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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second left), responds to questions from journalists during a media briefing at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Tuesday (October 1). With the Minister (from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Jennifer Griffith; Senior Director for Technical Services, David Dobson; and Senior Strategist, Delano Seiveright.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second left), responds to questions from journalists during a media briefing at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Tuesday (October 1). With the Minister (from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Jennifer Griffith; Senior Director for Technical Services, David Dobson; and Senior Strategist, Delano Seiveright.

Just Over Three Million Visitors Since January

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica has welcomed just over three million visitors since the start of the year. This, he notes, includes approximately 1.9 million stopover visitors and just over one million cruise-ship passengers. Additionally, the Minister said...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, addressing a press conference at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Avenue offices in New Kingston, on October 1.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, addressing a press conference at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Avenue offices in New Kingston, on October 1.

Phytomedicine And Medical Cannabis Institute To Be Established In Jamaica
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, shares a light moment with Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica, Milverton Reynolds, during the MPC Renewable Energy Forum, held on Tuesday (October 1), at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston.
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, shares a light moment with Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica, Milverton Reynolds, during the MPC Renewable Energy Forum, held on Tuesday (October 1), at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston.

Seventy Net Billing Licences Issued Since January
Medical Officer of Health for St. James, Dr. Marcia Johnson-Campbell, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the JIS Regional Office in Montego Bay, St. James, on September 27.
Medical Officer of Health for St. James, Dr. Marcia Johnson-Campbell, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the JIS Regional Office in Montego Bay, St. James, on September 27.

Persons Urged To Be Aware Of Dengue Fever Symptoms
Parish Nutritionist with the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Doncia Murray (left), addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s Regional Office in Montego Bay, St. James, on September 27. With her (from second left) are WRHA’s Regional Nutritionist, Nadine Simmons-Lewis; and Medical Officer of Health, St. James Public Health Service, Dr. Marcia Johnson-Campbell.
Parish Nutritionist with the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Doncia Murray (left), addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s Regional Office in Montego Bay, St. James, on September 27. With her (from second left) are WRHA’s Regional Nutritionist, Nadine Simmons-Lewis; and Medical Officer of Health, St. James Public Health Service, Dr. Marcia Johnson-Campbell.

Western Regional Health Authority Promotes Breastfeeding

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Chairman of the Betting, Gaming & Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Clovis Metcalfe, speaks at the opening ceremony of the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR) Conference 2019, at the Half Moon Hotel in St. James, on Monday, September 30.
Finance & Public Service

Merger Of Gaming Agencies Will Provide Stronger Oversight – BGLC Chairman

Chairman of the Betting, Gaming & Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Clovis Metcalfe, says the merger of Jamaica’s three State-run gaming agencies will effect stronger oversight and sustainable regulation of the local gaming industry. The entities – BGLC, Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC), and Casino Gaming Commission (CGC) – are currently undergoing a merger to create one entity - the ‘Jamaica Gaming Commission’....
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith (right), peruses a brochure with students from St. Jago High School (from left) – Dario Laing, Jahvaunie Brown, and Shevelle Flynn – at the Tourism Awareness Week Expo and Concert, held on Friday, September 27 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
Tourism

PHOTOS: Tourism Awareness Week Expo and Concert

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith (right), peruses a brochure with students from St. Jago High School (from left) – Dario Laing, Jahvaunie Brown, and Shevelle Flynn – at the Tourism Awareness Week Expo and Concert, held on Friday, September 27 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
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Chief Executive Officer of the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), Lorice Edwards Brown.
CommerceIndustry

NCRA Partners With Businesses To Achieve Conformance To Standards

The National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA) says its partnership with local businesses to achieve conformance to established standards, will result in increased confidence in Jamaican products. Speaking with the JIS News, NCRA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lorice Edwards Brown, said the regulatory agency expects its work to increase the marketability of Jamaican products. “Our mandate is to create confidence...
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Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (right), in discussion with High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters (centre); and Custos Rotulorum of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin, during the opening session of the Train the Trainer session: Lay Magistrates’ Court, held at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, Montego Bay, St. James, on Saturday (September 28).
Justice

Gov’t Looking To Train More Dispute Resolution Mediators

The Government is looking to train more alternative dispute resolution mediators. This, according to Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, forms part of plans to significantly reduce the backlog of court cases. “The way in which fewer cases can go to the courts is for us to use alternative dispute resolution. Therefore, the Ministry will be pushing [for] the training of...
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Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck speaking at the Train the Trainer session: Lay Magistrates’ Court, held at Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, Montego Bay, St. James, on Saturday (September 28).
Justice

List Of Probate And Divorce Cases To Be Cleared By End Of 2019

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is projecting that the list of probate and divorce cases in the court system will be cleared up by the end of 2019. He made the disclosure while speaking on Saturday (September 28) at a training seminar for judges and lay magistrates, at Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, Montego Bay, St. James. Mr. Chuck...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), looks on as Councillor Donovan Samuels of the Tivoli Gardens Division, presents a scholarship to University of the West Indies medical student, Jahnoy St. Jacques, during the launch of the Edward Seaga Scholarship Awards at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (Sept. 25).
Education

Nine Students Awarded Inaugural Edward Seaga Scholarship

Nine students from West Kingston, including four university freshmen, will have the cost of their tuition and other school-related expenses paid over the duration of their studies under the inaugural Edward Seaga Scholarship Awards (ESSA). Approximately $3 million has been pumped into the scholarship programme, which was officially launched at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (September...
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