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The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange (right), greets the Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO, Ernesto Ramírez upon his arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport on Tuesday (February 26). Mr Ramírez is in Jamaica as the Minister’s special guest for the Reggae Gold Awards Ceremony to be held tomorrow at the National Indoor Sports Centre.
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange (right), greets the Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO, Ernesto Ramírez upon his arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport on Tuesday (February 26). Mr Ramírez is in Jamaica as the Minister’s special guest for the Reggae Gold Awards Ceremony to be held tomorrow at the National Indoor Sports Centre.

PHOTO: Grange Welcomes UNESCO High Official to Jamaica During Reggae Month

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon Ruel Reid, celebrates with students of Hoolebury Primary School, Scarlett Hall, Runaway Bay, St. Ann, following their completion of the first sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Examination, during a visit to the institution on February 26.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon Ruel Reid, celebrates with students of Hoolebury Primary School, Scarlett Hall, Runaway Bay, St. Ann, following their completion of the first sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Examination, during a visit to the institution on February 26.

Education Minister says PEP Exam was a Success
Grade-six students at Jessie Ripoll Primary School in Kingston revising before the start of the first Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination on Tuesday (February 26).
Grade-six students at Jessie Ripoll Primary School in Kingston revising before the start of the first Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination on Tuesday (February 26).

Positive Feedback on PEP
Director of Marketing and Communication at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and performing Arts, Coleen Douglas, speaking about Founders’ Week activities at the college, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (February 26).
Director of Marketing and Communication at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and performing Arts, Coleen Douglas, speaking about Founders’ Week activities at the college, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (February 26).

Edna Manley College Celebrates Founders’ Week
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right); and Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters, listen as Chief Executive Officer of the Alligator Head Foundation, Dr. Dayne Buddo, highlights the functions of a weather station at Oyster Bay in Anchovy, Portland. Occasion was the official activation of a water-quality monitoring system for the Eastern Portland Fishery Conservation Area in the parish, recently.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right); and Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters, listen as Chief Executive Officer of the Alligator Head Foundation, Dr. Dayne Buddo, highlights the functions of a weather station at Oyster Bay in Anchovy, Portland. Occasion was the official activation of a water-quality monitoring system for the Eastern Portland Fishery Conservation Area in the parish, recently.

Agriculture Ministry Looking at Doubling Fish Sanctuaries

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Manager, Logistics and Infrastructure at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Don Gittens, highlights logistics investment projects being facilitated by the entity, during a recent JIS Think Tank.
CommerceJIS Think Tank

JAMPRO Facilitating Investments in Logistics

The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) has been facilitating investments in the logistics sector in order to position Jamaica to reap significant benefits from this trillion-dollar industry. Manager of Logistics and Infrastructure at the entity, Don Gittens, said that the global industry was worth over US$5 trillion in 2015 and is projected to grow to US$15 trillion by 2023. “If Jamaica...
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Director of Commerce in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Parkins (right), in discussion with Attorney-at-Law, Dr. Derrick McKoy, during the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission WTO Training Workshop, held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew, on Monday (February 25).
AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Entrepreneurs Encouraged to Develop Business Strategies to Protect Market Share

Director of Commerce in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Parkins, has called on entrepreneurs and traders to develop business strategies that include ‘Trade Remedies’ that will defend, expand and protect their market share. Speaking at the Anti-Dumping Commission/World Trade Organization (WTO) Training Workshop focusing on ‘Trade Remedies’, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew...
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President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett, gives an update on work to replace the Ferry pipeline, during a JIS Think Tank on Monday (February 25)
JIS Think TankLocal Government

NWC to Spend Over $5 Billion on Major Projects

President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett, says the agency will be spending more than $5 billion on major infrastructure development projects this year. “We’re replacing two pipes on Ferry. We’re putting in sewers on Constant Spring Road and we are decommissioning about three to four mains on Constant Spring road to install one major transmission. We’re also...
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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), speaks with Head of the Hanover Police Division, Superintendent Sharon Beeput (left); and Councillor for the Lucea Division in Hanover, Easton Edwards; at the Thanksgiving Service to commemorate the 135th anniversary of the birth of Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante in Blenheim, Hanover on Sunday (February 24).
Community

Hanover Residents Pay Tribute to Sir Alexander Bustamante

Scores of residents of Hanover and its environs turned out for the thanksgiving ceremony to commemorate the 135th anniversary of the birth of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, held in the Blenheim community in the parish on Sunday (February 24). Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, who was the guest speaker at the event, lauded...
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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr, interacts with children at the Liberty Hill Infant school in Dumbarton, Discovery Bay, St. Ann, at the official opening of the institution, recently.
Community

NPSC to Give Greater Support to Special Needs Community

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) is developing a programme to give greater support to the special needs community. In an interview with JIS News, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NPSC, Kaysia Kerr, said the programme will be tailor-made to reach the special needs community in a specific and targeted way, and will include measures to help parents support...
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Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, treats a drum of water to kill mosquito larvae, during his tour of Clarendon recently. Observing (from left) are Clarendon Resident, Cerrice Davidson; Vector Control Officer, Kemar Gladstone; and Councillor for the Mocho Division, Romaine Morris.
Health & Wellness

Health Minister Tours Communities in Clarendon

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, and a touring party visited homes in several Clarendon communities recently, to identify mosquito breeding sites for eradication. Dr. Tufton was visiting the communities as he continued his all-island tour to gauge the readiness of the regional health authorities to eradicate the dengue carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito. The areas visited included Gratton Avenue,...
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