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Registrar, Pesticides Control Authority, Mr. Michael Ramsay, warns that the overuse of insecticides can lead to serious health complications.
Registrar, Pesticides Control Authority, Mr. Michael Ramsay, warns that the overuse of insecticides can lead to serious health complications.

Persons Urged to Exercise Caution When Using Insecticides

The Pesticides Control Authority (PCA) is urging persons to exercise caution when using insecticides to get rid of vectors, including mosquitoes, as efforts continue to control the spread of the Chikungunya Virus. In an interview with JIS News, Registrar of...
Small cottage processors participate in a food safety workshop sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, and held at the offices of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, in Kingston on October 28.
Small cottage processors participate in a food safety workshop sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, and held at the offices of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, in Kingston on October 28.

Small Cottage Processors Receive Training
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre), addresses the launch of the community-based Intangible Cultural Heritage Initiative at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on October 28. The project is aimed at collecting aspects of Jamaica’s traditional practices for preservation. Also pictured are (from left): Executive Director, Institute of Jamaica, Ann Marie Bonner; and Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Jamaica, David Brown.
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre), addresses the launch of the community-based Intangible Cultural Heritage Initiative at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on October 28. The project is aimed at collecting aspects of Jamaica’s traditional practices for preservation. Also pictured are (from left): Executive Director, Institute of Jamaica, Ann Marie Bonner; and Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Jamaica, David Brown.

Culture Ministry Embarks on Initiative to Preserve Legacy
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the JA BizTown facility at 37 Arnold Road in Kingston, where up to 10,000 Grade 5 and 6 students will, this school year, have the opportunity to get a practical feel of how the economy functions, through an experimental learning programme. The centre was handed over on October 28, by the Rotary Club of Kingston to Junior Achievement Jamaica (JAJ) at an official launching ceremony at the Caenwood compound. Also participating in the ribbon cutting exercise are (from 2nd left): Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Denise Herbol; Immediate Past President of the Rotary Club of Kingston, Allison Peart; and Chairman of JAJ, Paul Lalor. JA BizTown is the first of its kind outside of the United States, in the Latin American and Caribbean region.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the JA BizTown facility at 37 Arnold Road in Kingston, where up to 10,000 Grade 5 and 6 students will, this school year, have the opportunity to get a practical feel of how the economy functions, through an experimental learning programme. The centre was handed over on October 28, by the Rotary Club of Kingston to Junior Achievement Jamaica (JAJ) at an official launching ceremony at the Caenwood compound. Also participating in the ribbon cutting exercise are (from 2nd left): Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Denise Herbol; Immediate Past President of the Rotary Club of Kingston, Allison Peart; and Chairman of JAJ, Paul Lalor. JA BizTown is the first of its kind outside of the United States, in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

Experiential Learning Programme Launched for Grades 5 and 6 Students
Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), along with Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (2nd left), unveil a plaque in memory of the late former Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, at the cassava farm run by Red Stripe, in Bernard Lodge, St. Catherine, during a tour on October 28. Looking on (from third left) are: Project Manager at the farm, Damian Graham, and Red Stripe
Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), along with Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (2nd left), unveil a plaque in memory of the late former Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, at the cassava farm run by Red Stripe, in Bernard Lodge, St. Catherine, during a tour on October 28. Looking on (from third left) are: Project Manager at the farm, Damian Graham, and Red Stripe's Managing Director, Cedric Blair.

Finance Minister Hails $150 Million Investment by Red Stripe

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Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre), addressing journalists during a media briefing at the Ministry’s downtown Kingston office on Tuesday (October 28), where he outlined details of the four-day visit to Cuba, from October 23 to 26, by an 11-member delegation which he led. He held discussions with that country’s government regarding assistance for Jamaica’s Ebola preparedness and response programme. Flanking him are Deputy Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier Rocky Meade, who was a member of the delegation; and Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kevin Harvey.
Health & Wellness

Two Cuban Ebola Experts Coming To Train Health Care Workers

Two experts are to arrive in the island from Cuba next week, to assist with the training of health care workers and other designated Ebola frontline responders. This will form part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize Cuba’s commitment to provide technical assistance to strengthen Jamaica’s Ebola preparedness and response, which is to be established between the governments...
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Former President of the Senate, Syringa Marshall-Burnett.
LabourSenate

Condolence Book Opens October 29 for Former Senate President

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will open a condolence book for the late former President of the Senate, Mrs. Syringa Marshall-Burnett, CD, at its North Street office in Kingston, on Wednesday, October 29. Minister of  Labour and Social Security, Agriculture and  Fisheries,  Hon. Derrick Kellier, is expected to sign, along with Permanent Secretary, Mr. Alvin McIntosh; Executive Director...
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Paralympian Sylvia Grant (centre), tries out her new motorized wheelchair donated by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development and the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC). Applauding (from left) are: Councillor of the Mavis Bank Division Alvin Francis; Councillor for the Papine Division, Venesha Phillips; Town Clerk, Robert Hill; Deputy Mayor, Andrew Swaby; and Senior Director of Corporate Services in the Ministry of Local Government, Wayne Robertson.
Local Government

Decorated Paralympian Happy and Grateful

Getting round has become easier for decorated Paralympian Sylvia Grant now that she has a new motorised wheelchair. The gift from the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development and the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) replaced the manual device she has had for the last 10 years. It came just days before she was conferred with the insignia...
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Chief Technical Director for Housing in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Doreen Prendergast, says several solutions are being considered to address Jamaica’s housing needs.
Transport

Ministry Looking at Options to Address Housing Needs

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing says that several options are being looked at to address Jamaica’s growing housing needs. In an interview with JIS News, Chief Technical Director for Housing in the Ministry, Doreen Prendergast, said that some of the solutions that are being considered are: “providing incentives to developers, and getting persons to consider renting [as] everyone...
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These two students are fully engrossed in their new tablet computers, which they received during a distribution exercise on October 24, at the Sir Clifford Campbell Primary School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland.
Technology

Tablets Will Empower Students To Be Innovators – State Minister Robinson

The Government’s Tablets in Schools programme is crucial in empowering the country’s young people to be global innovators, says Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson. Mr. Robinson made the comment at the Clan Carthy Primary School in St. Andrew on October 27 before the start of a distribution exercise in which 960...
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