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Executive Director of the Office of the Director General of Expo 2020 Dubai, His Excellency, Najeeb Al Ali, speaking at the national flag raising ceremony for Jamaica National Day held on February 18 at the Al Wasl Plaza in Dubai.

Jamaica Expresses Appreciation to UAE For Its Hospitality

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, has thanked the Government and people of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for their hospitality and support to the Jamaican delegation at World Expo 2020 Dubai. From...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton

Public Service Announcement – Vaccination Blitz February 19 and 20, 2022

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), listens while Jamalco’s Powerhouse Reconstruction Manager, Natalie Sparkes (right), points out aspects of the restoration work at the company during Wednesday's (February 16), tour of the Halse Hall, Clarendon, facility. Pictured at left is Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.

Jamalco Lauded For Resilience After Major Fire

Traffic congestion in Montego Bay, St. James. The perimeter road should alleviate this problem.

Businesses And Residents In Montego Eagerly Await Bypass

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

The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is staging a Safer Sex Week Instagram Live session on Friday, February 18. Contributed Photo

4 years ago Health & WellnessYouth

NFPB Stages Safer Sex Instagram Live For Youngsters

The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is inviting adolescents and young people, ages 16 to 24, to participate in a Safer Sex Week Instagram Live session on Friday, February 18. The event is focused on bringing awareness to the issues surrounding adolescent sexual reproductive health and will seek to dispel myths and provide information about safe spaces. It will also...

Research Scientist at the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Johann Antoine.

4 years ago CommerceIndustry

Partnership Urged On Research Into Lead Exposure

Chairman of the Paint and Surface Coatings Technical Committee at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Johann Antoine, is calling for partnership on research to determine lead exposure levels in Jamaica. He noted that such collaboration is one of the greatest needs in the fight against lead poisoning from paint. Mr. Antoine, who is a research scientist at the International...

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.

4 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTourism

Collective Approach Needed To Overcome COVID-19 – Minister Bartlett

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is calling for a more collective and inclusive approach among countries globally to overcome the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, particularly in relation to vaccine access. Speaking during a Global Tourism Resilience Forum at EXPO2020 Dubai on Thursday (February 17), Mr. Bartlett said countries have generally “not learned to respond together to global actions” citing the pandemic...

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).

4 years ago AgricultureFisheries

Food Security The Ultimate Goal For MOAF

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (MOAF) Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says the Government is committed to achieving food security on the island. “Our goal is to ensure that we can achieve the ultimate goal of food security, meeting our local production demand and getting to the point where we can be able to support the expanding hotel industry, as well...

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.

4 years ago 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...

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.

4 years ago 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...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (at podium), addressing the launch of Global Tourism Resilience Day at EXPO2020 Dubai on Thursday (February 17).

4 years ago 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...