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The aircraft on the inaugural flight by Quality Corporate Aircraft Services (QCAS) Aero, out of Fort Lauderdale, to the Ian Fleming International Airport in St. Mary, gets the water canon salute on its arrival, on June 22. There were 10 passengers on board. The Miami-based QCAS Aero will operate a premium nonstop flight weekly to the airport.
The aircraft on the inaugural flight by Quality Corporate Aircraft Services (QCAS) Aero, out of Fort Lauderdale, to the Ian Fleming International Airport in St. Mary, gets the water canon salute on its arrival, on June 22. There were 10 passengers on board. The Miami-based QCAS Aero will operate a premium nonstop flight weekly to the airport.

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The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is projecting that the island will welcome approximately 800,000 visitors for the 2022 summer period (late June to the end of August) with destination earnings exceeding US$1.1 billion. Director of Tourism, Donovan White, said the...
Stakeholders in attendance at the launch of the Rural Development Programme in Chambers Pen, Hanover, on Wednesday (June 22).
Stakeholders in attendance at the launch of the Rural Development Programme in Chambers Pen, Hanover, on Wednesday (June 22).

$223-Million Development Programme For Chambers Pen
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Community Relations Manager at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Kimberley Blair.
Community Relations Manager at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Kimberley Blair.

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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), greets Consul General of Jamaica in Miami, Oliver Mair, at the official ceremony to welcome the arrival of the inaugural flight of Quality Corporate Aircraft Services (QCAS) Aero, out of Fort Lauderdale, at the Ian Fleming International Airport in St. Mary, on June 22. The Miami-based QCAS Aero will operate an exclusive, premium nonstop weekly flight to the airport.
Transport

New Charter Service From Fort Lauderdale To IFIA

Jamaica has partnered with Quality Corporate Aircraft Services (QCAS) Aero, to offer a chartered, premium service from Fort Lauderdale in the United States to the Ian Fleming International Airport (IFIA) in St. Mary. The non-stop flight includes complimentary beverage service as well as reduced processing time pre and post flight. It is scheduled for each Thursday at 1:30 p.m. and...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn.
Industry

New Standard Stipulates Lead Limit In Paints

The new JS 358: 2022 Standard, which stipulates the limit for lead content in paints and other surface coating material distributed and retailed locally, is to be promulgated by month-end and will take effect in January 2023. Its development was spearheaded by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) Paints and Surface Coatings Technical Committee and comes against the background of...
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Water

Pipeline Inter Connection Work Now At Final Phase

The National Water Commission is advising that its Contractors will be undertaking the final phase of interconnection works for the new pipeline now installed along Spanish Town Road in the Kingston and St Andrew area. The works will commence on Friday, June 24, 2022. However, based on the extensive nature of the activity, two to three days will be required...
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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), in conversation with 2019 National Farm Queen, Aniecea Wiggan and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Broilers Group, Christopher Levy, at the launch of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, at the Jamaica Broilers Group Corporate Office in St. Catherine, on Wednesday, June 22.
Agriculture

Denbigh Show Is Back

Anticipation is high for the return of the major Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), which was officially launched today (June 22). The 68th staging of the event follows a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will take place at its usual home, the Denbigh Showground in May Pen, Clarendon, under the...
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addressing the launch of the ‘Reduced Small Arms and Light Weapons in Jamaica’ Project at the Jamaica Evangelistic Centre in Norwood Heights, St. James, on Friday (June 17).
National Security

‘SALIENT Jamaica’ To Tackle Small Arms Trafficking

The Norwood area in St. James and Denham Town in Kingston stand to benefit from Jamaica’s first community violence audit to support the prevention and reduction of gun violence under a United Nations Jamaica joint programme. The more than $70-million national initiative ‘Reducing Small Arms and Light Weapons Joint Programme, also known as SALIENT Jamaica, aims to dismantle the factors...
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