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Clarendon Alumina Production Limited also known as Jamalco, operates as a bauxite producer and alumina refiner. The company was incorporated in 1985 and is based in Jamaica.

The Regulatory Body The Pesticides Control Authority (PCA) is a statutory body of the Government of Jamaica, mandated through the Pesticides Act of 1975 to regulate, manage and control pesticide usage in Jamaica. Other Acts also impinge on pesticide control, but the Pesticides Act (1975) was legislated to allow for specific control of the pesticide industry. Embodied within the Pesticides Act (1975)...

Bauxite and Alumina Trading Company of Jamaica Limited (BATCO) is a limited liability company whose shares are Government owned and held by the Accountant General of Jamaica. The company acts as a marketing agent for Clarendon Alumina Production Limited (CAP) and Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM).

The National Health Fund is established to provide financial support to the national healthcare system to improve its effectiveness and the health of the Jamaican population through two categories of benefits. NHF Individual Benefits This benefit provides assistance to persons, initially, to purchase specific prescription drugs used in the treatment and management of designated chronic illnesses. The National Health Fund...

Emergent Phase (1930s to 1966) Family Planning Services were first available in Jamaica in the 1930s through the efforts of a number of committed individuals. In the 1950s, services were strengthened when social work associations and interest groups collaborated and established the Jamaica Family Planning Association. In 1963, the Government of Jamaica officially recognised problems associated with population growth and...

The National Council on Drug abuse was established in October 1983, by the then Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Edward Seaga, and assigned to the portfolio of the then Ministry of Science, Technology and Energy with Dr. Ronald Irvine as Chairman of the Council. In 1984, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Energy was disbanded, and the responsibility for the...

The Scientific Research Council serves the productive sector, policy makers and the general public in order to enable sustainable growth and development in Jamaica by : Providing Quality Scientific and Technological solutions (product/process research and development, policy advice, technology transfer); Popularizing Science and Technology through strategic alliances; and Being Customer-focused, with innovative, competent and responsive teams.

The Hope Institute, which was the brainchild of the Jamaica Cancer Society, opened its doors in March 1993 s a free hospital for cancer patients. It started out as a 52-bed hospital and was managed by consultative committee. The aim of the Cancer Society was to provide treatment and care, comparable to that available in private institutions and facilities overseas,...

The National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST) was established in 1993 and is a broad-based, cross-sectorial national advisory body to the government on policies and strategies relating to science and technology (S&T).

The primary goals of ICENS are to: conduct multi-disciplinary research related to the environmental chain; help provide up to date solutions to Jamaican developmental problems; contribute to the growth of a Jamaican cadre of excellent scientists and technologists.

Established in 2005, The e-Learning Jamaica Co. Ltd. is an Agency of the Ministry responsible for the Telecommunication portfolio. The Company is funded largely from the Universal Access Fund. Its core functions are; - to implement the e-Learning Project in the High Schools in the first instance - to promote the integration and infusion of technology in the education system...

Mission Bellevue Hospital has the legal responsibility to accept all persons needing psychiatric care and is committed to: Provide medical, nursing and rehabilitative services in a clean and safe environment, aimed at returning individuals to functioning levels in their community in the shortest possible time with referral to appropriate agencies, while facilitating teaching and research. Brief History  Bellevue Hospital, as...