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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right) presented a token of appreciation to the Mexican Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Juan José González Mijares, when the Ambassador visited the Ministry’s Knutsford Boulevard offices recently. During the visit they discussed possible ways to boost collaboration between both countries as well as the upcoming United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) Regional Commission for the Americas (CAM) meeting, scheduled for June 23-24, 2021, in Jamaica.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right) presented a token of appreciation to the Mexican Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Juan José González Mijares, when the Ambassador visited the Ministry’s Knutsford Boulevard offices recently. During the visit they discussed possible ways to boost collaboration between both countries as well as the upcoming United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) Regional Commission for the Americas (CAM) meeting, scheduled for June 23-24, 2021, in Jamaica.

PHOTO: Tourism Minister Meets with Mexican Ambassador to Jamaica

Standing, JEP Group CSR Officer, Patrice Howell, leads the needs assessment meeting held at Repooh Restaurant with the Old Harbour Bay Fisherfolk Council in March. Other individuals photographed include Mr. Ian Jones, Fisheries Officer, National Fisheries Authority (at the table to Patrice’s right), Mr. Kevin Baker, President of Old Harbour Bay Fisherfolk Council (at the table to Patrice’s left). Ms. Jacqueline Walker, Secretary of the Old Harbour Bay Fisherfolk Council (at the table to Patrice’s left taking notes). Other persons present were executive members of the council.
Standing, JEP Group CSR Officer, Patrice Howell, leads the needs assessment meeting held at Repooh Restaurant with the Old Harbour Bay Fisherfolk Council in March. Other individuals photographed include Mr. Ian Jones, Fisheries Officer, National Fisheries Authority (at the table to Patrice’s right), Mr. Kevin Baker, President of Old Harbour Bay Fisherfolk Council (at the table to Patrice’s left). Ms. Jacqueline Walker, Secretary of the Old Harbour Bay Fisherfolk Council (at the table to Patrice’s left taking notes). Other persons present were executive members of the council.

Jamaica Energy Partners Group To Host Fisherfolk Training Session This Month
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, delivers the closing 2021/22 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (June 15), under the theme ‘Recovering Faster, Stronger, and Better’. In the background (from left) are Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, delivers the closing 2021/22 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (June 15), under the theme ‘Recovering Faster, Stronger, and Better’. In the background (from left) are Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange.

Applications Accepted For Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme Sept. 1
National Coordinator for the Sickle Cell Programme at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Carol Lord.
National Coordinator for the Sickle Cell Programme at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Carol Lord.

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Minister of Tourism and Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, closing the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the Lower House, on Tuesday (June 15). Also pictured in the background (from left) are Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.
Minister of Tourism and Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, closing the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the Lower House, on Tuesday (June 15). Also pictured in the background (from left) are Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

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Acting Director of the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Deidre Hudson-Sinclair. ​
Transport

Road Safety Unit Calls On Parents To Safeguard Children

Acting Director of the Road Safety Unit (RSU) in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Deidre Hudson-Sinclair, is calling on parents and guardians to take greater responsibility in ensuring the safety and well-being of their children. Her call comes in light of statistics that show that 30 per cent of child road fatalities since the beginning of the year took...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.
Health & Wellness

Work On Tobacco Control Bill Progressing Well

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the work of the Joint Select Committee of Parliament on the Tobacco Control Bill is progressing well. The Minister told JIS News that he has seen “progress” in the submissions from several interest groups and that the manufacturing company, Carreras Group, is scheduled to address the Committee. “We are...
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Director, National Laboratory Services, Dr. Michelle Hamilton (left) and Jamaica’s Top Blood Donor, Sonya Binns Lawrence, point to Mrs. Binns Lawrence’s name on the Blood Donors Honour List. Occasion was the World Blood Donor Day Donor Awards held at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) in Kingston on Monday (June 14).
Health & Wellness

Young People Urged To Give Blood

Director of the National Laboratory Services, Dr. Michelle Hamilton, is calling on young people to voluntarily give blood and to also encourage their peers to donate. “It has been well recognised that the best way of sustaining a blood donation system is through voluntary blood donors and so we are asking persons to donate.  In several territories, blood is given...
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Mobile Blood Pressure Machines at a handover ceremony, on Monday (June 14), at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, in New Kingston. They have been donated by the Rotary Club of St. Andrew North. The equipment will be distributed to 15 hospitals, including 13 in the rural areas.
Health & Wellness

Hospitals To Receive Mobile Blood Pressure Machines

Fifteen hospitals, including 13 in the rural areas, will receive mobile blood pressure machines and arm cuffs of assorted sizes, State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, has disclosed. Speaking at the handover of the equipment by the Rotary Club of St. Andrew North, in New Kingston on Monday (June 14), the State Minister said...
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Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira.
Industry

JBDC Hosts Three-Part Lecture Series To Stimulate Textile Sector

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) will be hosting a virtual three-part lecture series in June, under the theme ‘Festival of the Cloth –Conversations Across Continents, Cultural Retention and Mergers in Products and Processes’. Chief Executive Officer, JBDC, Valerie Veira, said the initiative is a part of the organisation’s efforts to stimulate the textile ecosystem and to encourage local designers...
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