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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 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...

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)

Ferry Pipeline to be Operational by July

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), engages in conversation with Reggae Artiste, Jimmy Cliff (left) and former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, at the launch of a documentary film on the life and work of the nation’s first female Prime Minister, held at Carib 5, Cross Roads, on February 25.

PHOTOS: Launch of a Documentary Film on the Life and Work of the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) Manager for Logistics and Infrastructure, Don Gittens, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, held on Thursday (February 21), at the JIS headquarters in Kingston.

Small Farmers Encouraged to Get Involved in Medicinal Cannabis Industry

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses graduates of the Jamaica National Service Corps (intake 1803), at a Jamaica Defence Force passing out parade held on February 23 at Up Park Camp in Kingston.

PHOTOS: Jamaica Defence Force passing out Parade

Chairman of the Enterprise Team of the Bernard Lodge Master Plan, Joseph Shoucair (right); Urban Planner, Martin Addington (left); and Land Surveyor for Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) Holdings, Michael Spence, discuss plans for Greater Bernard Lodge Development while on tour of the area on February 22.

7 years ago Development

Master Plan for Bernard Lodge Township Being Finalised

Details of the master plan for the Greater Bernard Lodge Development in St. Catherine are being finalised. Urban Planner, Martin Addington, said establishment of the water and sewerage infrastructure and the allocation of remaining blocks of land to interested private developers, are among the areas being firmed up. “A competitive tendering process will begin for the land development in short...

Social Development Commission (SDC) Local Economic Development (LED) Coordinator for Manchester and St. Elizabeth, Damian Lowe.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

SDC Calls for Local Economic Initiatives to Access its Services

The Social Development Commission (SDC) is encouraging small entrepreneurs within communities to access its services through the Local Economic Development Support Programme (LEDSP). Speaking with JIS News, Acting Public Relations Manager at the SDC, Mandel McKulsky said Local Economic Initiatives (LEIs) can benefit from capacity building to develop business plans and models. “We help with network building and creating partnerships...

epresentatives of the Jamaica Baptist Union (left), register persons who participated in the organisation’s Community Partnership Fair, held at Jarrett Park in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday ( February 22).

7 years ago CommunityNational Security

Passports for Persons at JBU’S Community Partnership Fair

Eighty passports were processed for persons who took part in the Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) Community Partnership Fair, which was held on February 22 at Jarrett Park, Montego Bay, in St. James. This has been revealed by Customer Service Manager of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Sasha Wedderburn. “The JBU partnered with us and got sponsorship for 50...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, places a wreath at the shrine of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, in honour of the 135th anniversary of his birth, during a floral tribute at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Sunday (February 24).

7 years ago Community

PHOTOS: Floral Tribute to Sir Alexander Bustamante

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), is greeted by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, at the floral tribute held in commemoration of the 135th anniversary of the birth of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Sunday, February 24. At left is wife of the...

Representatives from United Kingdom-based charity, Rejuvenate Jamaica Hospitals, Rohan Brown and Joan Lindsay, along with Director of Nursing Services for the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Elise Fairweather Blackwood; Chief Executive Officer, Kingston Public Hospital and Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Colleen Wright; and Senior Medical Officer at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Dr. Rishi Chand, view one of five incubators donated to the Victoria Jubilee Hospital by the charity, during a handover ceremony held on February 22 at the hospital’s North Street address in Kingston.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Victoria Jubilee Hospital Receives Equipment

The Victoria Jubilee Hospital has received medical equipment valued at US$6,700 from United Kingdom-based charity, Rejuvenate Jamaica Hospitals, to improve its neonatal services. The equipment, five incubators and five phototherapy devices, were handed over during a ceremony held on February 22, at the hospital’s North Street address in Kingston. The charity will also be donating two blood pressure machines and...

7 years ago CommerceIndustry

Export Regulations for the Medicinal Cannabis Industry By April

Export regulations for the medicinal cannabis industry are expected to be finalised by the end of April. Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) Manager for Logistics and Infrastructure, Don Gittens, made the disclosure as he addressed a Think Tank at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) in Kingston on February 21. “Once export regulations are in place, we expect our licensees to trade...

7 years ago Health & Wellness

RGD to Host Registration Fair in Gayle, St. Mary

Residents of Gayle and its environs in St. Mary, will be able to access late registration and late entry of name services, free of cost at the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) registration fair slated for Tuesday, February 26 at the Gayle Seventh-day Adventist Church. Speaking with JIS News, RGD’s Marketing and Planning Manager, Nicole Whyte noted that the fair is...