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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.

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...

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.

First Ever Jamaica Survey Of Establishments Launched

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).

Jamaica Prepared To Deal With Exotic Animal Diseases

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.

Health Ministry Urges United Approach To Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance

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

Jamaicans Urged To Make Water Conservation A Daily Habit

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.

7 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.

7 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...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the First Supplementary Estimates for 2019/2020 in the House of Representatives on September 24.

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

Gov’t Proposing To Spend An Additional $50.15 Billion

The First Supplementary Estimates for the 2019/2020 financial year were tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 24), with the Administration proposing to spend an additional $50.15 billion for the current fiscal year. This will increase the $803.24-billion Budget approved in March this year to $853.39 billion. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), and Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández, sign an agreement to expand the Jamaica-Cuba Eye Care Programme, at a ceremony held today (September 24), at the Ministry in New Kingston.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaica-Cuba Eye Care Programme Extended

Jamaicans will continue to benefit from services under the Jamaica-Cuba Eye Care Programme. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, and Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández, signed the Technical Cooperation agreement, today (September 24), at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, to extend the project. Since the programme was implemented in 2010, some 30,000...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right) hands over 1,000-gallon water tank to Executive Director, Caribbean Christian Centre for the Deaf (CCCD), in Kingston, Tashi Widmer (third left), today (September 24). Sharing the moment (from left) are Principal and Campus Manager, CCCD, Earl Daley; Employee Development Officer, CCCD, Marcia Anderson; and Vice President of Divisional Operations (Eastern), National Water Commission (NWC), Michael Dunn.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentWater

Government Committed To Developing Water System To Serve All Jamaicans

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says the Government is committed to developing a diversified and resilient water system, to serve all National Water Commission (NWC) clients. “We are working to implement the measures to give as much relief as possible and our long-term goal is to develop...

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (left), speaking at a press conference at the Ministry

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

NWC Customers To Benefit From Debt Write-Off

The National Water Commission (NWC) will be writing off the debt of some customers who have been severely affected by the recent drought conditions. Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. made the announcement during a press conference at his New Kingston offices on Tuesday (September 24). “The Government...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett

7 years ago Tourism

Tourism Ministry Mitigating Any Fallout From Collapse Of Thomas Cooke

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says he is confident that Jamaica will be able to mitigate any potential fallout from the collapse of United Kingdom (UK)-based mega tour operator, Thomas Cook. He said the immediate impact of the company’s folding will see Jamaica losing up to half of the 1,800 passengers who were booked to arrive on rotation flights from...