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Chief Executive Officer of the Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter.

PICA Acquiring New Border Security Management System

The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) is in the process of procuring a new border security management system, to better enable the entity to collect, process, and analyse information on persons entering the country. Speaking with JIS News, the...

Transport Authority Managing Director, Ralston Smith (right), addresses a press conference held at the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport’s Maxfield Avenue offices in Kingston on Tuesday (October 24). Also pictured (from left) are Transport Authority Chairman, Owen Ellington; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Carol Palmer; and Portfolio Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz.

63 PPV Operators Charged for Excess Fares

Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council (LAC), Dian Watson.

Increased Access to Justice for PWDs

Minister Without Portfolio with Responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses Wednesday’s (October 25) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

National Partnership Council to be Institutionalised

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, converses with Executive Director, Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr. Joy St. John, during yesterday’s (October 24) project launch of the ‘Using District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2) to strengthen cancer registration data systems in low-resourced countries: from Rwanda to Jamaica’, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

Cancer Registration Data Systems Being Strengthened

2 years ago Industry

Tax Offices Service Convenience This Saturday, October 28

The Tax Authority will be operating select Tax Offices this Saturday, October 28, 2023, as it continues to provide weekend services every last Saturday of the month for the 2023/24 financial year. The following Tax Offices will operate this Saturday between the hours of 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.: • St. Andrew (Constant Spring) • Montego Bay (FCJ Building at...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Franklin Witter (at podium), addresses a Public Health Inspectors Sensitisation Session at Hibiscus Lodge in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on Tuesday (October 24).

2 years ago AgricultureFisheriesHealth & Wellness

Ministry Wants Collective Effort to Combat Praedial Larceny

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has called for a collective effort to combat praedial larceny, which has plagued the nation for years. State Minister, Hon. Franklin Witter, made the appeal during a Public Health Inspectors Sensitisation Session at Hibiscus Lodge in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on October 24. He argued that it will take State agencies, the private...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon.

2 years ago EducationOffice of the Prime Minister

Tertiary Institutions to be Included in Apprenticeship Programme

Tertiary institutions will be targeted under the HEART/NSTA Trust’s revamped apprenticeship programme, which is slated to be launched next year. The initiative is aimed at ensuring that the workforce is equipped with the skillsets to meet labour-market demand. Speaking with JIS News, Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator...

Technical Information Officer at the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Latanniya Johnson.

2 years ago Health & WellnessScience

SRC’S Conversations in Science Series Turns Spotlight on Men’s Mental Health

The eighth staging of the Scientific Research Council (SRC) ‘Conversations in Science Series’ will focus on men’s mental health under the theme ‘Zero Male Suicide: Men’s Life Matter’. The event is set for October 26 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James. Speaking with JIS News, Technical Information Officer at the SRC, Latanniya Johnson, said the...

Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth Northwest, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson

2 years ago AgricultureEducationYouth

St. Elizabeth Northwest Students Benefit from Chicken-Rearing Project

One hundred students from six schools in St. Elizabeth Northwest benefited from a chicken-rearing pilot project, which was initiated during the last academic year. Providing details in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 24), Member of Parliament, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, said that the students, who were recommended by teachers, received baby chicks and feed. “They were required to rear...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith (at podium), addresses the United Nations (UN) Club Colloquium held on Tuesday (October 24) at Hillel Academy in St. Andrew to mark UN Day. This year’s observance marked the 78th anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Charter on October 24, 1945. The Charter sets out the rights and obligations of Member States and establishes the principal organs and procedures of the UN.

2 years ago EducationForeign AffairsYouth

PHOTOS: Education State Minister Addresses UN Clubs

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith (at podium), addresses the United Nations (UN) Club Colloquium held on Tuesday (October 24) at Hillel Academy in St. Andrew to mark UN Day. This year’s observance marked the 78th anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Charter on October 24, 1945. The Charter sets...

Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural and State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn, speaks in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 24).

2 years ago National Security and Peace

Work Far Advanced on New Stony Hill Police Station

Work is far advanced on the new Stony Hill Police Station in St. Andrew West Rural, Member of Parliament (MP), Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn, has informed. Making her contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 24), Mrs. Cuthbert Flynn, who is also Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security,...