The Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) has extended the deadline for submission of the Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for licence in the 700 MHz Spectrum (Band 13) to March 23, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. Managing Director of the SMA, Dr. Maria Myers-Hamilton, told JIS News that the extension was appropriate to allow more interested parties to submit their proposals. “Once the...

The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) is reporting a record number of entity registrations for last year; 27% of which was done using its recently launched Electronic Business Registration Platform (eBRF). The record registration was achieved despite the Covid-19 Pandemic and the temporary suspension of the Agency’s business mobile. Entrepreneurs and investors in 2020 registered 12,809 Business Names and 3,935...

A researcher is calling for nutrition labels that provide consumers with information that can be easily read, so they can make healthier food choices. In an interview with JIS News, winner of the Award for Best Student Oral Presentation at the 2020 staging of the National Health Research Conference, Vonetta Nurse, explained that she undertook a study of consumers in...

Motorists who use Savage Pen Road, in St. Andrew, should expect delays on that roadway over the course of the next week. This as the activities have been ramped up and are now concentrated in the northern section of the thoroughfare which is narrow and does not allow for the passage of two vehicles. The roadway is the prospective alternative...

A section of Woodglen Drive in Kingston, close to its intersection with Hagley Park Road, will be closed on Sunday, January 10.  The closure will commence at 7:00 a.m. and will continue until 6:00 p.m. Communication Officer at the National Works Agency (NWA), Natalee Bloomfield, says that the closure is to facilitate the demolition of a building that is now...

Indian Diaspora Day 2021 will be celebrated on Saturday, January 9. The day also commemorates the late political and spiritual leader, Mahatma Gandhi’s return from South Africa on January 9, 1915. High Commissioner of India to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui, told JIS News that several Indian nationals who have made Jamaica their home will be recognised for their contribution...

Ten judges were sworn into higher office on Thursday (January 7) by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, during a ceremony at King’s House. They are Vivene Harris, who was appointed to serve as a judge in the Court of Appeal effective January 11, and Carole Barnaby, who will serve as Puisne Judge from January 7. Also...