Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says that thousands of Jamaican hospitality workers will benefit from the protection of an amendment to the Shipping Act, which is expected to be passed in the House of Representatives today.The Bill, titled ‘An Act to Amend the Shipping Act’ or the ‘Shipping (Amendment) Act 2020’, was tabled by Minister of Transport and Mining Robert Montague in the House of Representatives last week Tuesday.
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Bartlett sees huge benefits from Shipping Act amendment
BIG BEAR LAKE (CBSLA) — Authorities are asking for the public’s help to find the driver who hit a woman as she walked across a street in Big Bear Lake and left her severely injured. (credit: San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department) The collision happened at about 8:55 p.m. last Friday on Bartlett Road. Detectives say 62-year-old Emillee Wang of Big Bear Lake was crossing the street when she was hit by a pickup truck. Wang suffered severe injuries, according to authorities. The driver did not stop to help Wang. The truck was last seen going south on Bartlett Road, toward the area of Big Bear Lake. It was described as a light-colored, newer model, crew-cab Ford F-150 truck. Anyone with information about this crash or the truck can contact the San Bernardino County sheriff’s Big Bear Station at (909) 866-0100.
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Woman, 62, Severely Injured In Big Bear Hit-And-Run
TOURISM Minister Edmund Bartlett is calling for collaboration between Caribbean media interests, and public and private sector entities to develop strategies designed to strengthen regional resilience to the impact of climate change.He noted that Jamaica and the wider Caribbean have a major stake in how the climate change phenomenon is dealt with, adding that “we do not have to look very far to see why”.
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Bartlett calls for collaboration to counter climate change
The People’s National Party (PNP) shadow minister of tourism Dr Wykeham McNeill has called on the Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett to immediately reinstate the Craft Council, which he said had ceased functioning with the change of administration.
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The Craft Council must be reinstated without delay, says McNeill
