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Jamaica To Participate In UN World’s Largest Lesson

Jamaica will be among several countries that will participate in the United Nations (UN) World’s Largest Lesson (WLL) 2019 between September and November. The WLL is part of the UN’s ‘Project Everyone’ campaign to promote the ‘Global Goals for Sustainable...

UWI Staging Activities To Honour Miss Lou

Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Wahkeen Murray (right), looks on as Group Executive Chairman, University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC), Dr. Winston Adams (left), points to words on an inspiration board inside the new Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre, at the official opening of the facility at the UCC campus in St. Andrew on Wednesday (September 25). At centre is UCC President and Exceutive Chancellor, Professor Dennis Gayle.

University of The Commonwealth Caribbean Opens Innovation Centre

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), looks on as Christopher Seaga, son of late former Prime Minister, the Most. Hon Edward Seaga, presents a scholarship award to Wolmer's Girls' student, Lutonya Shelton. Occasion was the launch of the Edward Seaga Scholarship Awards at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (September 25).

Denham Town Primary To Be Renamed In Seaga’s Honour

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), in conversation with Sport Consultant, Commonwealth Secretariat, Andy Preece, at a workshop on ‘Designing a Monitoring and Evaluation (M+E) Framework for Sport Development’, on Wednesday (September 25), at the Courtyard by Marriot Hotel, New Kingston. The two-day workshop will end on September 26.

Government To Strengthen Mechanisms To Evaluate Contribution Of Sport

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (seated left) shakes the hand of Consultant Radiologist and Managing Director, Apex Radiology, Dr. L. Ann Bridgewater (seated right), after the signing of a framework agreement that will facilitate increased access to certain diagnostic services for persons within the public healthcare system. The agreement was among 10 signed with diagnostic providers at the official launch of the Enhancing Healthcare Services Delivery Project at the AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston on September 25. Looking on (standing from left) are Director, Health Services Planning and Integration, Dr. Naydene Williams; Technical Advisor, Enhancing Healthcare Services Delivery Project, Professor Archibald McDonald; and General Manager, Apex Radiology, Robert Nelson.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Thousands Of Public-Sector Patients To Receive Free Diagnostic Services

The Ministry of Health and Wellness on Wednesday (September 25), signed framework agreements with 10 radiology providers, which will facilitate increased access to certain diagnostic services for persons within the public healthcare system. The initiative falls under the Enhancing Healthcare Services Delivery Project, which forms part of the Government’s strategy for the reduction in wait time and overcrowding in hospitals....

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre), is presented with a copy of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) 2018 Jamaica Survey of Establishments (JSE) Report by PIOJ Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, during the document’s launch at the AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston on Wednesday (September 25). At left is Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw.

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

First Ever Jamaica Survey Of Establishments Launched

The first ever Jamaica Survey of Establishments (JSE) Report was launched at the AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston, on Wednesday (September 25). The 2018 JSE, a pioneering initiative that was executed under the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) Foundations for Competitiveness and Growth Project (FCGP), is intended to provide valid empirical data on the total number of establishments participating in...

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, speaking at the opening ceremony for the 25th Seminar on Harmonisation of Registration and Control of Veterinary Medicines, organised by the Americas Committee on Veterinary Medicines (CAMVET), at the Royalton White Sands hotel in Trelawny on Monday (September 23).

6 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Jamaica Prepared To Deal With Exotic Animal Diseases

State Minister for Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says Jamaica has an integrated plan in place to ensure the country’s preparedness for any outbreak of exotic animal diseases and threats. He said that the plan, which is managed by the National Emergency Animal Disease Committee (NEADCOM), is in accordance with Jamaica’s Animals (disease and importation) Law, and...

Director of Veterinary Public Health in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Linnette Peters, speaking at the opening ceremony of the 25th Seminar on Harmonisation of Registration and Control of Veterinary Medicines, at the Royalton White Sands hotel in Trelawny on September 23.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Ministry Urges United Approach To Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance

Director of Veterinary Public Health in the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), Dr. Linnette Peters, has charged stakeholders in the Americas to come together to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in humans and animals. AMR occurs when microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change and become resistant to the antibiotics used to treat the infections they cause. The...

President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett, addresses a JIS Think Tank

6 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentWater

Jamaicans Urged To Make Water Conservation A Daily Habit

National Water Commission (NWC) President, Mark Barnett, is urging citizens to practise water conservation as part of their daily habit. “The concept of water conservation is normally taken more seriously during the dry period, but it should be an everyday conversation and practice,” he said in a recent JIS News interview. “Water is the core of sustainable development. so we...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (left); and US Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Donald Tapia, being interviewed by journalists at the Solar Power International (SPI) conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States, on September 23.

6 years ago Energy

Energy Minister Pleased With Level Of Investor Interest In Jamaica

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says she is heartened by the level of investor interest in Jamaica expressed by participants in the 2019 Solar Power International (SPI) conference. “It tells us that more people know about Jamaica than we think they know. Jamaica has gone a far way. When people look at us there is much...

Electric cars being recharged at a charging station in Salt Lake City, Utah.

6 years ago EnergyScienceTechnology

JPS To Roll Out Charging Stations For Electric Vehicles Early 2020

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) will roll out charging stations for electric vehicles during the first quarter of 2020. “Over the first three months of next year, we should have the units across the island,” Director of Business Development at JPS, Dionne Nugent, told JIS News. She said that the charging facilities will be situated at locations “that we believe...