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License Processing Administration Manager at the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) Sheryll Lewis, speaks with JIS News at the at the entity’s ‘Bring Your Application Day’ event held on Thursday, June 2, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James.
License Processing Administration Manager at the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) Sheryll Lewis, speaks with JIS News at the at the entity’s ‘Bring Your Application Day’ event held on Thursday, June 2, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James.

Owners And Operators Of Tourism Entities Reminded To Get Licensed

The Tourism Development Company Limited (TPDCo) is reminding owners and operators of tourism entities that it is illegal to operate without being licensed by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB). Speaking with JIS News, License Processing Administration Manager at TPDCo, Sheryll...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, urges citizens to prepare for the hurricane season while addressing the hand over of housing unit in Seaview Gardens, Kingston on June 3.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, urges citizens to prepare for the hurricane season while addressing the hand over of housing unit in Seaview Gardens, Kingston on June 3.

PM Urges Jamaicans To Prepare For Hurricane Season
2958: License Processing Administration Manager at the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) Sheryll Lewis (left), engages a business operator at the entity’s ‘Bring Your Application Day’ licensing event held on Thursday (June 2), at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James.
2958: License Processing Administration Manager at the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) Sheryll Lewis (left), engages a business operator at the entity’s ‘Bring Your Application Day’ licensing event held on Thursday (June 2), at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James.

Owners And Operators Of Tourism Entities Remained To Get Licensed
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses a ceremony for the official opening of the Holland Bamboo Scenic Avenue in St. Elizabeth held at the Holland Bamboo Primary School on June 2. The site was restored at a cost of $8.5 million.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses a ceremony for the official opening of the Holland Bamboo Scenic Avenue in St. Elizabeth held at the Holland Bamboo Primary School on June 2. The site was restored at a cost of $8.5 million.

Minister Bartlett to Put Management Systems in Place for TEF Projects
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith (right), and State Minister in the Ministry, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell, peruse a document, during Friday’s (June 3) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith (right), and State Minister in the Ministry, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell, peruse a document, during Friday’s (June 3) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.

Senate Approves Central Bank Digital Currency

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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington (centre), listens to Commercial Manager at the China Harbour Engineering Company (left), Li Fei, during a tour of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project on Thursday, June 2. At right is Project Manager, Xu Daan.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

CHEC to Address Underperforming Subcontractors on Highway Project

China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), which is the main contractor for the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project, will be addressing the issue of underperformance of subcontractors. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, in making the disclosure said the pace of work and the dust nuisance, remain a major complaint of residents,...
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Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker, addresses the World No Tobacco Day Youth Forum, on Tuesday, May 31.
Health & Wellness

Regulations of Tobacco Control Act Address Critical Issues – NCDA

The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) is pleased that the Tobacco Control Act, 2020 includes regulations that address critical issues such as sale and access to minors, smoking and vaping in public spaces and advertising, promotion and sponsorship.A Joint Select Committee of Parliament, chaired by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is currently reviewing the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (standing, second right), observes as Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Amber Group, Dushyant Savadia (seated right) and Managing Director (Acting), HEART/NSTA Trust, Novelette Denton Prince (seated left), sign the memorandum of understanding to formalise the partnership for the establishment of the Amber HEART Institute of Coding. Occasion was the graduation ceremony for the first cohort of trainees under the pilot Amber HEART Academy, at the AC Marriott by Kingston in St. Andrew on June 1. Others observing (from left, standing) are Deputy Managing Director (Acting), HEART/NSTA Trust, Kenesha Campbell; Chairman, HEART/NSTA Trust, Professor Alwin Wint; and Executive Assistant to the Founder and CEO, Amber Group, Juliana Moodie.
EducationYouth

Amber HEART Institute of Coding to Onboard First 500 Students October

An initial 500 students are expected to begin training in software design and programming starting October, at the Amber HEART Institute of Coding. The Institute, which will be the Caribbean’s first dedicated to coding, will equip young people with in-demand technology skills. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between the Amber Group and the HEART/NSTA Trust to formalise...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses students at Tacius Golding High School in St. Catherine, on Thursday (June 2), during activities marking Caribbean Nutrition Day.
Health & Wellness

Students Encouraged to Manage the Foods they Eat

Students, particularly at the secondary level, are being encouraged to practise good nutritional habits by managing the foods they eat. This can be done by boosting fruit, vegetable and water intake and reducing their consumption of foods and beverages having relatively high concentrations of salt and sugar. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is also urging...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, DPhil, MP
Finance & Public Service

Statement From Hon. Nigel Clarke, Minister Of Finance And The Public Service on Court Proceedings with the Jamaica Police Federation

Claim No. SU 2020 CV 01635 Rohan James and Nigel Murphy (on behalf of members of the Jamaica Police Federation) and Doris Stewart (the “Claimants”) v Ministry of Finance and Public Service, Ministry of National Security, Commissioner of Police and the Attorney General of Jamaica, in which judgment was delivered this morning by the Constitutional Court consisting of Mr. Justice...
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Vaccination Blitz Sites June 4-5 , 2022

The Ministry of Health & Wellness invites members of the public to attend a vaccination site on Saturday and Sunday, June 4-5 2022 to receive their first, second or booster dose of the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Sinopharm or Johnson & Johnson vaccine for persons 18 years and older. Jamaicans 12 years and older will also be offered the first or second...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (seated centre), and President, Jamaica Bankers Association and Chief Executive Officer, National Commercial Bank (NCB), Septimus Blake (seated left), affix their signatures to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with deposit-taking institutions for the National Identification System (NIDS) pilot. The signing ceremony was held at the Office of the Prime Minister in St. Andrew on June 3. Observing the signing are Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (seated left); Modernisation of State Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Benjamin Roseth (standing, left) and NIDS Programme Director, Warren Vernon.
NIDSOffice of the Prime Minister

Banks Sign MOU To Participate In NIDS Pilot

The Government on Friday (June 3) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with deposit-taking institutions to participate in the pilot of the National Identification System (NIDS). Representatives of the Jamaica Bankers Association signed on behalf of the banks during a ceremony held at the Office of the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, in his remarks at...
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