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Director of Communications and Marketing at the National Youth Service (NYS), Julia Smiley Green, highlights the various components of the NYS HOPE Youth Summer Work Programme at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on March 13.

NYS Accepting Applications for HOPE Youth Summer Work Programme

The National Youth Service (NYS) is accepting applications for its HOPE Youth Summer Work Programme until April 13, 2018. The programme will enable 14,000 young people to benefit from valuable work experience during the months of June, July and August....

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, on March 14. At right is Executive Director of the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB), Ms. Monica Brown.

SLB Disburses $3.1 Billion to Students

Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company Limited, Dr. Andrew Spencer, (front row, second right), and Chairperson for the Tourism Service Excellence Awards (TSEA) Committee, Dr. Carrole Guntley, (front row, centre), pose with the 2017 TSEA semi-finalists for the organisation category. The winners in the individual and organisation categories will be announced and awarded on Saturday, March 17 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

Tourism Service Excellence Awards to Be Presented on March 17

Executive Director, Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation, Dr. Zoe Simpson, speaking at a cultural series titled ‘Four Women’ at the Institute of Jamaica Lecture Hall, East Street, downtown Kingston, on March 11.

Women’s Centre to Launch ‘A-Stream’ Scholarship Initiative

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), shares a light moment with Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, during Wednesday’s (March 14) Memorandum of Understanding signing by member agencies of the Financial Regulatory Committee (FRC). The signing took place at the BOJ in downtown Kingston. The member agencies include the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Financial Services Commission, Jamaica Deposit Insurance Company, and the BOJ. Mr. Wynter chairs the FRC.

Framework Facilitating Oversight of Financial Sector Strengthened

8 years ago EducationHealth & Wellness

Additional Support for School-Feeding Programme

Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ) has provided $4.5 million to further boost the operations of the Government’s national school-feeding programme, which will supply an additional 1,500 meals for students. The funds will facilitate the provision of meals for the remainder of the academic year, which ends in June 2018. The money was officially handed over to Nutrition Products Limited (NPL) during...

Senior Communication Specialist with the Jamaica Productivity Centre, Sashelle Gooden, addresses students at the Allman Town Primary School during a session in January.

8 years ago CultureEducation

JPC Takes Campaign to Schools

The Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC), in a drive to inculcate a culture of productivity in all Jamaicans, has been engaging youth through an interactive campaign in primary and high schools, and colleges. The In-School Productivity campaign aims to help students apply relevant productivity tools and concepts to their personal and academic goals, through the use of comprehensible language and messages....

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

8 years ago National Security

Gov’t Exploring Revision of Special Economic Zones Act

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Dr. the Hon. Horace Chang, says the Government is exploring possible revision of sections of the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Act, to enable stakeholders to keep pace with the fast-growing Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector. “As this sector has rapidly evolved, we realize that there are opportunities to...

President of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Gloria Henry.

8 years ago Industry

Outsource2Jamaica to Showcase Island as BPO Destination

The inaugural Outsource2Jamaica Symposium & Expo, to be held in Montego Bay in April, will provide a platform to raise the profile of Jamaica as a business process outsourcing (BPO) destination. “Outsource2Jamaica is intended to bring greater visibility to Jamaica and its service offerings,” President of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Gloria Henry, told JIS News. “Too...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, addresses the opening of the Green Acres Police Post in St. Catherine, today (March 15).

8 years ago National Security

New Police Post in Green Acres, St. Catherine

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, today (March 15), opened a police post in Green Acres, St. Catherine. He called on the citizens to work against criminals, and suggested that they use groups such as the citizens’ association, to ensure that no space is left "for criminals to operate”. Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine, Dr. the...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks to members of the Standing Finance Committee of the House when they considered the Second Supplementary Estimates for the 2017/18 financial year, at Gordon House on March 14

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

House Approves Second Supplementary Estimates

The Second Supplementary Estimates for the 2017/18 financial year, which reflect an increase of $9.78 billion, was approved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday (March 14). The figures show that the Budget has been revised upwards from $805.4 billion to $815.3 billion. The Estimates show an increase in the Recurrent (housekeeping) expenses from $515.4 billion to $523.8 billion, while...

State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer.

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

Government Reiterates Need to Maintain Wage-to-GDP Ratio

The Government is reiterating that in order to maintain the targeted wage to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio and remain fiscally responsible, it is unable to accede to the requests of the nation’s teachers. “Our teachers have asked for an increase of $60,000 per annum in the book and software allowance. If this is granted, it would cost $1.7 billion,”...