The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is extending the application deadline and calling on Jamaica and the wider Caribbean to submit their innovative ideas for the seventh Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas. Registration reopens on September 5 and will close on the 15th. The Regional Platform will be held virtually November 1 to...

Registration for participation in the Seventh Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP21) will resume by September 5. The Regional Platform, which was slated to be held July 8 to 10, 2020 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, had to be postponed due to the global health pandemic. The event will now be hosted virtually from...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is advising residents of St. Thomas, that its Customer Census Mapping Project will be moving into several communities across the parish, starting September 2021. The Customer Census Mapping Project involves NWC field representative's carrying out, door-to-door survey of existing and potential customers, as well as network mapping utilizing global positioning system (GPS) devices.    The digital...

Jamaica Constabulary Force, Sub Officer in Charge of the Anti-TIP (Vice Squad), Detective Inspector Kemisha Gordon, is appealing to citizens to exercise diligence when pursuing certain advertised job offers. She told JIS News that the unit is aware of persons being victims of human trafficking locally as a result of dubious job opportunities taken up. “We want to implore persons...

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) is encouraging entrepreneurs to invest in vegetable cultivation for the hospitality sector. Manager for JAMPRO’s Sales and Promotions Division, with responsibility for agribusiness, Marlene Porter, says there are numerous market opportunities for fresh vegetables, especially in the hotel sector. “What we have seen is, with COVID-19 we [had] a dip taking place there. However, we don’t...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is advising the public that it will be conducting its Customer Census Mapping Project in the parish of St. Elizabeth starting Monday, September 6, 2021. The NWC Customer Census Mapping Project involves a door-to-door survey of existing and potential NWC customers and mapping them using global positioning system (GPS) devices so that the NWC can...

Ten women business owners will receive financial and business development support to scale up their business operations under the Women in Entrepreneurship Support (WES) Project Phase II. Under the project, participants will have access to a suite of business development services, including training, with the aim of building capacity, attracting investment opportunities, and increasing market share and revenue of small...