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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Sancia Bennett Templer (right), greets Executive Director of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Dr. Velton Gooden, while Chair of the BSJ Standards Council, Jacqueline Millington, looks on. The exchange took place following the launch ceremony for the BSJ’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Accessibility Standards, held at the Bureau’s Multipurpose Facility in Kingston on Wednesday (February 25).

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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Sancia Bennett Templer, has urged public and private-sector stakeholders to begin immediate implementation of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT)...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Sancia Bennett Templer, delivers remarks during the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) launch of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Accessibility Standards. The event took place at the BSJ Multipurpose Facility in Kingston on Wednesday (February 25).

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Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director, Omar Sweeney (second right), affixes his signature to the contract to rehabilitate Bath Botanical Gardens in St. Thomas, during Thursday’s (February 5) contract-signing ceremony at JSIF’s Richmond Avenue offices in Kingston. Also participating in the signing (from left) are Chief Technical Director, Special Projects in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Courtney Cole; Project Manager at SM Quality Construction, Roger Smith; and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson.

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