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Chairman of the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ), Lyttleton Shirley.

St. Thomas Population Growth Expected to Drive Business At Morant Bay Urban Centre

Clients at the Morant Bay Urban Centre in St. Thomas can anticipate strong business growth, driven by the population expansion taking place in the eastern parish. This declaration comes from Chairman of the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ), Lyttleton Shirley....

(FILE) Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, joins students in an exercise routine at a National School Moves Day event at Manchester High School in Mandeville in 2024.

April 24 Is National School Moves Day

Senior Plant Health and Food Safety Officer with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Francine Webb, is encouraging farmers to prioritise water conservation during the dry season.

Mixed Weather Conditions Forecast for Jamaica During April to September

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), and Chief Financial Officer of the Hanover Municipal Corporation, Romeo Daley, display a cheque donated by the Jamaican Diaspora to benefit the Hanover Infirmary. The presentation took place on Tuesday (April 21) at the Ministry in downtown Kingston.

Jamaicans In Washington DC Donate Funds to Hanover Infirmary

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Hon. Rhoda Moy Crawford (third left), along with (from left) United States Chargé d’Affaires to Jamaica, Scott Renner; Principal of Bethany Primary, Prudence Bennett-Blake; Executive Director of the National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris-Ghartey, and Senior Defence Officer attached to the United States (US) Southern Command Humanitarian Assistance Programme, Lieutenant Angel Lopez Jr., celebrate the official handover of two 1,000-gallon tanks to the Bethany Primary School in Manchester, on April 22.

Primary Schools Receive Water Tanks

Principal of Duckenfield Primary and Infant School in St. Thomas, Stafford Thomas, and Education Officer for Region Two in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Marcia Dallas-McKenzie, unveil the sign to the institution

4 weeks ago EducationYouth

New Library Opened At Duckenfield Primary School In St. Thomas

Students at Duckenfield Primary and Infant School in St. Thomas now enjoy an enhanced learning environment with the official opening of a new library on Tuesday (April 21) a milestone hailed as a major boost to academic achievement and creativity among the student body. The facility, unveiled during a ceremony themed ‘Opening Minds, One Book at a Time – From...

Counsellor and Centre Manager, St. Thomas Teen Hub, Chantal Williams, engages students during a discussion on sexual assault awareness at the centre

4 weeks ago Health & WellnessYouth

Teen Hub St. Thomas Hosts Sexual Assault Awareness Sessions for Youth

High school students from St. Thomas have benefited from a series of sessions aimed at raising their awareness about sexual assault. The three interactive and informative sessions, hosted by the Teen Hub at its Morant Bay location, engaged adolescents in frank and age-appropriate discussions on the issue. Centre Manager, Teen Hub, St. Thomas, Chantal Williams, told JIS News that the...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the Olympic Court Housing Development community meeting at the complex

4 weeks ago Local GovernmentPrime Minister

NSWMA to Intensify Derelict Vehicle Removal

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) will be intensifying efforts to clear derelict and abandoned vehicles from public spaces under its bulky waste removal programme. Addressing the Olympic Court Housing Development community meeting at the complex’s Kingston 11 location on April 19, Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said that the NSWMA has been given the directive...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), being interviewed by Radio Host, Gary West, from out of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, at a two-day radio remote, held at the Sandals Ochi Beach Resort in St. Ann, from April 20-21.

4 weeks ago Tourism

Tourism Minister Describes Two-Day Global Radio Remote As Highly Effective

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has described Jamaica’s two-day global radio remote as highly effective, following the April 20 to 21 broadcast that reached 2.8 million listeners across Canada and the United Kingdom. Held at the Sandals Ochi Beach Resort, St. Ann, the event was organised by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), in collaboration with Sandals Resorts International (SRI), to...

Representatives of the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) Deputy Director and Legal Counsel, Shantal English-Richards (left) and Executive Director, Lilyclaire Bellamy, participate in a recent JIS

4 weeks ago CommerceIndustryInvestmentJIS Think Tank

JIPO Joins Global Community to Observe World Book and Copyright Day

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) is reaffirming its commitment to fostering creativity, literacy, and intellectual property awareness as it joins the global community in observing World Book and Copyright Day, today (April 23). Speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, Deputy Director and Legal Counsel at JIPO, Shantal English-Richards, said the agency’s 2026 observance will focus on ‘Protecting Copyright...

Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (second right), in conversation with Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (second left); President of the Jamaica Red Cross Society (JRCS), Allasandra Chung (left), and Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Commander Alvin Gayle. The interaction took place during the JRCS Hurricane Melissa Recovery Conference, held at the S Hotel in Kingston, on Tuesday (April 21).

4 weeks ago Finance & Public Service

NaRRA To Be Complemented By National Recovery Framework

Establishment of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) will be complemented by the development of a national recovery framework and parish recovery plans. This is to ensure that recovery from Hurricane Melissa is strategically guided and locally grounded. This is according to Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry. He was delivering a presentation...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (right), engages with CB Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mattew Lyn (left), during the launch of the poultry company’s ‘The Time is Now’ campaign held on Wednesday (April 22) at Jamaica Food and Drink Kitchen in Kingston.

4 weeks ago Agriculture

CB Group Invests $1billion In Rebuilding Egg, Pork Industries

CB Group is pumping $1 billion into the construction of two new high-tech, climate-smart facilities that will significantly boost the country’s egg and pig production. These are a modern 40,000-bird tunnel-ventilated layer farm to be operational by September 2026, and a 640-sow commercial breeding farm projected to produce approximately 15,000 piglets annually. The projects will anchor the company’s ‘The Time...