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Correctional Services Week Being Observed From October 22 to 25

‘Transforming Lives - Restoring Hope for a Better Jamaica” is the theme for the Department of Correctional Services’ (DCS) Week, to be observed from October 22 to 25. The DCS’ Director of Corporate Communication and Public Relations, Dexter Thompson, told...
He tells JIS News that in preparing for earthquakes “there are four areas that we must get right. One is land management, the other is how we build to manage seismic hazard, third is public education and sensitsation about earthquakes and last, individual response during an earthquake”.
He tells JIS News that in preparing for earthquakes “there are four areas that we must get right. One is land management, the other is how we build to manage seismic hazard, third is public education and sensitsation about earthquakes and last, individual response during an earthquake”.

Earthquake Preparations Major Component of Disaster Management
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator, the Hon. Ruel Reid.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator, the Hon. Ruel Reid.

Gov’t Will Continue to Boost Investment in Education
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses today
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses today's (October 19) sitting of the Senate. At left is Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

Senate Approves Extension of State of Public Emergency in St. James
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third left); and Head of the Push Start Foundation, Beverly Nichols (fourth left), participate in the breaking of ground for the US$-million expansion and upgade of the Chapelton Community Hospital in Clarendon on Thursday (October 18). Others (from left) are: State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.; Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Winston Maragh; Member of Parliament for North Central Clarendon, Hon. Pearnel Charles Sr.; and Chairman of the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Wayne Chen.
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third left); and Head of the Push Start Foundation, Beverly Nichols (fourth left), participate in the breaking of ground for the US$-million expansion and upgade of the Chapelton Community Hospital in Clarendon on Thursday (October 18). Others (from left) are: State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.; Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Winston Maragh; Member of Parliament for North Central Clarendon, Hon. Pearnel Charles Sr.; and Chairman of the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Wayne Chen.

Chapelton Hospital to Be Upgraded

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Foreign Minister Hails Signing of Agreement to Build Children’s Hospital

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says Jamaica’s bilateral relations with the People’s Republic of China has been further strengthened with the signing of an economic and technical cooperation agreement to construct the Western Children’s Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James. Under the agreement, the Government of China has provided approximately US$36.16 million (250...
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Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace, addresses stakeholders at the Salem Beach ground-breaking ceremony in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, on October 17. The beach will be upgraded.
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Salem Beach in St. Ann to be upgraded

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that Salem Beach in St. Ann will be upgraded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) at a cost of $26 million. Speaking at the ceremony to break ground, at the beach in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, on October 17, Mr. Bartlett said the beach upgrade is being done under the TEF’s National Beach...
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President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Howard Mitchell (left), is given a tour of the Teleperformance Jamaica facility by Vice President of Operations, Jake Becker (second left). They are accompanied by President of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Gloria Henry (second right); and Chairman and CEO of Itel BPO, Yoni Epstein (right). Mr. Mitchell toured business process outsourcing (BPO) facilities in Montego Bay, St. James on Thursday (October 18).

PSOJ Supports Plastic, Polystyrene Ban

President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Howard Mitchell, says the entity is in support of the Government’s move to ban single-use plastic bags, straws and polystyrene, noting that the materials are hazardous to health and the environment. “I think we have to do it.  We (the PSOJ) have even written to the Government stating that we want...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking at the official opening of the Excellence Oyster Bay Hotel in Trelawny on October 18.
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Trelawny Emerging As Major Tourism Player

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the parish of Trelawny is moving to take its place as a key player in the tourism sector. The parish has attracted some major hotel developments in recent years, and Mr. Bartlett said that in the pipeline are some 6,000 additional rooms along the corridor from Rio Bueno to Falmouth. “The fact is...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, gives the keynote address at the official opening of the Excellence Oyster Bay Hotel in Trelawny, on October 18.
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Prime Minister Wants Spanish to Be Second Language

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says it is of strategic importance that the appropriate programmes be put in place, making Spanish a second language in Jamaica. Delivering the keynote address at the official opening of the Excellence Oyster Bay Hotel in Trelawny on October 18, Mr. Holness said there are so many Spanish investments in Jamaica, that “bilateral...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), with Corporate Representative for the Excellence Group of Luxury Resorts, Rafael Matias (centre); and Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, at the official opening of the Excellence Oyster Bay Resort in Trelawny, on October 18.
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Prime Minister Says Jamaica Could Attract Six Million Visitors in a Single Year

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says given Jamaica’s favourable macroeconomic conditions, it is no longer far fetched to believe that Jamaica could attract some six million visitors in a single year. Giving the keynote address at the official opening of the Excellence Oyster Bay Hotel in Trelawny on October 18, the Prime Minister said he has been watching...
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