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Executive Director of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), Dr. Warren Vernon.
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Document Recovery Programme to Become a Permanent NIRA Feature

By: Latonya Linton, April 2, 2026
The Document Recovery Programme, designed to help citizens replace vital documents that have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, is poised to become a permanent feature of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA). Executive Director, Dr. Warren Vernon, made the disclosure during an interview with JIS News. He noted that the programme was first introduced in response to the passage of Hurricane Melissa in October 2025. “What we realised is, there are so many persons out there who would have lost their documentation, and some...
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Senior Deputy Governor, Bank of Jamaica, Dr. Wayne Robinson, emphasises a point during an interview with JIS News on April 1.
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Monetary Policy Tools Will Be Used to Deal with Expected Spike in Inflation – BOJ

By: Chris Patterson, April 2, 2026
Minister Without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Science, Technology and Special Projects, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (second right), shares the lens with (from left) Regional Director and Representative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Regional Office for the Caribbean, Eric Falt; Director General of UNESCO, Professor Khaled El-Enany; and Head of Cooperation for the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Jamaica, Aniceto Rodriguez Ruiz. The occasion was the presentation of Jamaica’s AI Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM) Report, launched on Wednesday (April 1) at Jamaica House. The assessment was completed in partnership with UNESCO, with funding support from the EU.
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Jamaica Lays Strong Foundation for AI Governance

By: Vanessa James, April 2, 2026
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ANDREW MICHAEL HOLNESS

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Minister Without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Science, Technology and Special Projects, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (second right), shares the lens with (from left) Regional Director and Representative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Regional Office for the Caribbean, Eric Falt; Director General of UNESCO, Professor Khaled El-Enany; and Head of Cooperation for the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Jamaica, Aniceto Rodriguez Ruiz. The occasion was the presentation of Jamaica’s AI Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM) Report, launched on Wednesday (April 1) at Jamaica House. The assessment was completed in partnership with UNESCO, with funding support from the EU.
Minister Without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Science, Technology and Special Projects, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (second right), shares the lens with (from left) Regional Director and Representative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Regional Office for the Caribbean, Eric Falt; Director General of UNESCO, Professor Khaled El-Enany; and Head of Cooperation for the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Jamaica, Aniceto Rodriguez Ruiz. The occasion was the presentation of Jamaica’s AI Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM) Report, launched on Wednesday (April 1) at Jamaica House. The assessment was completed in partnership with UNESCO, with funding support from the EU.

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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, joins volunteers in planting a tree at the Lowe River Forest Reserve in Trelawny, following the launch of the Reforestation, Ecological Enhancement and Landscape Framework (RE-LEAF) initiative on Wednesday (March 25). Looking on are State Minister in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert (left), and Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Matthew Samuda (right).
March 27, 2026
Managing Partner and Operations Director of Jamaica Tower Farms, Kerrie-Anne Gray, carefully removes a seedling from an aeroponic tower at her commercial farm in Havendale, St. Andrew, to demonstrate the early stages of growth in the soilless cultivation system.
March 26, 2026
Special Envoy for Climate Change, Professor Dale Webber (left), looks at the exhibition of the various projects completed under the Government of Jamaica/Adaptation Fund Programme (GOJ/AFP), at the initiative’s close-out ceremony, held at the Summit in Kingston on Tuesday (March 24). He is joined by (from left) Programme Manager for the GOJ/AFP, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Shelia McDonald-Miller; Director General of the PIOJ, Dr. Wayne Henry and Member of the Programme’s Steering Committee, Eleanor Jones. The programme, which was implemented in 2013, has achieved or surpassed its various objectives associated with increasing climate resilience in Jamaica.
March 25, 2026
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