Cabinet has approved the setting up of a Constitutional Reform Committee, which will play a key role in ensuring Jamaica’s smooth transition to a Republic. Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, said that the body “will be a consultative committee, a collaborative committee where we exchange perspectives”. It will comprise representatives from the Government and Opposition,...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica has recovered from its COVID-19 downturn in all major markets to where a record 283,000 airline seats are now expected out of Canada for the upcoming winter tourist season. Mr. Bartlett, who is currently in Canada meeting with travel partners and other tourism interests, said it is an “amazing” reversal of fortune...

Children across the island will participate in a series of child-abuse sensitisation marches on Friday (November 18). The marches, organised by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), are part of activities to mark World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse, which will be observed internationally on Saturday (November 19). Public Relations and Corporate Communications Manager at the...

A total of $950 million has been allocated to the CODE CARE project, with most of the funding going to the renovation and upgrade of nine operating theatres at four hospitals. These upgrades will enhance the throughput of surgeries within hospitals. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure during a statement to the House...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (third left); Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (fourth right) and State Minister in the MIIC, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (second right), welcome the inaugural Arajet airline flight from the Dominican Republic to Kingston, which arrived at the Norman Manley...

The Wycliffe Martin High School team from in St. Mary, show off their prizes for placing second in the 2021-2022 Junior Achievement Jamaica (JAJ) company of the year competition, at the awards ceremony held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston on Tuesday (November 15). They are (from left) teacher Tameka Thompson (left) and students Suzan Beckford, Seanna Sterling, Rusheen...

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) will be launching a Creative Voices Survey later this month to obtain empirical data on the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI). Deputy Chief Executive Officer, JBDC, Harold Davis, told JIS News that the survey will help to provide an economic impact assessment of the sector. “It's important to understand that if you cannot count...