Director-designate of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr., was sworn into office on Tuesday (January 31), during a ceremony in the United States (US) capital, Washington DC. He succeeds Dr. Carissa Etienne, under whose tenure he served as Assistant Director, and will commence his five-year term on Wednesday (February 1). Dr. Etienne, a native...

The Ministry of Tourism has endorsed the celebration of Reggae Month 2023, which commences on Wednesday, February 1. Reggae Month 2023 was launched on Sunday (January 29), during a Church Service at Fellowship Tabernacle in Kingston. Director, Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald Riley, who brought remarks on behalf of Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said the celebration is one...

A motorist who fails to yield the right of way to an emergency vehicle will be fined $25,000 under the new Road Traffic Act and Regulations, which takes effect today (February 1). According to the Regulations, driving a vehicle closer than 50 metres behind an emergency vehicle or stopping a vehicle within 100 metres of where the emergency vehicle has...

Motorists brave the mid-morning sun outside the Corporate Area Traffic Court on South Camp Road on Tuesday (January 31), in a final effort to settle outstanding traffic tickets ahead of the new Road Traffic Act coming into effect on Wednesday (February 1). The Government had offered motorists with outstanding tickets a reprieve to allow them to pay their fines and...

Jamaica’s interests and those of other developing countries will be advanced as a result of India’s Presidency of the G-20 (Group of 20 countries). India’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Runsung Masakui, gave this undertaking from a speech of the Hon. President of the Republic of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, at a celebratory event held on January 26 at...

Winner of Television Jamaica’s All Together Sing Competition for 2022, the Manchester High School Choir, has been gifted with an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson-Smith and Consul General of Jamaica to New York, Alsion Wilson, surprised the choir’s Director, Oren Thomas, with the gift during an episode...

Beginning February, all certificates produced by the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) will be printed on a new security paper with enhanced features. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Charlton McFarlane, told JIS News that the agency expects to start using the paper by the last week of February. He said this is being done in a bid to prevent the documents from...