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BOJ Holds Policy Rate At 5.5 Per Cent
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously agreed to maintain the policy rate on overnight placements by deposit taking institutions at 5.5 per cent per annum. “The MPC also decided that Bank of Jamaica will continue...
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PHOTOS: Ambassador of Mexico Calls on Foreign Affairs Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), shares in dialogue with Ambassador of Mexico to Jamaica, Roberto Canseco Martínez, during a recent call by the Ambassador at the Ministry in Kingston.
Deputy Prime Minister Commends Chetwood Primary’s Century of Excellence
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security and Peace, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has commended Chetwood Memorial Primary School in Montego Bay, St. James, for its century-long tradition of academic excellence, discipline, and character development. Speaking during the school’s Grand Gala at Hotel Grand-A-View in St. James on Sunday (May 24), he noted that the institution has stood as...
Improvement At Norwood Community Centre
The Norwood Community Centre in St. James has been improved following a painting exercise on Labour Day (May 25) and the commissioning of a $4.5-million solar unit, which will provide electrical power to the facility. The project was completed by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). In an interview with JIS News, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security...
Educators Underscore Importance of CASE-Trinidad Technical Institute Renewable Energy Partnership
President of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland, Dr. Derrick Deslandes, has underscored the importance of the partnership in renewable energy and sustainable agriculture forged with the National Energy Skills Centre Technical Institute (NESC-TI) in Trinidad and Tobago through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Similar sentiments have been expressed by NESC-TI Subject Matter...
Guanaboa Vale Police Laboured At Paul Mountain Primary and Infant School
The St. Catherine-based Guanaboa Vale Police stepped out of their usual law enforcement role on Monday (May 25) to clean and beautify the grounds of the nearby Paul Mountain Primary and Infant School. Armed with brooms, rakes, shovels and machetes, they cut overgrown shrubs, cleared debris and planted palm trees along the perimeter fence to enhance the landscape. The Labour...
Health Alert: Travel Caution to Ebola Affected Countries
Following the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration of the Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the Ministry of Health and Wellness wishes to advise members of the public to review their travel plans and avoid traveling to or transiting through affected countries. Although the WHO assesses the risk...
