The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is encouraging livestock owners to be proactive in preventing heat stress in their animals. According to the University of Minnesota, heat stress occurs when animals generate and absorb more heat than they can easily get rid of by respiration, sweating and air blowing. Senior livestock Specialist at RADA, Maxine Brown, told JIS News that...

The Trade Board Limited (TBL) is encouraging exporters to apply for certificates of origin to benefit from duty concessions. Issuing of the certificate of origin enables qualifying Jamaican products, exported under various preferential trade agreements, to be granted concession in the form of duty free or reduction of duty. Public Relations Officer at the TBL, Rushelle Whyte, said that having...

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) continues its commitment to advancing transformation and modernisation in the public sector, through the upcoming Regional Public Sector Leadership Development Conference, scheduled for July 9 to 12, 2024. Themed: ‘Sustaining Public Sector Transformation through Leadership for Service Excellence’, the annual conference builds on the Government of Jamaica's Service Excellence Policy introduced in 2022....

The National Education Trust (NET) has called on Jamaicans at home and in the diaspora to maintain their support for initiatives aimed at improving the country's education sector. “We have many needs in the education sector that I’m sure you are well aware of and, of course, we can accept [donations] to cover specific activities or specific projects,” said Director,...

An off-ramp being constructed at a cost of $320 million to link Freetown in Clarendon to the East-West leg of Highway 2000 is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2025. This was disclosed by Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during Wednesday’s (June 26) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He also announced that...

The National Housing Trust, NHT, are winners of the inaugural Public Sector Productivity Competition. The announcement was made at an awards ceremony, on Friday June 21, 2024. The competition, which was organised by the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC), through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, was geared towards encouraging public bodies to implement innovative strategies to improve productivity and...

The Government is looking to provide more affordable broadband service to more Jamaicans in underserved communities across the country. This was stated by Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with direct oversight for Skills, Digital Transformation and Information, Senator the Hon. Dr. Dana Morris Dixon, during the eGov Digital Public Service Strategic Discussion at Jamaica House...