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Public Education Officer at the Forestry Department, Nasheji-Gaye Elliott, addressing the recent launch of the Meteorological Service Division 2019 Weather, Climate and Climate Change Quiz Competition at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus.

Jamaica Gets US$613,000 Grant from Green Climate Fund

Jamaica’s climate change mitigation efforts have been boosted bya US$613,000 provision from the Green Climate Fund(GCF) Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Readiness Support and Preparatory Grant facility. This, according to Forestry Department Public Education Officer, Nasheji-Gaye Elliott,is...

Director General of the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST), Professor Errol Morrison, addresses recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’. Professor Morrison said a new strain of ginger plant, which the Commission helped to develop, could launch a nutraceutical industry in Jamaica.

Director General of NCST Highlights Importance of Nutraceuticals

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Delroy Williams (left); Chief Executive Officer of Chin’s Construction, Alex Chin (centre); and Member of Parliament for West Rural St. Andrew, Juliet Cuthbert Flynn, look at the old bridge in Bowden Hill, St. Andrew, which collapsed earlier this year. Occasion was a tour of the location following a contract-signing ceremony in the Bowden Hill community on June 6, for the replacedment of the structure.

KSAMC Awards $33-Million Contract To Replace Bowden Hill Bridge

President, Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Dr. Garth Anderson (left), welcomes 91-year-old retired educator, Ms. Sylvia Jumpp, from the parish of Trelawny, at the JTA's Medal of Honour for Service to Education ceremony, on Thursday (June 6), at The Courtleigh Hotel in Kingston. Ms. Jumpp was awarded for 40 years of service.

JTA Medal of Honour

Manager, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Montego Bay Regional Office, Tashion Hewitt Stennett (fourth left), with the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) 2019 St. James Festival Queen contestants (from left), Janelle Chambers, Sashagay Silk, Marcellee Kenion, Christene Coote, Chardonnae Parkins, Bianca McLeary and Patrina Vernon, when they visited the JIS Regional Office on Thursday (June 6). The festival queen competition is slated to take place at the Iberostar Hotel, Rose Hall, on Sunday, June 30.

PHOTOS: JCDC Festival Queen Contestants Visits JIS Regional Office

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre, front row) and British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad (fifth left), with critical care nurses, nurse educators and other health officials who were in attendance at a farewell reception for 13 critical care nurses and two nurse educators who will leave the island for the United Kingdom (UK) on Wednesday (June 12) to receive specialised training at the Leeds Teaching Hospital. The reception was held at the British High Commission in Kingston on Thursday (June 6).

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Critical Care Nurses Leave for More Specialised Training

Thirteen critical care nurses and two nurse educators will head to the United Kingdom (UK) on Wednesday (June 12), to receive further specialised training at the Leeds Teaching Hospital. This bilateral arrangement has been facilitated under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between the Government of Jamaica, through the Ministry of Health and Wellness, and the Government of the UK....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the US$6.5-million R Hotel in New Kingston on June 6. Sharing the moment (from left) are Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw; Director, R Hotel, Josef Bogdanovich; Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett; Director, R Hotel, Evan Williams; and Opposition Spokesperson on Tourism, Dr. Wykeham McNeill.

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PM Says Opening of New Hotel in Kingston Will Impact Economy

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the opening of the US$6.5-million R Hotel in New Kingston will have an immediate impact on the overall economy of the country. “A venture such as this one brings with it job creation, an important effect as the Government seeks to reduce, even further, Jamaica’s unemployment rate. And you will know that...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre); Executive Chairman, ARC Manufacturing Limited, Norman Horne (left); and Deputy President, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association, Richard Pandohie, tour the newly established metal slitter plant at ARC Manufacturing Limited in Kingston, recently.

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Government Pursuing Programme to Facilitate Trade

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government has commenced a programme of trade facilitation to increase Jamaica’s chances of global competitiveness. He was speaking at the launch of ARC Manufacturing Limited’s metal slitting plant, at the company’s Bell Road address in Kingston, recently. “Some weeks ago, the Cabinet approved a number of initiatives to further...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), places a permanent marker in the designated protected area of the Cockpit Country in Trelawny, on June 5. Looking on is Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), while European Union Ambassador, Malgorzata Wasilewska (third left), and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Forestry Department, Marylin Headley, are assisting the Prime Minister.

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Government Serious About Protecting the Environment – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has assured all Jamaicans and stakeholders that the Government is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring environmental sustainability. Speaking yesterday (June 5) during a tour of the Cockpit Country and to place the first marker designating the protected area of the Cockpit Country, Prime Minister Holness said he is always sympathetic to the environmental cause....

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), is greeted by Professional Sales Representatives Association of Jamaica (PSRAJ) Patron, Hon. R. Danvers Williams, at the launch of the Association at the Spanish Court Hotel, on June 5.

7 years ago CommerceIndustry

Professional Sales Representatives Association Launched

The Professional Sales Representatives Association of Jamaica (PSRAJ) was officially launched at a ceremony held at the Spanish Court Hotel on June 5. The goal of the PSRAJ is to provide tools and resources to members of this profession in Jamaica through networking, training, education and outreach. In his address, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation ‘Strategic Leadership Retreat’, at Moon Palace in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on June 6.

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Consistent Growth for Almost 18 Consecutive Quarters

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the local economy has been experiencing consistent growth for almost 18 consecutive quarters. Speaking to participants at the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation’s Strategic Leadership Retreat at Moon Palace in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on June 6, Mr. Holness said Jamaica is seeing a return to sustainable periods of significant...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw.

7 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Jamaica to Lobby US Gov’t on Medical Cannabis

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Jamaican Government is in full support of any lobbying effort to get United States (US) banks to facilitate stakeholders in the medical cannabis industry. Speaking to JIS News following the two-day Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE) in St. James recently, Mr. Shaw said the Government will be using all...