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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Most Hon. Juliet Holness (left), shares a photo opportunity with Programmes Manager of the Good Governance Project, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Headquarters (CPA HQ), Fraser McIntosh (second left); Clerk to the Houses of Parliament, Colleen Lowe (centre); Clerk of the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago and Branch Secretary of CPA in the country, Brian Caesar (second right); and President of the Senate, Senator the Hon. Thomas Tavares-Finson. Occasion was the CPA Benchmark Self-Assessment Exercise on Monday (January 13) at Gordon House in downtown Kingston. The CPA recommended Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures provide internationally recognised standards for good governance in parliamentary practices.

PHOTOS: CPA Benchmark Self-Assessment Exercise at Gordon House

Minister Outlines Achievements in Justice System

Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Chair, Trisha Williams-Singh.

ECC to Establish Special Needs Rooms in Select ECIs Across Jamaica

Chief Executive Officer of the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), Dr. Lorice Edwards Brown

NCRA Prevents $250 Million Worth of Goods from Being Placed on Shelves for Sale

Brigade Commander, Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Maritime Air and Cyber Command (MACC) and Officer Scheduling Exercise (OSE), Brigadier Elon Clarke, provides details about the JDF’s Exercise Event Horizon 2025, during a recent JIS Think Tank.

Exercise Event Horizon Will Sharpen Disaster and Emergency Response Across Region

Medical Officer of Health for Portland, Dr. Sharon Lewis, addressing the recent monthly meeting of the Portland Municipal Corporation in Port Antonio.

1 year ago Health & Wellness

Portland Health Department Urges Continued Dengue Fever Vigilance

The Portland Health Department has issued an appeal for residents to remain vigilant in protecting themselves against dengue fever even as the parish recorded a low positivity rate for the disease in 2024. Medical Officer of Health for Portland, Dr. Sharon Lewis, who was addressing the recent monthly meeting of the Portland Municipal Corporation, reported that 91 suspected cases of...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, inspects a mechanical harvester during a recent tour of the Frome Sugar Factory in Westmoreland.

1 year ago Agriculture

300 Agricultural Wardens Over Next Three Years

Three hundred agricultural wardens are to be trained over the next three years to combat praedial larceny and other agricultural crimes, says Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green. “These wardens are police officers who will be tasked to treat with agricultural crimes, and they will be deployed in praedial larceny hotspots,” he said. Minister Green, who was...

1 year ago EducationYouth

Enrol Children in Registered Early-Childhood Institutions – Williams-Singh

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is emphasising the importance of enrolling children in registered early-childhood institutions (ECIs). Speaking in an interview with JIS News, ECC Chair, Trisha Williams-Singh, said registration with the Commission guarantees that an ECI has met the minimum requirements for health and safety during inspection. She noted that it is often after adverse events, such as a...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

1 year ago Tourism

Tourism Minister Hails S Hotel Montego Bay

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has lauded S Hotel Montego Bay for being among the top-performing resorts in Jamaica and playing a key role in the island’s post-COVID-19 recovery. He was delivering remarks at a recent cocktail reception held at the hotel’s location at 7 Jimmy Cliff Avenue, to celebrate the property placing second on USA Today’s 10 Best...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, addressing the recent launch of the Blue Mountain Coffee Festival 2025 on the lawns of Devon House in Kingston.

1 year ago Agriculture

More Seedlings for Coffee Farmers

Coffee farmers are to benefit from the distribution of an additional 8,000 seedlings this January, says Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Minister, Hon. Floyd Green. The move, he said, is part of a broader coffee restoration and expansion programme, which includes support for short-term cash crops to provide farmers with immediate income while waiting for their coffee plants to mature. The...

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica’s National Quality Awards flyer.

1 year ago CommerceIndustryInvestment

BSJ Hosts National Quality Awards Ceremony on January 30

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) will host its 20th annual National Quality Awards (NQA) Ceremony and Banquet on Thursday, January 30, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel. Since its inception in 2004, the NQA Programme has stood as Jamaica’s premier quality system-based awards initiative, celebrating exceptional achievements in quality management systems across the manufacturing, service, agricultural and small business sectors....

Chief of Defence Staff, Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman (right), observes the fly past of aerial assets at the Kingston Waterfront during the opening ceremony for the third staging of Exercise Event Horizon 2025, held on the recreational lawns of the Bank of Jamaica, downtown Kingston, on January 13.

1 year ago National Security and Peace

Exercise Event Horizon Shows Partnerships Among Nations to Foster Regional Peace and Security – JDF Head

Chief of Defence Staff, Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, says the multinational, multiagency and multi-domain Exercise Event Horizon 2025 is a demonstration of partnerships among nations to foster regional peace and security. Exercise Event Horizon is a high-level validation programme designed to simulate real-world threats or disasters in a controlled environment. It provides participating nations and agencies with the opportunity to...