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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, outlining activities for this year’s observance of Tourism Awareness Week during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank forum at the agency’s head office in Kingston on Tuesday, September 20.

Tourism Awareness Week Slated for Sept. 25 to Oct. 1

‘Tourism for All: Promoting Universal Accessibility’ is the theme for this year’s observance of Tourism Awareness Week (TAW), slated for September 25 to October 1. Several activities will be held to mark this year’s commemoration, which will incorporate the observance...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Elaine Foster Allen (2nd left), shares pleasantries with (from left) Chairman, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Simon Roberts; Chief Executive Officer, JANAAC, Sharonmae Shirley; and Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, during a cocktail reception to officially mark Jamaica’s formal commitment to Quality Assurance for the Health Sector towards Accreditation Initiative at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston on Tuesday, September 20.

National Health Accreditation Policy to be Developed

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (centre), addresses a sensitisation session on justice services at the Ministry’s Constant Spring offices in St. Andrew on September 20. He is flanked by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Carol Palmer (right); and Centre Manager, Trench Town Restorative Justice Centre, Vuraldo Barnett.

Supreme Court to Accommodate More Criminal Cases

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, shares a thought with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, just before delivering the keynote address at the opening of the 4th annual International Conference on Sustainable Development at Columbia University in New York on September 21. Others (from left) are Director for the Sustainable Development Earth Institute of Columbia University, Jeffrey Sachs; and Ambassador Plenipotentiary for Economic Affairs, Dr. Nigel Clarke.

PM Calls for Review of Development Aid for Middle – Income Countries

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (4th right); and Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (4th left), share a moment with a group of Jamaican students who attend Howard University in Washington, DC, USA, during a recent reception hosted by the Embassy of Jamaica.

Gov’t Seeking to Engage Diaspora Youth

Commanding Officer of the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) 1 Engineering Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Martin Rickman (standing), outlines details of the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) internship initiative to representatives of private-sector organisations who attended the recent Career Day exposition at the JDF’s headquarters at Up Park Camp in Kingston.

10 years ago Justice

CSJP Interns Benefit from Career Day Exposition

The employment prospects for more than 50 Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) interns have been increased following their participation in a recent Jamaica Defence Force (JDF)-organised Career Day exposition at Up Park Camp in Kingston. The event was aimed at, among other things, exposing them to and linking them with potential employers from the private sector. Persons from at-risk...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses Tuesday’s (September 20) sitting of the House of Representatives.

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No Shortage of Foreign Exchange – Minister Shaw

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says there is no shortage of foreign exchange in the market. He was speaking during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, September 20. Minister Shaw said the depreciation of the Jamaican dollar in recent weeks has triggered some legitimate concerns by local businesses given that Jamaica has,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the 2016 International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) at Columbia University in New York, today (September 21). The ICSD, under the theme ‘Moving Forward: The SDGs in Practice’, brings together members of the research, policy, practice and business communities to share practical solutions for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at local and national levels. The two-day conference is focused on four thematic areas: Innovation in Technology and Governance; Data (data systems, gaps, how to collect); The Science-Policy-Implementation Interface; and Education and Training. The main topics for discussion will be Low Carbon Urban Development; Socially Inclusive Economic Growth; Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition; and Disaster Resiliency and Adaptation. The Prime Minister is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.

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Jamaica Committed to Sustainable Development Goals

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reaffirmed Jamaica’s commitment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Addressing an International Conference on Sustainable Development at Columbia University, New York, on Wednesday, September 21, the Prime Minister said “Jamaica is naturally and irrevocably aligned to the sustainable development goals and at every opportunity we reaffirm our commitment to achieving them. Furthermore, Jamaica will...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague

10 years ago National Security and Peace

Message from Hon. Robert Montague, Minister of National Security – International Day of Peace

Message from Hon. Robert Montague MP, Minister of National Security International Day of Peace September 21, 2016 The Ministry of National Security, its departments and agencies consider the UN International Day of Peace as very timely this year as Jamaica as a country needs to embrace peace throughout its communities in order for us as a nation to become more...

10 years ago Tourism

Dragon Bay Development Poised to Boost Tourism in Portland

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Sandals Resorts International’s planned renovation of the Dragon Bay Hotel in Port Antonio, Portland, could serve to attract more visitors to the town and wider parish. Speaking with JIS News following the recent announcement, Mr. Bartlett said he was elated about the potentially positive prospects which the development presents. He noted that Sandals, which...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), is in light discussion with Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), and General Manager of Melia Braco Village, Dimitris Kosvogianni, at the post-World Travel Awards ceremony held at the hotel in Rio Bueno, Trelawny, on September 18.

10 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterTourism

PM wants Doubling of Visitor Arrivals and Revenue

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has charged the Ministry of Tourism and other stakeholders in the sector to work to double visitor arrivals and revenue. Mr. Holness, who was addressing the post-World Travel Awards ceremony on September 18 at the Melia Braco Village in Trelawny, noted that tourism is one of the key pillars of Jamaica’s economy and...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, delivers her keynote address at the media launch of Senior Citizens’ Week on September 20 at the Church of God in Jamaica in Kingston. Listening are Director of Senior Citizens, East Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Pastor Carl Cunningham; and Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dione Jennings.

10 years ago Labour

Seniors Urged to Assist Moral and Ethics Revival

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, is calling on senior citizens to pass on good morals and ethics to the youth in Jamaica. “Jamaica is in need of a revival. We have become so crass, so boorish [and] so rude. It is just the roof that is leaking and we know that with your help we can...