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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, delivers her remarks at the Passing Out Parade of the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) Intake 2024/01, held at Up Park Camp, Kingston, on Thursday (May 22).

PHOTOS: Dr. Kasan Troupe at JNSC Passing Out Parade

Acting Director General at the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority JACRA, Wayne Hunter, speaks at a recent JIS Think Tank, held at the Agency’s Television Department, 5-9 South Odeon Avenue in Kingston.

JACRA to Plant Millions of Coffee and Cocoa Plants

The eight contestants vying for the title of Miss St. Thomas Festival Queen pause for a photo opportunity following their recent sashing ceremony at Whispering Bamboo Cove in the parish.

St. Thomas Festival Queen 2025 to Be Crowned on Saturday

Olympian Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce cuts the ribbon during the ceremony for the renaming of Ashoka Road to Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Drive on Sunday (May 25). Sharing the moment are Mayor of Kingston, Andrew Swaby (second right), Councillor for the Waterhouse division, Byron Clarke (right) and residents of Waterhouse.

Ashoka Road Renamed Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Drive

Chief Executive Officer of eLearning Jamaica Company Limited, Andrew Lee.

e-LJAM Partners with JTA to Roll Out Coding Labs in Primary Schools

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the National Minerals Week church service, held at the Black River Independent Baptist Church in St. Elizabeth on Sunday (May 25).

11 months ago Mining

Alpart to Reopen Soon

The process to reopen the Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) Alpart facility in Nain, St. Elizabeth, is set to commence in short order. This disclosure comes from Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, who was addressing the National Minerals Week church service, held at the Black River Independent Baptist Church in St. Elizabeth on May 25....

Programme Manager, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem (BIGEE) programme, Christopher Brown.

11 months ago CommerceIndustryInvestment

BIGEE Yielding Positive Results for MSMEs

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) is reporting that its Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (BIGEE) programme has yielded positive results within the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) sector. “We have seen an average increase of 25 per cent in sales for the companies that we have worked with and 15 per cent increase in employment, and they...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing Wednesday’s (May 22) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

11 months ago Office of the Prime Minister

Gov’t Implementing Policies to End Absolute Poverty

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government will continue to implement policies that will directly impact the lives of Jamaicans and contribute to ending absolute poverty in the country. Jamaica’s poverty prevalence for 2023 was estimated at 8.2 per cent, a decline from 16.7 per cent in 2021, which represents the lowest figure ever recorded since...

11 months ago Finance & Public ServiceLabourSocial Security

Pensioners Encouraged to Take Advantage of Mobile Life Certificate Drive

The Accountant General’s Department (AGD) is encouraging pensioners to take advantage of its upcoming mobile life certificate drive to submit their life certificates on time. Speaking with JIS News, Director of Corporate Communications and Public Relations at the AGD, David King, said timely submission of life certificates is crucial in ensuring that pensioners continue to receive payments. “This allows the...

General Manager, Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ), Gairy Taylor.

11 months ago EnvironmentLabour Day 2025

RPJ Supports National Labour Day Project

Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) is reinforcing its commitment to environmental sustainability through its support of the National Labour Day project in Mason River, Clarendon. The project is the establishment of an Environmental and Research Park at the designated site. General Manager, RPJ, Gairy Taylor, told JIS News that the entity will provide recycling bins and facilitate the collection of...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), explains the importance of trees to students of the Seaward Primary and Junior High School during a National Tree Planting Day exercise at the school on Olympic Way in St Andrew.

11 months ago EnvironmentLabour Day 2025

JCCF Partners with Entities for Labour Day Tree-Planting Initiative

Scores of cadets from the five islandwide regiments of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF) will join forces to plant more than 1,100 tree seedlings at various locations across the island on Labour Day, May 23. The tree-planting initiative will be carried out in collaboration with the Forestry Department’s five regional offices, the lead government agency for managing and conserving...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (sixth left), is photographed on Wednesday (May 21) at the Rio Cobre Water Treatment Plant project site in Content, St. Catherine, where excavation work is being carried out prior to the start of construction. Other participants (from left) are VINCI Construction Grands Projects Civil Works Supervisor, Abdul Khan, Project Manager, Thomas Savary, Jamaica Country Manager, Timothee Delebarre, and Director of Water, Geoffrey Desportes; Member of Parliament, St. Catherine North Central, Natalie Neita Garvey; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with Responsibility for Water, Hon. Matthew Samuda; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Arlene Williams; Acting President, National Water Commission (NWC), Kevin Kerr; Councillor, Sligoville Division, Dwight Burke; NWC Regional Manager, St. Catherine and Clarendon, Garwaine Johnson, Vice President, Enterprise Development Performance Management, Glaister Cunningham, and Water Production and Distribution Manager, André Brown; and Independent Engineer from N.O. Whyte and Associates Limited, Noel Whyte.

11 months ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentWater

Rio Cobre Treatment Plant to Boost Water Resilience in St. Catherine, Kingston and St. Andrew

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the construction of the Rio Cobre Water Treatment Plant in Content, St. Catherine, will enhance water resilience for residents in sections of St. Catherine, Kingston and St. Andrew. Dr. Holness was speaking while touring the project site on Wednesday (May 21), during which he expressed pleasure at seeing the plans for...