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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green.

Faster Turnaround For Fisheries Licences And Registration

Stakeholders in the fisheries sector will soon see a major reduction in the turnaround time for the processing of licence and registration applications. The Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry is working with the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU) in the Ministry of...
Forest Technician with the Forestry Department, Stephen Williams (left), oversees a tree-planting activity with student volunteers from the University of the West Indies (UWI) Rotaract Club. The volunteers (from second left) are Roshan Gordon, Valeska Morrison and Kimona Kenlock. The exercise was undertaken along a section of Highway 2000, in the vicinity of the Linstead Toll Plaza in St. Catherine. (File Photo)
Forest Technician with the Forestry Department, Stephen Williams (left), oversees a tree-planting activity with student volunteers from the University of the West Indies (UWI) Rotaract Club. The volunteers (from second left) are Roshan Gordon, Valeska Morrison and Kimona Kenlock. The exercise was undertaken along a section of Highway 2000, in the vicinity of the Linstead Toll Plaza in St. Catherine. (File Photo)

National Tree-Planting Initiative On Track
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green.

New Licensing And Registration System To Benefit Stakeholders In Fisheries Sector
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Clinical Management Summary For Tuesday, September 14, 2021
The Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.
The Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

Administration Of Pfizer Vaccine Suspended Until New Shipment Arrives

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Local Government

‘Drum A Di Gate’ Gets Positive Response

Director of Operations, National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Aretha McFarlane, says there has been positive response to the ‘Drum a Di Gate’ initiative. “So far it is good. Persons have been cooperating. They have been using the drums for the intended purpose,” she told JIS News in a recent interview. Launched in November 2020, ‘Drum a Di Gate’ aims...
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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the new licensing and registration system will be critical in helping with data management.
Fisheries

Fisheries Web-Based System To Reduce Time For Applications

Stakeholders in the fisheries sector can expect a reduction in the processing time for licensing and registration applications, under the developing fisheries licensing and registration system. The Government through the Finance Ministry’s Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), working with the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, is upgrading the manual processes involved in providing licensing and registration to stakeholders in the fisheries sector....
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Regional Vector Control Officer at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Ryan Morris. (Serena Grant Photo)
Health & Wellness

WRHA Strengthens Vector Control Programme

The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) says it has strengthened the capacity of its vector control programme to effectively prevent and control any future outbreaks of vector-borne diseases. In an interview with JIS News, Regional Vector Control Officer for the WRHA, Ryan Morris, informed that the health region resumed its enhanced vector control programme at the end of July, with...
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Education

Jamaica Customs Donates 60 Tablets To Two Primary Schools

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has donated 60 tablets valued at $1.2 million to two primary schools in St. James and St. Andrew. The institutions are Farm Primary and Infant in Green Pond and Edward Seaga Primary in Denham Town, which were presented with 30 tablets each on September 8 and September 9, respectively. Director of Internal Affairs at the...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda (left) and Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica, Scott Feeken (right), engaging with farmworker, Oniel Wright, during a send-off ceremony for agricultural workers at the National Insurance Fund premises in New Kingston on September 3.
Labour

Minister Plans To More Than Double Overseas Employment Programme

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, says he is looking forward to working with the relevant stakeholders for further development of the Overseas Employment Programme. He made the remarks at a send-off ceremony held recently at the New Kingston offices of the National Insurance Fund for farmworkers heading to the United States of America to take up...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), provides an update on the Government’s coronavirus) COVID-19 Vaccination Implementation Programme, during a press conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Friday (September 10). The press conference was attended by executives of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade unions (JCTU), who endorsed the initiative. They are (from second left) President, and Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers (JALGO) General Secretary, Helene Davis Whyte; Vice President, and Union of Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Personnel (UTASP) General Secretary, St. Patrice Ennis; and Assistant General Secretary, and University and Allied Workers Union (UAWU) Vice President, Clifton Grant.
Coronavirus

More Vaccines Expected This Week

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that more coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines are expected in the island this week. “We will see vaccines coming in every few weeks or, at least, every month going into the New Year,” he said, noting that the shipments will add to the approximately 1.1 million doses of vaccines received to...
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