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Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Matthew Samuda (left) and Manager of the Ecosystems Management Branch at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Monique Curtis, participate in a recent JIS Think Tank.

Significance of Wetlands Highlighted

Jamaica’s wetlands are providing natural protection valued at tens of millions of dollars annually, reducing the impact of storm surge, flooding and erosion, while safeguarding coastal communities and critical infrastructure. This was highlighted during a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, where...

Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay, addresses Wednesday’s (January 28) Data Privacy Conference, co-hosted by the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) and the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica, at UTech in St. Andrew.

Organisations Urged to Strengthen Privacy Accountability

Director of Complaints Resolution and Compliance in the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC), Andree Holness.

Jamaicans Urged to Know Their Data Rights

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 27).

Areas Designated as Entertainment Zones to Be Announced Soon

Executive Director of the National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris Ghartey, delivers remarks during the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) In Action Expo, held on Thursday (January 29) at the Chinese Benevolent Association in St. Andrew.

NET Executive Director Urges Students to Embrace Critical Thinking

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, and High Commissioner of India to Jamaica, His Excellency Mayank Joshi, raise a toast to India during the celebration of the country’s 77th Republic Day. The event was hosted at India House in Kingston on Monday (January 26).

2 months ago Foreign Affairs

PHOTOS: Minister Johnson Smith Attends India’s Republic Day Reception

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, addresses the 21st Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Regional Investment and Capital Markets Conference, held recently at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston

2 months ago CommerceIndustryInvestment

Minister Hill Urges Consortiums for JSE Listings

Companies seeking to list on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) are being urged to form consortiums as a strategy to access capital for growth. The call came from Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, during his address at the JSE’s 21st Regional Investment and Capital Markets Conference, held recently at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in...

Some students of the Petersfield High School in Westmoreland.

2 months ago EducationYouth

Education Ministry Says No Child Must Be Denied Access to Public Schools

A bulletin has been issued by the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information (MoESYI) reminding school leaders and stakeholders that every child has a right to education and must not be denied access to public schools. The Ministry has reiterated that exclusion of children from school constitutes a violation of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Hon. Rhoda Moy Crawford (seated left), observes as Principal of Muschette High School in Trelawny, Leighton Johnson (seated, second left), and Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Kohei Maruyama, sign an agreement for the provision of two school buses for the institution on Tuesday (January 27) at the Education Ministry’s Student Assessment Unit Conference Room, Caenwood Centre, Kingston. Also participating are Executive Director of the National Education Trust, Latoya Harris-Ghartey; Board Chairman of Muschette High School, Paul Muschette, and students of the institution.

2 months ago EducationForeign AffairsYouth

Japan Donates Two School Buses to Muschette High

Students of Muschette High School in Trelawny will benefit from safer, more reliable transportation through a grant agreement with the Embassy of Japan for two school buses. The agreement was formalised on Tuesday (January 27) during a grant-signing ceremony at the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information’s Student Assessment Unit Conference Room at the Caenwood Centre in Kingston, under...

Commissioner, Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Stewart Beckford, provides details regarding the number of structural fires that occurred in 2025, during a recent interview with JIS News at his office located on Hagley Park Road in Kingston.

2 months ago CommunityDevelopmentLocal Government

JFB Reports Decline in Residential Fires

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) has reported a mixed trend in structural fires across the island for 2025, with commercial building fires showing a marginal increase, while residential fires recorded a slight decline. Commissioner, JFB, Stewart Beckford, told JIS News that of the 11,048 genuine fire calls received last year, 1,555 or 14 per cent were structural fires. “We responded...

Minister with Responsibility for Works in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development, Hon. Robert Morgan, addresses a recent post-Cabinet Press Briefing at Jamaica House.

2 months ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentWorks / Construction

One Road Authority Policy Framework Approved

The Government is set to begin phase one of the implementation of Jamaica’s One Road Authority (ORA), following Cabinet’s approval of the policy framework for the creation of the executive agency, which will regulate road performance and standards across the island, while directly implementing works on national main roads. The approval mandates a two-phase pathway for the implementation of the...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the International Economic Forum, Latin America and the Caribbean 2026 in Panama on January 28.

2 months ago DevelopmentForeign AffairsPrime Minister

Region Must Become More Assertive in Global Space – PM

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean must move beyond the narrative of vulnerability and become more assertive within the global space. He argued that for far too long the region has been described primarily through a language of vulnerability, but that “vulnerability is not our destiny”. “Our region possesses...