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The 2021 Awardees for Top Station in each division in Area Four Transforming Our Police Service (TOPS) Competition, display their trophies. From left are Inspector Jacqueline Grant, a representative from the Allman Town Station (Top Station for Kingston Central Division); Inspector Stacey-Ann Powell, Station Commander for Olympic Gardens (Top Station for St. Andrew Southern Division); Inspector Paul Cummings, Station Commander for Bull Bay Station (Area Four Top Station); Inspector Veronica Johnson-Blythe, Station Commander for Denham Town (Top Station for the Kingston Western Division) and Inspector Lorna Fowler-Burchell, Station Commander for Mona Police Post (Top Station in the St. Andrew Central Division).
The 2021 Awardees for Top Station in each division in Area Four Transforming Our Police Service (TOPS) Competition, display their trophies. From left are Inspector Jacqueline Grant, a representative from the Allman Town Station (Top Station for Kingston Central Division); Inspector Stacey-Ann Powell, Station Commander for Olympic Gardens (Top Station for St. Andrew Southern Division); Inspector Paul Cummings, Station Commander for Bull Bay Station (Area Four Top Station); Inspector Veronica Johnson-Blythe, Station Commander for Denham Town (Top Station for the Kingston Western Division) and Inspector Lorna Fowler-Burchell, Station Commander for Mona Police Post (Top Station in the St. Andrew Central Division).

Area Three Tops Competition Awards Ceremony November 25

The top performers in the Transforming Our Police Service (TOPS) Competition for Area Three will be announced at an awards ceremony on Friday, November 25, during Police Week celebrations. This event will be held at Gold View Hotel in Mandeville,...
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (left), greets High Commissioner for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to Jamaica, His Excellency Deryck Lance Murray (right), during the Doing Business with Jamaica trade mission at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on November 21. Looking on (from second left) are President of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association (TTMA), Tricia Coosal and Minister of Trade and Industry, Trinidad and Tobago, Paula Gopee-Scoon.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (left), greets High Commissioner for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to Jamaica, His Excellency Deryck Lance Murray (right), during the Doing Business with Jamaica trade mission at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on November 21. Looking on (from second left) are President of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association (TTMA), Tricia Coosal and Minister of Trade and Industry, Trinidad and Tobago, Paula Gopee-Scoon.

Delegation from Trinidad on Four-Day Trade Mission to Jamaica
Yonique Gordon, winner of the Name the System Competition, receives her prize from Project Administrator for the Fisheries Licensing and Registration System, Morris Lawrence, at a recent handover Ceremony of the National Fisheries Authority.
Yonique Gordon, winner of the Name the System Competition, receives her prize from Project Administrator for the Fisheries Licensing and Registration System, Morris Lawrence, at a recent handover Ceremony of the National Fisheries Authority.

NFA to Implement Online Licensing and Registration System Soon
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, addressing the recent Young Entrepreneurs Association (YEA) Young Entrepreneur Success Summit and Expo, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, addressing the recent Young Entrepreneurs Association (YEA) Young Entrepreneur Success Summit and Expo, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.

More Persons Encouraged to Become Entrepreneurs
Senior Aquaculture Extension Officer in the Aquaculture Division of the National Fisheries Authority, Leanne Morris Bennett, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (November 21).
Senior Aquaculture Extension Officer in the Aquaculture Division of the National Fisheries Authority, Leanne Morris Bennett, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (November 21).

Stakeholders in Fisheries Sector Lauded for Strengthening Food Security

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National PAHO IPC Consultant, PAHO/ WHO Office for Jamaica, Bermuda & The Cayman Islands, Dr. Glendee Reynolds Campbell.
Health & Wellness

Jamaica Observes World Antimicrobial Awareness Week

Jamaica joins the rest of the world in the annual observance of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) from November 18 to 24, under the theme ‘Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together’. Jamaica’s WAAW activities are being led by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in conjunction with the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce; Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Ministry...
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Chairman, Health and Wellness Linkages Network, Kyle Mais.
Tourism

New Feature Added to Tourism Health and Wellness Conference

A trade show will be the added feature at this year’s staging of the Tourism Health and Wellness Conference. The new segment will showcase health and wellness products and services offered by local businesses. The conference, being organised by the Tourism Linkages Network (TLN), a department of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), takes place on November 24 and 25 at...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon Fayval Williams (right), interacts with Bursars Association of Jamaica (BAJ) President, Charmian Christie, during the 22nd annual Caribbean Bursars’ Conference at the Grand Palladium Hotel in Hanover on November 18.
Education

Education Ministry Looking to Recruit More Bursars in Schools

The Ministry of Education and Youth is looking to recruit more bursars within the public school system. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, has indicated that she is advocating for an increase in the complement, particularly at the primary level. “I know you’re primarily in our high schools, [but] many of our primary schools don’t have bursars. We have large primary...
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Members of the Mudra Art Group perform during ‘Malang’ (‘Boundless Spirits’), an evening of Indian cultural dance, which was staged recently at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus.
Culture

UWI Hosts Evening of Indian Dance Forms

The extent to which Jamaica embraces cultural artforms from other countries was on display at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, recently, when it hosted an evening of Indian traditional and contemporary dances, titled ‘Malang’ (‘Boundless Spirits’). The event, which showcased the classical Bharatanatyam as well as the Bollywood cinematic, folk, and fusion dance forms, was staged by...
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Neos Airline on arrival at Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, on Sunday, November 20, carrying 144 passengers and 11 crew members.
Tourism

Return of Direct Flights from Italy Major Boost for Tourism

The return of direct flights from Italy is being hailed by local stakeholders as a major boost for air connectivity out of Europe and for the upcoming winter tourist season. "The addition of these direct flights speaks to the confidence our airline partners have of the destination,” Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, told JIS News. Government officials, attraction and...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (right) listens as Factory Manager, Seprod, Fredy Graell explains the process of testing samples of finished products during a tour of Seprod’s Milk and Dairy Production Plant in St. Catherine on November 18.
Industry

Dr. Dunn Tours Seprod’s Milk and Dairy Production Plant

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn on Friday (November 18) toured Seprod’s Milk and Dairy Production Plant in St. Catherine, as part of activities to mark World Antimicrobial Resistance Week. World Antimicrobial Resistance Week is being observed from November 18 -24, under the sub-theme ‘Antimicrobial Resistance Environmental Health and Trade:...
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