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Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), speaking at a recent press briefing to give an update on the dengue fever virus at the Ministry’s corporate offices in New Kingston. Also pictured is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan.

Coordinated Response to Dengue Fever

The Ministry of Health is collaborating with several ministries and agencies to coordinate its response to the dengue fever virus. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said that all the resources of the Ministry have been activated to combat...

Chairperson of the Tourism Ministry’s Gastronomy Network, Nicola Madden-Greig.

Blue Mountain Coffee Festival to be Launched January 15

President of the St. Andrew Justices of the Peace Association (SAJP), Hon. Marigold Harding, presents Mr. Noel Duncan with the President's Award at the SAJP’s annual awards ceremony, held recently at the Spanish Court Hotel.

JPs Now Using Logbooks

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), is greeted by Chairperson of the Stewart’s Automotive Group, Diana Stewart, at the ceremony to break ground for the new Stewart’s Automotive Group Jaguar and Land Rover showrooms, on Arthur Wint Drive in St. Andrew on January 3.

Government Has Enabled Businesses to Take Resolute Long-Term Steps – PM

Coleridge Minto (third left), accepts a gift basket from member of the Cherry Youth Society in St. Catherine, Alecia Walton (right), while President of the group, Kevon Woodhouse (left), and other members of the organisation share in the moment. Occasion was the annual community dinner, held in the area on January 1. Mr. Minto delivered the keynote address at the function.

Parents and Community Leaders Called on to Protect Children

7 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Holness Meets with UDC and SADCO Boards

Prime Minister Andrew Holness this afternoon (January 7, 2019) met with and received a full briefing from the Boards of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and the St. Ann Development Company (SADCO) on the audit report into the operations of the Dunns River Falls attraction in St. Ann. Prime Minister Holness said the Boards should move with speed and alacrity...

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

Taxpayers Filing CIT Must Do so Online

Taxpayers filing Corporate Income Tax (CIT) and Assets Tax Returns are now required to do so online via the Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) www.jamaicatax.gov.jm portal. The measure, which came into effect on January 1, 2019, also mandates employers to submit their employers’ monthly statutory remittance payroll deductions (S01) electronically in this fifth phase of the mandatory e-filing stipulation. “Employers are,...

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

Currency Circulation in December Was $23.6 Billion

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says currency circulation during December 2018, totalled $23.6 billion or 21.4 per cent more than the corresponding period in 2017. This exceeded the BOJ’s $18.1-billion or 16.1-per cent projection, relative to December 2017. The Bank said net currency issued to financial institutions during the last six days of December 2018 totalled $5.5 billion, which was...

Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Stewart Beckford (third left), in discussion with (from left): Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis (second left); and Custos of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin, following the official opening of the Montego Bay Fireboat Station and the handover of a fireboat and two new fire units, on December 28.

7 years ago Local Government

Commissioner of JFB Calls on Residents to Protect Fire Hydrants

Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Stewart Beckford, has renewed the call for residents to support firefighters in their quest to lessen the threat posed by fires, by protecting fire hydrants in their communities. Commissioner Beckford made the appeal at a ceremony to officially open the Montego Bay Fireboat Station and hand over two fire units and a fireboat...

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Vector Control Programme Extended in Westmoreland

The vector control initiative at the Westmoreland Health Department, being undertaken through the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) programme, has been extended to eradicate more mosquito breeding sites in the parish. Vector Control Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Ryan Morris, informed JIS News that a 12-week extension has been granted, “because we have seen a decrease in the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), in conversation with Counsellor for Economic and Commercial Affairs at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, Fan Jianghong, at a news conference regarding the sports cooperation programme with China, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, in Kingston on January 2.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentSport

Investments by Chinese Companies at US$2 Billion

The economic and trade relationship between Jamaica and the People’s Republic of China is very active, with some 15 Chinese companies operating in Jamaica with cumulative investments of US$2 billion. This was disclosed by Counsellor for Economic and Commercial Affairs at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, Fan Jianghong, during a news conference regarding the sports cooperation programme...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry.

7 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Minister Henry Welcomes 27 Young Jamaican Engineers after Completion of High-Tech Training in China

Some twenty-seven (27) young people have returned to the country to contribute to nation building following intensive high-tech training in advanced engineering in China. The young Jamaicans who returned to the island on Monday, December 24, now qualify for immediate employment at the Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO)-operated Alpart bauxite/alumina plant in Nain, St Elizabeth. In March 2018, fifty-two...