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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

The Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts is celebrating its Founders’ Week (February 24 to March 1), under the theme ‘Investing in the Future, Honouring Our Past’. Activities kicked off on Sunday, February 24, with a service...
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
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.
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
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.
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).
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

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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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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)
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...
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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.
CommerceIndustryJIS Think Tank

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...
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