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Winner of the Shared Corporate Services Jamaica (SCSJ) logo design competition, Ramon Nichols of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), shows off the logo, at the presentation ceremony held at the Transformation Implementation Unit
Winner of the Shared Corporate Services Jamaica (SCSJ) logo design competition, Ramon Nichols of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), shows off the logo, at the presentation ceremony held at the Transformation Implementation Unit's (TIU) Saxthorpe Avenue location in Kingston on Thursday (December 10). The logo will be used online, in print, and on merchandise for the SCSJ, which is expected to come on stream in January 2021.

JIS Employee Wins Logo Design For Gov’t Shared Corporate Services

Graphic Artist of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ramon Nichols, has emerged the winner of the Shared Corporate Services Jamaica (SCSJ) logo design competition. The winning logo will be used online, in print, and on merchandise for the SCSJ, which...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), examines the new iPad tablets customers will use in the banking hall of the renovated Scotiabank Centre in downtown Kingston, which the Prime Minister reopened, on Thursday (December 10). With the Prime Minister (from left) are Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Planning and the Public Service, Julian Robinson; Chairman, Scotia Group Jamaica, Jeffrey Hall; President and Chief Executive Officer, Scotia Group Jamaica, David Noel and Executive Vice President, Retail Banking, Scotiabank, Audrey Tugwell Henry.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), examines the new iPad tablets customers will use in the banking hall of the renovated Scotiabank Centre in downtown Kingston, which the Prime Minister reopened, on Thursday (December 10). With the Prime Minister (from left) are Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Planning and the Public Service, Julian Robinson; Chairman, Scotia Group Jamaica, Jeffrey Hall; President and Chief Executive Officer, Scotia Group Jamaica, David Noel and Executive Vice President, Retail Banking, Scotiabank, Audrey Tugwell Henry.

PM Says Jamaicans Should Embrace Digital Technology And Commerce
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.​
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.​

Inaugural Plastic Waste Management Conference A Success
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn. (JIS File Photo)
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn. (JIS File Photo)

Nurses And Midwives Hailed
Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addresses the House of Representatives on December 8.
Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addresses the House of Representatives on December 8.

Drug Samples And Photographs To Be Used As Evidence Of Large Exhibits In Court

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MPM Waste Management Limited Clears Mini Dumps From Main Roads And Town Centres

The MPM Waste Management Limited has embarked on a programme to identify and clear several mini- dumps in Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Catherine and St. Thomas. Regional Operations Manager of MPM Waste Management Limited, Mr. Adrian Grant, believes that these illegal dumps contribute to the infestation of rodents and as such they must be eradicated. “With the festive season fast...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, responds to questions from journalists during a media briefing at the Ministry on Thursday (December 10). Beside him is Minister of State in the Finance Ministry, Hon. Marsha Smith.
Finance & Public Service

Outstanding CARE Programme Payments To Be Made December

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says payments that are outstanding under two components of the Government’s $10-billion COVID-19 Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme, are expected to be made during December. Speaking during a media briefing on Thursday (December 10), Dr. Clarke noted that some payments under the Supporting Employees with the...
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Assistant Medical Officer of Health, St. Elizabeth Health Department , Dr. Kara Yap-Malcolm.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

St. Elizabeth Health Department Embarks On COVID-19 Sensitisation Blitz

The St. Elizabeth Health Department has embarked on an education and sensitisation campaign aimed at encouraging residents of the parish to strictly adhere to the coronavirus (COVID-19) safety measures during the festive season. Addressing Thursday's (December 10) monthly meeting of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in Black River, Assistant Medical Officer of Health for the parish, Dr. Kara Yap-Malcolm, said...
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Chairman of the Selection Committee for the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence, Warren Newby.
Youth

30 To Receive PM Youth Award For Excellence

Thirty outstanding young Jamaicans, who have excelled in various fields, will be presented with the Prime Minister’s National Youth Award for Excellence (PMNYAE), during a made-for-television ceremony to be broadcast on Sunday (December 13), starting at 5:00 p,m. During a recent interview with JIS News, Chairman of the Selection Committee for the PMNYAE, Warren Newby, said that more than 200...
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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), is presented with a tablet by Director, Administration and Special Projects, Kemtek Development and Construction Limited (KDC), Karl Tulloch (left), during the handover of 100 tablets donated by the corporate entity to five schools, in support of the Ministry’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child Initiative’. Also pictured is Director of Technical Services, KDC, Handel Tulloch. The ceremony was held at the Ministry, in Kingston, on Wednesday (December 9). The beneficiary schools are Steer Town Primary and Junior High, Annotto Bay Primary, York Town Primary, Seaward Primary and Junior High and Seaforth Primary.
Education

Company Donates 100 Tablets To Schools

Kemtek Development and Construction Limited (KDC) has donated 100 tablets valued at approximately $1.5 million to five schools, in support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child Initiative’. Beneficiaries are Steer Town Primary and Junior High, Annotto Bay Primary, York Town Primary, Seaward Primary and Junior High and Seaforth Primary. Each school will...
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