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Acting Principal Research Director for the Research and Development Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Sherwood.
Acting Principal Research Director for the Research and Development Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Sherwood.

Ginger Farmers To Benefit From Renovated Hardening Facility At Bodles

Ginger farmers are to benefit from the newly renovated hardening facility at the Bodles Research Station, in St. Catherine, which is expected to help increase production. Weaning and hardening is important for plant propagation, where plantlets are taken from the...
The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is staging a Safer Sex Week Instagram Live session on Friday, February 18. Contributed Photo
The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is staging a Safer Sex Week Instagram Live session on Friday, February 18. Contributed Photo

NFPB Stages Safer Sex Instagram Live For Youngsters
Research Scientist at the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Johann Antoine.
Research Scientist at the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Johann Antoine.

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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), emphasises a point during a Global Tourism Resilience Forum panel discussion at EXPO2020 Dubai on Thursday (February 17). Listening (from left) are Kenya’s Minister of Tourism and Chair of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre – East Africa (GTRCMC – EA) – Minister Najib Balala, and GTRCMC Executive Director, Professor Lloyd Waller.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), emphasises a point during a Global Tourism Resilience Forum panel discussion at EXPO2020 Dubai on Thursday (February 17). Listening (from left) are Kenya’s Minister of Tourism and Chair of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre – East Africa (GTRCMC – EA) – Minister Najib Balala, and GTRCMC Executive Director, Professor Lloyd Waller.

Collective Approach Needed To Overcome COVID-19 – Minister Bartlett
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), harvests Irish potatoes from a section of the New Pen farmlands in St. Mary with the assistance of Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Robert Montague, who is also the Member of Parliament for Western St. Mary. Occasion was a tour of Irish potato farms in St. Ann and St. Mary on Wednesday (February 16).
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), harvests Irish potatoes from a section of the New Pen farmlands in St. Mary with the assistance of Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Robert Montague, who is also the Member of Parliament for Western St. Mary. Occasion was a tour of Irish potato farms in St. Ann and St. Mary on Wednesday (February 16).

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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw (third left), and President of the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS), Egerton Newman (left), share a photo opportunity with some of the transport operators who have been certified by the TODDS for best practices in road safety. The certificates were handed over during a recent ceremony held at the University of Technology (UTech) in St. Andrew.
Transport

Transport Operators Certified For Best Practices In Road Safety

Several operators in the public transport sector have been certified by the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS) for best practices in road safety. Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, who delivered the keynote address at a recent ceremony held at the University of Technology (UTech) in St. Andrew to hand over the certificates, commended the owners and operators...
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Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for Works, Hon. Everald Warmington (centre), speaks with Member of Parliament (MP) for Clarendon North Central and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (right), about improvement works to be undertaken on roads in the constituency. The Ministers, accompanied by representatives from the National Water Commission (NWC) and the National Works Agency (NWA), were on a tour of several roads in the area on Wednesday (February 16). Also pictured is Community Relations Officer for the Southern Region of the NWA, Howard Hendricks.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentTransportWorks / Construction

Several Roads In North Central Clarendon To Be Rehabilitated

Several roads in Clarendon North Central are slated to be rehabilitated under the National Works Agency (NWA) Maintenance of Secondary Roads Programme. Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, who spoke to JIS News following a tour of the area on Wednesday (February 16), said that the NWA will be conducting an...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (at podium), addressing the launch of Global Tourism Resilience Day at EXPO2020 Dubai on Thursday (February 17).
Foreign AffairsTourism

Jamaica Launches Global Tourism Resilience Day At EXPO2020 Dubai

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, on Thursday (February 17) launched Global Tourism Resilience Day during EXPO2020 Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Day, which is the brainchild of Mr. Bartlett, will be observed annually on February 17. The observance forms part of the thrust to heighten global tourism stakeholder awareness and actions towards strengthening the industry’s capacity to...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the 2022/223 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on Thursday (February 10).
Budget 2022/2023Finance & Public ServiceParliament

Security Forces To Receive Telecommunications Equipment At A Cost Of $2.2 Billion

The Government has earmarked $2.2 billion to improve cybersecurity initiatives and purchase telecommunications equipment for the security forces. Details of the provision are outlined in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, in the House of Representatives, recently. The project seeks to facilitate the security force’s enhanced use...
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Acting Principal Research Director for the Research and Development Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Sherwood.
Health & WellnessTechnology

New Bio Control Lab To Strengthen Pest Management

The Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine now boasts a new Biological Control Laboratory, which will strengthen the island’s pest control measures, while helping to protect the environment. Acting Principal Research Director for the Research and Development Division in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Sherwood, told JIS News that the lab will focus on the use of biological...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses a recent function at the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) located at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona.
Tourism

Up To 12 More Global Tourism Resilience Centres By Mid-Year

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that 10 to 12 Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centres (GTRCMC) will be established around the world by the middle of the year. He made the disclosure at a recent function at the GTRCMC located at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. The Minister informed that the expansion of the GTRCMC...
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Minister of Education and Youth, the Hon. Fayval Williams (second right) and State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (right), listen to a comment from Executive Director, Food for The Poor Jamaica, Kivette Silvera (second left). Occasion was a ceremony for the handover of 50 tablets and data cards to the National Education Trust (NET) under the ‘One Laptop of Tablet Per Child’ initiative. The presentation was made on Tuesday (February 15) at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Kingston. At left is Acting Donor and Partner Relations Director, NET, Shirley Moncrieffe. The devices were procured through a donation of CAN$12,500 (approximately 1.5 million) by the Jamaican Diaspora in Canada to Food for the Poor.
Education

PHOTOS: 50 Tablets Handed Over To The National Education Trust

Minister of Education and Youth, the Hon. Fayval Williams (second right) and State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (right), listen to a comment from Executive Director, Food for The Poor Jamaica, Kivette Silvera (second left). Occasion was a ceremony for the handover of 50 tablets and data cards to the...
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