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Chairman of the Betting Gaming & Lotteries Commission, Gary Peart explains the importance of the amendments to the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Act at a JIS Think Tank on May 20.
Chairman of the Betting Gaming & Lotteries Commission, Gary Peart explains the importance of the amendments to the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Act at a JIS Think Tank on May 20.

Changes to Gaming Law Will Increase Revenues for Government – BGLC Chairman

Proposed amendments to the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act is likely to result in increased revenues for the Government, and economic growth for entrepreneurs in the industry, says Chairman of the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Gary Peart. Noting...
Chairman of the Betting Gaming & Lotteries Commission, Gary Peart explains the importance of the amendments to the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Act at a JIS Think Tank on May 20.
Chairman of the Betting Gaming & Lotteries Commission, Gary Peart explains the importance of the amendments to the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Act at a JIS Think Tank on May 20.

Inaugural Gaming Summit May 29
Principal Director of Culture at the Ministry of Youth and Culture Dahlia Harris makes a point at the Jamaica Information Service Think Tank held on Thursday, May 15, at the agency’s head office in Kingston. Discussions focused on activities for Workers’ Week and Labour Day 2014 under the theme, “Take a Stand… Beautify Our Land.”
Principal Director of Culture at the Ministry of Youth and Culture Dahlia Harris makes a point at the Jamaica Information Service Think Tank held on Thursday, May 15, at the agency’s head office in Kingston. Discussions focused on activities for Workers’ Week and Labour Day 2014 under the theme, “Take a Stand… Beautify Our Land.”

Police Stations Selected as Labour Day Parish Projects
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism & Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford, highlights aspects of the Entertainment Registry to be established July 31, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on May 15.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism & Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford, highlights aspects of the Entertainment Registry to be established July 31, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on May 15.

Entertainment Registry to be Established in July
Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Clyde Harrison, highlights projects and programmes being financed by the entity, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Clyde Harrison, highlights projects and programmes being financed by the entity, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

TEF Spends $2 Billion on Projects to Improve Tourism

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Chief Strategic Planner at Carrington Direct project management Services, Carrington Morgan (centre) outlines activities and events to be rolled out under the CRP/GASPRO street-style cook up project at a JIS Think Tank session on April 22 at the JIS head office, Half-Way Tree Road. Also participating in the session are: Sales Manager at GAS PRODUCTS Limited, Nicola Dawson, (left) and Technical Specialist for Socio-Economic Development Community Renewal Programme (CRP) at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Charmaine Brimm (right).
JIS Think Tank

Inner-City Cooks to Showcase Skills on May 17

Budding chefs and household cooks in the inner-city communities of Southside and Tel-Aviv in downtown Kingston will get a chance to showcase and improve their talent on Saturday, May 17, as Gas Products Limited (GASPRO) partner with the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) to stage the first ‘GASPRO Street Style Cook-up’ at Tower Street in Parade Gardens, Kingston. The initiative,...
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Senior Director in the Policy and Monitoring division of the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Patricia Snow-Young (centre) addresses the JIS Think Tank, where the Ministry’s island wide consultation on the water sector policy, was launched. Engineering Manager at Rural Water Supply Limited Peter Clarke (left), also participated in the session.
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Water Sector Policy Consultations Begin Thursday

The public will be given an opportunity to influence the recently drafted Water Sector Policy, through a series of public consultations to be staged at key locations island wide, starting April 10. The consultations will outline the policy in detail, and capture the views of the public. This was disclosed by Senior Director in the Policy and Monitoring division of...
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Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Youth Award Selection Committee, Mr. Ohene Blake, speaking about the awards to be handed out in April, at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held on March 19, at the agency’s head office on Half-Way-Tree Road, Kingston.
JIS Think TankPrime Minister

PM Youth Awards Celebrates ‘Sweet Sixteen’

The Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence will be celebrating its “sweet sixteen” birthday this year with a number of changes, which the organisers say will make the 2014 staging one with a difference. The Awards, which is recognised as the most prestigious national honour bestowed upon outstanding young Jamaicans between 15 and 24 years, will be held under the...
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Cargo ships in port at the Port of Kingston.
JIS Think TankTransport

Maritime Authority Ready for Expansion of Panama Canal

The Maritime Authority of Jamaica is prepared to receive larger vessels (New Panamax) that are likely to call at Jamaica’s ports following the expansion of the Panama Canal in 2015. This was disclosed by Director General of the Maritime Authority, Rear Admiral Peter Brady at a JIS Think Tank on March 26. He explained the implications of larger vessels coming...
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JUTC buses.
JIS Think TankTransport

New Rules Coming for KMTR Sub-Franchise Operators

As of April 8, all buses operating on Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) sub-franchise routes in the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR) are required to bear the same yellow colour as JUTC buses, and have identifying stickers on the back and front windshields. The public is therefore advised to take only buses that are colour-coded and bearing the specified identifying...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ on March 26. The State Minister supported the call for more women Parliamentarians and spoke about the 27th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas (COPA), to be held at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, Montego Bay, St. James, from March 29-31.
JIS Think Tank

27TH COPA Meeting for Montego Bay This Weekend

Jamaica will for the first time, host the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas (COPA), and the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas. Parliamentarians and other political figures from the region and various countries in the Americas will converge at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ on March 26. The State Minister supported the call for more women Parliamentarians and spoke about the 27th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas (COPA), to be held at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, Montego Bay, St. James, from March 29-31.
JIS Think Tank

State Minister Supports Call for More Female Parliamentarians

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, is supporting the call for more women parliamentarians in Jamaica. Mrs. Ffolkes-Abrahams, who is a member of the Executive Committee of the Confederation of Parliaments of the Americas (COPA), said the focus should be on increasing the democratic base for participation of women in politics in...
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