. Others (from left) are Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Team Lead for the Health Systems Strengthening Programme, Ricardo Perez-Cuevas; Attaché Cooperation Section, European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Gabrio Marinozzi; Acting Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Karen Webster Kerr; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

13 Health Facilities To Be Upgraded And Equipped

A total of 13 health facilities across the island are to be upgraded and equipped under a major programme being undertaken by the Government to strengthen healthcare delivery and combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The facilities are Spanish Town, St. Ann’s Bay and May Pen Hospitals; and Greater Portmore, Old Harbour, St. Jago Park, St. Ann’s Bay, Brown’s Town, Ocho Rios,...

The house constructed under the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development’s Indigent Housing Programme in Martha Brae, Trelawny. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, handed over the house to Vernice and Lloyd Dell, at a ceremony in the community, on Wednesday (January 29)

6 years ago HousingLocal Government

Local Government Minister Hands Over Two Indigent Houses

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, handed over two houses to persons in Trelawny on January 29, under the Government’s Indigent Housing Programme. Beverly Barnett of Penn Road in Stettin, and Vernice and Lloyd Dell of Martha Brae were presented with the keys to their houses, at separate ceremonies in each community. Units have been constructed...

Trade Administrator and Chief Executive Officer of the Trade Board Limited (TBL), Douglas Webster.

6 years ago Industry

Trade Board Resumes Bimonthly Meetings With Customs Brokers

Chief Executive Officer of the Trade Board Limited, Douglas Webster, says the recently reinstated bimonthly meetings with the Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association of Jamaica is a part of the Trade Board’s efforts to improve responsiveness to issues while conducting trade. Speaking with JIS News, Mr. Webster noted that the significant increase in the number of vehicles being imported...

Farmers in Lilliput, St. James, engage in backyard farming by utilising hydroponic technology to produce vegetables that are sold to the hotels.

6 years ago Tourism

Minister Bartlett Says Farm Tourism Has Great Potential

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says farm tourism has become an important value-added component of the industry, and has a lot of potential for Jamaica. In an interview with JIS News, the Minister said the move has been gaining traction in tourism circles globally, notably in the Caribbean, and that Jamaica is “geographically located and climatically conducive” to capitalise. “Tour...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, addressing a recent awards dinner for overseas farm and hospitality workers at the Melia Braco Resort in Trelawny.

6 years ago LabourSocial Security

Jamaican Workers Earn Over US$300M From US Seasonal Employment Programmes

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, says Jamaican workers participating in the United States agricultural and hospitality employment programmes have generated upwards of an estimated US$300 million in earnings over the past five years. Additionally, she said the number of persons taking up jobs in both sectors has risen to average nearly 7,000 per annum. “The significance...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness, emphasises a point while speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 28)

6 years ago National Security

House Approves Extension Of SOEs

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 28), approved three Emergency Powers resolutions for extension of the States of Public Emergency (SOEs) for a further 90 days in St. James, Hanover, Westmoreland; Clarendon and St. Catherine North; and the South St. Andrew Police Division. The resolutions – the Emergency Power, 2019 (Continuance) Resolution, 2020; the Emergency Powers (No.2), 2019, (Continuance)...