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Director of Standards, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Julia Bonner Douett, speaking during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’. 
Director of Standards, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Julia Bonner Douett, speaking during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’. 

BSJ Facilitating Stakeholder Training to Ensure Building Code Compliance

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) is working to strengthen the country’s disaster resilience by training more stakeholders to ensure compliance with updated building codes. Building codes are standards and regulations referenced in the Building Act, 2018 and implemented through...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn.

Employers Urged Not to Engage Persons Under 18 Years of Age
Senior Livestock Specialist at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Maxine Brown.
Senior Livestock Specialist at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Maxine Brown.

Farmers Encouraged to Improve Disaster Management Practices
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), brings greetings at the recent opening of the Hideaway at Royalton Blue Waters in Trelawny.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), brings greetings at the recent opening of the Hideaway at Royalton Blue Waters in Trelawny.

Jamaicans Must Feel the Benefit of Tourism Success – PM
A nurse administers a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine to a member of the public.
A nurse administers a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine to a member of the public.

Pfizer Vaccine Now Available in Country

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Director of Communications, Consumer Affairs Commission, Latoya Halstead, speaks at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on December 14.
CommerceIndustryInvestment

Consumers Urged to Be Careful When Purchasing Goods from Unknown Sources

Consumers are being urged to be extra vigilant when purchasing items from unknown sources this Christmas season. The advice was issued by Director of Communications, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead, at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held on Thursday (December 14), at the agency’s head office in Kingston. Ms. Halstead said that as consumers go shopping for...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses a recent sitting of the Senate.
AgricultureSenate

Animal Tagging Programme to Include Small Ruminants

Plans are under way to expand the country’s animal tagging programme to include small ruminants. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, provided an update on the National Animal Identification and Traceability System while piloting the Agricultural Produce (Amendment) Act, 2023 in the Senate, recently. As a means of combatting praedial larceny, the Government...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses the Jamaica Tourist Board’s (JTB) Employee Appreciation Gala, which was held recently at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.
Tourism

Tourism Minister Lauds Staff of JTB

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has lauded the staff of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) for their dedication to the sector and for their part in making the island a destination of choice. Mr. Bartlett was bringing greetings during the JTB’s Employee Appreciation Gala, which was held recently at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. The ceremony...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett addresses the inaugural Jamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation (JCTI) Awards and Recognition Ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St James, on December 13.
Tourism

Minister Bartlett Highlights Need for Skilled Workers

The Tourism Ministry has reaffirmed its commitment to training and certifying a competent workforce, to meet the impending influx of visitor arrivals in the coming years. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett stated that the industry will generate 45,000 new jobs in the next few years because of the construction of new hotels and the expansion of room stock, which will...
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (fifth right), is joined by (from left) Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund, Daniel Dawes; General Manager of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), L. Robert Honeyghan; St. James Central Member of Parliament, Heroy Clarke; Councillor for the Spring Garden Division, Dwight Crawford; Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte; Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister (West), Hon. Homer Davis; Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Leeroy Williams; and Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, at the launch of the free public Wi-Fi access at Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday, December 15.
Technology

Harmony Beach Park Receives Free Wi-Fi Service

Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James now has access to free public Wi-Fi, following a collaboration between the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the Urban Development Corporation (UDC). The initiative, which was launched at the facility on December 15, forms part of the Government’s broader effort to create comfortable and connected spaces for the public. The public Wi-Fi...
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