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SLB Launches Redesigned Website
Customers of the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) now have easier access to SLB services with the launch of the entity’s redesigned website. The site, developed by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), is easy to navigate, with quick links to important information and services, and there is a frequently asked questions section that gives answers to common customer queries. Deputy Executive...
60-Day Extension Of ZOZOs
The House of Representatives has approved a 60-day extension of the Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs). The areas are Denham Town, West Kingston; Norwood and Mount Salem, St. James; and Greenwich Town, Parade Gardens and August Town in St. Andrew, and Savanna-la-Mar in Westmoreland. Resolutions for the extensions were moved by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon....
Agriculture Ministry Provides Pest Management Support To Bee Farmers
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is providing support to bee farmers in protecting their hives from pests that could threaten the industry. “The management of pests such as the varroa mites and the small hive beetles forms a great part of the work being done by the Apiculture Unit,” said State Minister, Hon. Franklin Witter. “This is executed through...
Competitive Markets Are Critical – FTC
The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) continues to facilitate and advocate for more competitive sectors, with the view that competitive markets are critical to efficiency, innovation, investment, and economic growth. At a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, Executive Director of the FTC, David Miller, pointed out that consumers benefit from competition by obtaining more product choices, higher quality products, faster rates of...
![The Government is moving to develop Jamaica as a planning supply hub for the local tourism sector and for other tourism-dependent nations in the region.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, made the disclosure as he closed the 2022/23 Sectoral debate in the House of Representatives on June 14.
He said that the move will “give Jamaican entities the necessary muscles needed to grow locally, regionally and internationally”.
Minister Bartlett noted that the idea of the logistic supply hub for Jamaica and the other Caribbean islands came out of the Tourism Recovery Task Force chaired by Wilfred Baghaloo in 2020.
The terms of reference for the project are currently being developed by the Ministry of Tourism.
Minister Bartlett said the hope is that by the winter season “we would have been able to put in place the mechanism to see the first of those entities that are going to be involved”.
Mr. Bartlett said the hub will help to eliminate some of the supply chain uncertainties.
“The establishment of the supply logistics centre in the free zone [will] enable our local suppliers to scale up and to be able to respond effectively and well to the call and the demand that this particular disruption is causing,” he said.](https://jis.gov.jm/media/2022/06/DSC_8381.jpg?v=1655328406)
Jamaica To Become Logistics Supply Hub For Tourism-Dependent Caribbean Countries
The Government is moving to develop Jamaica as a planning supply hub for the local tourism sector and for other tourism-dependent nations in the region. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, made the disclosure as he closed the 2022/23 Sectoral debate in the House of Representatives on June 14. He said that the move will “give Jamaican entities the necessary muscles...
Advocates Needed In Fight Against NCDs
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is calling on Jamaicans to become activists in the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that are brought on by poor lifestyle choices. Speaking at the launch of the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) sermon series on Tuesday (June 14) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, Minister Tufton said that although the...