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Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, addressing the South Camp Juvenile Correctional Centre’s annual Christmas luncheon in Kingston, on Tuesday (Dec. 11).

Youth in State Custody Encouraged to Make Use of Opportunities Afforded

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has renewed his call for youth in State custody to make the best of the skills and education opportunities being imparted to them. The State Minister, who was...

Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (left), presents samples of publications donated to the Mount Olive Youth Club in St. Andrew, to President, Allison Hughes. The donation included storybooks such as A Different Hurricane and Other Stories, Jamaican Folk Customs and Beliefs, Rhythms, What is Our National Heritage, Freedom Road, Free Villages, and Emancipation Tit Bits. The Club also received posters depicting the National Anthem, National Pledge, National Symbols, National Heroes and Heroine, Governors-General, Prime Ministers, and globally renowned cultural icon, Miss Lou.

JIS Donates Educational Material to Mount Olive Youth Club

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr the Hon. Nigel Clarke. (File)

Cabinet Approves Measures to Further Boost National Insurance Fund

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (December 11), during the debate on the motion to extend the States of Public Emergency. In the background (from left) are: Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson; and Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson.

States of Public Emergency Will Not be Extended

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), shares a light moment with Executive Director of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Stephen Wedderburn (centre); and Board Chairman of the Pesticides Control Authority (PCA), Warren Newby, at the PCA’s annual awards ceremony, held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston recently.

MSME Operators Encouraged to Have Their Businesses Certified

Senior Public Relations and Marketing Manager at the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ), Richard Jones.

7 years ago Housing

HAJ to Ramp Up Land-Titling Programme in 2019

The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) will be ramping up its land-titling effort come 2019. “The drive now is to get more titles in the hands of Jamaicans,” Senior Public Relations and Marketing Manager, Richard Jones, told JIS News. “The Government is making a big push to have more Jamaican land title owners, so we spend a lot of time...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point while addressing a press conference at Jamaica House on Monday (December 10).

7 years ago Prime Minister

Ministers Mandated to Hold Regular Board Meetings

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Cabinet Ministers are now required to convene regular meetings with the Board chairs and members of public bodies under their portfolios as part of measures to strengthen the entities’ governance and accountability frameworks. The decision comes in the wake of the Auditor General’s report into the operations of State refinery, Petrojam, which...

Hon. Daryl Vaz, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Bernard Lodge Master Plan Enterprise Team Named

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Daryl Vaz, has announced the Enterprise Team that will lead the Bernard Lodge Master Plan. Minister Vaz named the team during the Post Cabinet Press Briefing on Wednesday, December 5, at Jamaica House. Members are: Mr Joseph Shoucair, (Chairman) Attorney- at- Law and Chairman of SCJ Holdings Limited;...

7 years ago Prime Minister

PM Holness Directs Petrojam Board to Seek Legal Advice & Prepare to Recover Funds

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has directed the Petrojam Board to seek legal advice and prepare to recover funds that were possibly misused at the oil company. The directive came as the Prime Minister yesterday (December 10) outlined decisive action arising from the Auditor General (AG) report into Petrojam which was tabled in Parliament last Tuesday, December 4. Speaking at the...

Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes, addresses the launch of the Judicial Conduct and Ethics ‘Train the Trainer’ workshop, recently at the University of the West Indies’ Regional Headquarters.

7 years ago Justice

Commonwealth Judges Assist with Training

Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes, says that Commonwealth judges are helping in the development of the Caribbean Courts, through facilitating the training of regional judiciaries. Speaking at the launch of the Judicial Conduct and Ethics ‘Train the Trainer’ workshop, held recently at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters, the Chief Justice said the training not only focused on...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry Awards Banquet, which was held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on Saturday (December 8).

7 years ago National Security

Digitising Public Sector Will Result in Efficient Systems – Dr. Chang

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says digitising the public sector will allow for more modern and efficient systems. “What we have dubbed e-government transformational work, in tandem with enhanced human resource capacity, will serve to create a digital government as we transition to a digital society,” he said. Dr. Chang, who represented Prime Minister, the Most Hon....

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert-Roberts (right), is introduced to United Nations International Children

7 years ago Foreign Affairs

Gov’t Committed to Protecting Human Rights

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Government remains committed to protecting the human rights of Jamaican citizens. “Jamaica’s commitment to human rights promotion and protection has not waned. Currently, we are State party to seven of the nine core international human rights treaties,” she said. The Minister’s remarks came in a...