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Ministry Seeking Electronic Markers for PEP

The Ministry of Education and Youth, through its Examination and Assessment Administration Services Branch, is inviting suitably qualified individuals to apply for the position of Marker for the 2023 Primary Exit Profile Five (PEP 5) live electronic marking session. Applicants...
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (left), listens to remarks by Group Chief Executive Officer of Restaurant Associates Limited (RAL), Lisa Lake, during the prelaunch of Krispy Kreme on Waterloo Road in St. Andrew on May 31. RAL is the local franchise holder of Krispy Kreme.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (left), listens to remarks by Group Chief Executive Officer of Restaurant Associates Limited (RAL), Lisa Lake, during the prelaunch of Krispy Kreme on Waterloo Road in St. Andrew on May 31. RAL is the local franchise holder of Krispy Kreme.

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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, delivers the keynote address at a Ministry of Tourism Strategy Development Workshop at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, on June 2. Looking on (seated) is Director General of Technical Services, Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, delivers the keynote address at a Ministry of Tourism Strategy Development Workshop at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, on June 2. Looking on (seated) is Director General of Technical Services, Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson.

Gov’t Developing Robust Tourism Strategy
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Manager, Communication and Customer Services, National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw, addresses the recent meeting of the National Disaster Risk Management Council, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston.
Manager, Communication and Customer Services, National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw, addresses the recent meeting of the National Disaster Risk Management Council, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston.

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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), in discussion with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) executives, Operations Lead Specialist, Olga Gomez Garcia (centre), and Chief of Operations for Jamaica, Lorenzo Escondeur, during the first in a series of Strategy Development Workshops for industry stakeholders, jointly hosted by the Ministry and IDB, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Friday (June 2).
Tourism

IDB Official Urges Implementation and Maintenance of Sustainable Tourism Practices

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Chief of Operations for Jamaica, Lorenzo Escondeur, says sustainable tourism practices must be implemented and maintained locally to guard against the impact of climate change. Mr. Escondeur, who was speaking during a Ministry of Tourism Strategy Development Workshop at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Friday (June 2), said it is also necessary...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the recent Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
Health & Wellness

Importance of Partnerships During Health Emergencies Emphasised

Regional and sub-regional partnerships should seek to take steps to address challenges that were experienced by countries with limited capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent these from reoccurring, according to Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.  These issues, Dr. Tufton notes, relate to equitable access to vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics, while citing stakeholder intervention as...
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Scientific Officer at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Port Royal Marine Laboratory, Chauntelle Parkins (left), shows Director of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company Foundation, Winsome Callum (centre), and Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Director, Total Energies, Robert Holdsworth, marine species at the Lab’s Biodiversity Centre in Kingston, during a tour on Friday (June 2).
Local Government

Private Sector Encouraged to ‘Adopt-A-Mangrove’

Private sector entities are being encouraged to invest in biodiversity as part of their corporate social responsibility by participating in the National Environment and Planning Agency’s (NEPA) Adopt-A-Mangrove programme.  Through this engagement, NEPA is seeking to leverage additional financial support for the management of several mangrove plots within the Palisadoes-Port Royal Protected Area (P-PRPA).  The P-PRPA is approximately 13,500 hectares...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), along with Jamaica’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Brian Wallace (left), and Trinidad and Tobago’s Representative to the UN, Ambassador Dennis Francis, at the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday (June 1). Ambassador Francis has been elected President of the UN’s upcoming 78th General Assembly.
Foreign Affairs

Region Urged to Remove Monuments to Colonisers

A call has been made for Governments in the Caribbean to replace monuments to persons who enabled slavery and colonialism with memorials in honour of their own citizens who stood against injustice.  State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, made the call while speaking on reparatory justice at the United Nations (UN) headquarters...
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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (left), plants spice seedlings along with United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Nick Perry (centre), and President and Chief Executive Officer, Agricultural Cooperative Development International/Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (ACDI/VOCA), Sylvia Megret. Occasion was the launch of the Food for Progress Jamaica Spices project at the AC Hotel by Marriott Kingston on Thursday (June 1).
Agriculture

Jamaica Must Re-establish Its Prominence in the Global Spice Industry – Minister Green

The time has come for Jamaica to re-establish the prominence of its renowned spices – turmeric, ginger and pimento – on the global stage, says Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green.  Speaking on Thursday (June 1) during the launch of ‘Food for Progress Jamaica Spices’, a partnership with the United States of America to revitalise Jamaica’s spice...
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Community Relations Manager at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Kimberley Blair.
Local Government

NSWMA Observes Environmental Awareness Week June 4-10

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and its regional offices will be observing National Environmental Awareness Week from Sunday, June 4 to Saturday, June 10.  The Week, which is being observed under the theme, ‘End Travel Waste’, will also incorporate Solid Waste Day, on Tuesday, June 6.  Community Relations Manager, NSWMA, Kimberley Blair, told JIS News that the aim...
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Praedial Larceny Prevention Coordinator, Kalecia Hall, says the Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit is working with the farmers on how to help protect their farms.
Agriculture

Government Ramps up Sensitisation Sessions to Tackle Praedial Larceny

The Government has ramped up sensitisation around farm-safety procedures, in light of the increase in praedial larceny in recent weeks.  Coordinator in the Praedial Larceny Prevention Coordination Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Ms. Kalecia Hall, told JIS News that the monthly sensitisation sessions are “dictated based on where the reports come from or farmers who contact...
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