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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.

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...

Director of Enforcement at the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Noel Bacquie, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, recently. At right is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the BGLC, Vitus Evans.

Keeping Crime Out of Gaming Industry Major Focus of BGLC

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).

Entrepreneurs Encouraged to Develop Business Strategies to Protect Market Share

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)

NWC to Spend Over $5 Billion on Major Projects

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).

Hanover Residents Pay Tribute to Sir Alexander Bustamante

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.

7 years ago 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...

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.

7 years ago 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,...

7 years ago Local Government

Ferry Pipeline to be Operational by July

President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett, says the Ferry pipeline transmission main should be operational by July. Work is under way to replace the broken, 18-inch transmission main along the Mandela Highway, which is buried 35-feet deep. The irreparable break has disrupted water supplied to sections of the Corporate Area, since last December. Speaking at a JIS...

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.

7 years ago Community

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

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), and his wife, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (third left), with former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller and her husband, the Most Hon. Errald 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,...

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.

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Small Farmers Encouraged to Get Involved in Medicinal Cannabis Industry

Small farmers are encouraged not to shy away from the opportunities available in the growing medicinal cannabis industry because of the perceived prohibitive fees. Speaking at a recently held Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) Manager, Logistics and Infrastructure, Don Gittens, said local farmers should approach the relevant authorities in the medicinal cannabis industry for guidance...

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.

7 years ago National Security and Peace

PHOTOS: Jamaica Defence Force passing out Parade

Minister of Education, Youth and Information Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (seated, centre), with 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. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), observes the March...

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...