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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, emphasises a point while addressing a ceremony to announce the 2018 Tourism Service Excellence Awards (TSEA) finalists, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (March 12).

Tourism on Track to Become Fastest Growing Sector

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the local industry is on track to become Jamaica’s fastest growing economic engagement. This, he said, is based on the sector’s significant inflows to the gross domestic product (GDP), and on the fact that...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre) and member of the National Consumers League of Jamaica (NCLJ) and retired Executive Chef, Mazie Miller (right), listen to Vice President of the NCLJ, Michael Diamond, at a public forum put on by the NCLJ in observance of World Consumer Rights Day 2019, to be celebrated on March 15 under the theme ‘Trusted Smart Products’. The forum was held on Wednesday (March 13) at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), in Kingston.

Minister Calls on Jamaicans to Protect Themselves Against Cyberattacks

Assistant Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Phylicia Marshall, addresses the University Council of Jamaica's (UCJ) symposium on quality assurance in higher education, held on Tuesday (March 12) at the Iberostar Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James.

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Opposition Spokesperson on Finance and Planning, Mark Golding, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 12

Private Sector Encouraged to Get More Involved in Vocational Training

Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Network, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank

Don’t Store Household Chemicals in Drink Bottles – CARPIN

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), greets Director of the Surveillance Disease Prevention and Control Division at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr. Virginia Asin-Oostburg, at the opening of a two-day meeting on Post Market Surveillance and the Caribbean Pharmaceutical Policy, at the Medicines Quality Control and Surveillance Department of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), at Hope Gardens in St. Andrew, on March 12.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Ministry Reviews Registration Process for Pharmaceutical Drugs

The Health Ministry is undertaking a review of the registration process for pharmaceutical drugs, in an effort to achieve a more modernised system. Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the process of modernisation will include the digitisation of records to reduce the average timeline taken to register a drug. The Minister was addressing the opening of a two-day...

Bauxite Community Development Programme Project Coordinator at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute, Clarence Osbourne, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on March 12.

7 years ago MiningTransport

JBI to Undertake Phase 7 of Bauxite Community Development Programme

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) is preparing to enter Phase Seven of the Bauxite Community Development Programme (BCDP). This was disclosed by BCDP Project Coordinator, Clarence Osbourne, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on Tuesday (March 12). He explained that under phase seven, another tranche of funds is expected to be paid over to the Programme to continue to administrate the...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), shares pleasantries with Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) Executive Director, Dr. Andrew Spencer (left), and Director General in the Tourism Ministry, Carole Guntley, during a ceremony to announce the 2018 Tourism Service Excellence Awards finalists, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston, on Tuesday (March 12).

7 years ago EducationTourism

Government and UWI Discuss Further Training for Tourism Workers

The Government is in discussion with the University of the West Indies (UWI) regarding potential training options that can be explored and initiated to further boost the competence of tourism workers. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, who is leading the discussions on behalf of the Government, said it is anticipated that the outcome of the talks “will take us into...

7 years ago Tourism

Tourism Pension Scheme to be Completed Shortly

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says work on the proposed Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme is expected to be completed shortly. “We are hopeful that [by] the end of this week, we will have sign-off by the Attorney General, so that we can be in a position to go to Cabinet with the draft legislation and, hopefully, I can table it…...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw (centre), emphasises a point during a press conference at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in St. Andrew on March 12. Listening are Minister without Portfolio, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left); and Minister of State, Hon. Floyd Green.

7 years ago Agriculture

Gov’t Ramps Up Activities to Combat Illegal Fishing

The Government will be spending $20 million to ramp up coastal surveillance and enforcement activities to militate against illegal fishing in Jamaican waters and protect the island’s fisheries sector. The money will be provided under the Fisheries Management and Development Fund, which was established to facilitate the sustainable management and development of the sector. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and...

President of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Gloria Henry (second right) addresses a recent JIS Think Tank, where she provided details about next month

7 years ago Industry

Outsource2Jamaica in Support of BPO Growth

President of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Gloria Henry, says next month’s staging of Outsource2Jamaica (O2J) is in support of the continued growth and exposure of the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector. The symposium and expo will be hosted by the BPIAJ on April 11 and 12 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James, under...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left) listens to Liguanea Preparatory School student, Alexa Cox (second left), during the Commonwealth Day celebrations at King’s House on Monday (March 11). Also listening are Special Adviser to the Governor-General, Ambassador Burchell Whiteman (second right); and Youth Ambassador, RCS, Romario Simpson.

7 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica has Benefited from Being Part of the Commonwealth – Charles Jr.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says that since Jamaica became a member of the Commonwealth in 1962, the nation has benefited from fruitful cooperation in a number of areas. He cited support in accessing climate change financing, youth leadership and empowerment, trade competitiveness, education, among others. “Jamaica is grateful for the...