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Tourism Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (left), shows off his portrait done by Jamaican artiste, Jeffery Perry (right), at the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment Linkages Hub ‘Christmas in July’ exhibition, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, on July 24.

Locally Produced Gift Items Showcased at ‘Christmas in July’

In an effort by the Government and its agencies to gain support for the purchase of locally produced gift items, an exhibition dubbed, ‘Christmas in July’, was held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston, on July 24. The...

Senior Director, Forest Signs and Technical Services, at the Forestry Department, Miss Donna Lowe, speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

More Forest Cover Recorded

Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Delroy Gordon, gives details of a Farmers’ Market scheduled to take place at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on Saturday, August 1. He was speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on July 24.

Coronation Market Comes Uptown August 1

Chairperson for the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP), Carol Palmer, says the Task Force will join other countries on July 30 to observe World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. She was speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on July 24.

July 30 is World Day Against Trafficking In Persons

Lights along Montego Bay’s Elegant Corridor were turned on to facilitate the requisite checks and adjustments by technicians and engineers on July 24. The installation of lights along the 17-kilometre thoroughfare was undertaken with funding by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF)

Lights Installed along Mo-Bay’s Elegant Corridor

Justice Minister, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, emphasises a point while speaking on the Electricity Bill, which he piloted in the Senate today (July 24). The Bill was passed.

11 years ago JusticeSenate

Senate Approves Electricity Bill

The Senate, today (July 24), approved a Bill which aims to provide a modern codified system for regulating the generation, transmission, supply, distribution and dispatch of electricity in the island. The updating of the 125-year old Electricity Act will also make it easier to bring new generating capacity to the power grid. Piloted by Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon....

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), congratulates Director of the Culture in Education Programme in the Ministry of Education, Amina Blackwood Meeks (right), while presenting her with a certificate for successfully completing a three-day climate change workshop. Occasion was the closing ceremony for the training workshop for educators, held on July 22, at the Grand Port Royal Hotel in Port Royal.

11 years ago Environment

Teachers Benefit from Climate Change Training

Thirty eight teachers have benefitted from climate change awareness training as part of preparation for the incorporation of the subject in the school curriculum come September. The teachers, from the island’s six education regions, were introduced to basic climate change science, and explored culturally relevant climate change principles to be incorporated into curriculum and teaching approaches across a variety of...

President of the Clarendon Parish Youth Council, Jonoi Edwards (centre), interacts with some of the participants at an Organisational Management and Employability Workshop held at the Youth Information Centre in May Pen on Wednesday, July 22.

11 years ago Labour

JPC Targets Youth As It Promotes Productivity Culture

The Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) is targeting the country’s youth as it carries out its mandate of promoting a culture of productivity in the country. “We want a revolution. We are starting with the persons, who are impressionable, those persons, who won’t resist the concept of productivity but will grasp it and employ it,” Communication Specialist at JPC, Sandrea Dennis,...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Finance and Planning’s Financial Investigation Division (FID), Robin Sykes, is in discussion with Chairman of the Jamaica Association for Micro Financing (JAMFIN), Dr. Blossom O’Meally-Nelson; and Branditise.com Chief Executive Officer, Wayne Marsh. Occasion was JAMFIN’s quarterly meeting held on July 22 at the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Commerce Training Room in Kingston.

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

Regulation of Microfinance Firms Will Protect Sector against Money Laundering

Legislation being prepared for the regulation of microfinance firms will protect the sector against money laundering. Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Finance and Planning’s Financial Investigations Division (FID), Robin Sykes, told JIS News that the regulation of the sector will feed into anti-money laundering measures being advanced. He said that once the law is in place and the...

State Minister for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan (at podium), addresses a Sugar Industry Delegates Conference at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville on Thursday (July 23). Also pictured at the head table is Executive Chairman of the Sugar Producers Federation of Jamaica, Deryck Brown.

11 years ago Agriculture

Gov’t Committed to Sugar Sector – Buchanan

State Minister for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan, is assuring that the Government will continue to work with sugar industry stakeholders to ensure that the sector remains sustainable. “The Government has an undying commitment to the success of the agricultural sector and specifically to the success of the sugar industry, which is the largest subsector; largest employer...

Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (2nd left), listens to comments during Thursday’s (July 23) Trade Facilitation Task Force (TF2) meeting held at the New Kingston offices of the Ministry of Industry, Investment, and Commerce. Others (from left), are: TF2 Chair, Patricia Francis; Industry, Investment, and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton; and State Minister, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams.

11 years ago CommerceFinance & Public Service

Improving Trade Facilitation Critical – Dalley

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley, says improving trade facilitation is critical in achieving the levels of economic growth that the country requires. He was speaking against the background of the World Bank’s recent Doing Business study, which states that Jamaica could record growth averaging five per cent per annum, if the country’s...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (left), is in light discussion with (from left): Scotiabank

11 years ago Commerce

SMEs Play a Key Role in Economic Development – Ffolkes Abrahams

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, has reiterated the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the development of the local economy. “For Jamaica, SMEs provide approximately 80 percent of new employment created. This group is the key driver of innovation, employment and growth for the economy as a whole. We...