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Deputy Financial Secretary, Wayne Jones, emphasises a point at a Jamaica Information Service ‘Think Tank’ on February 7.
Deputy Financial Secretary, Wayne Jones, emphasises a point at a Jamaica Information Service ‘Think Tank’ on February 7.

SERP Will Require MDAS to Practise Effective Manpower Planning

Deputy Financial Secretary, Wayne Jones, says implementation of the Special Early Retirement Programme (SERP) will require that government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) practise effective manpower planning in reorganising job functions. The SERP, being implemented through the Public Sector Transformation...
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

Minister Grange Urges Increased Partnership with UWI to Facilitate Research
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), is briefed on the functions of equipment used at the farm of Vijay Smith in Chovey, St. Mary, by Farm Manager, Anthony Marshall (second left), during a tour of the property on Wednesday (February 7). Others (from left) are Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Mary Parish Manager, Jasmine Hyde, and Member of Parliament for South East St. Mary, where Chovey is located, Dr. Norman Dunn.
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), is briefed on the functions of equipment used at the farm of Vijay Smith in Chovey, St. Mary, by Farm Manager, Anthony Marshall (second left), during a tour of the property on Wednesday (February 7). Others (from left) are Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Mary Parish Manager, Jasmine Hyde, and Member of Parliament for South East St. Mary, where Chovey is located, Dr. Norman Dunn.

Minister to Seek Additional Funding to Repair Farm Roads
The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Heritage Photo Competition Winner for 2017, Sarah Fay Buckland (right) is all smiles as she accepts her prize of an HP touch-screen laptop from Country Managing Partner at Ernst & Young (EY) Jamaica, Allison Peart (left), at the EY offices in Kingston on Monday (February 5). The laptop is one of several prizes won by the full-time MPhil/PhD Geography student at the University of the West Indies Mona campus. Sharing the moment are Senior Hospitality Coordinator at EY, San Jay Williams (second left) and Special Projects Officer at the JIS, Christine Ade-Gold.
The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Heritage Photo Competition Winner for 2017, Sarah Fay Buckland (right) is all smiles as she accepts her prize of an HP touch-screen laptop from Country Managing Partner at Ernst & Young (EY) Jamaica, Allison Peart (left), at the EY offices in Kingston on Monday (February 5). The laptop is one of several prizes won by the full-time MPhil/PhD Geography student at the University of the West Indies Mona campus. Sharing the moment are Senior Hospitality Coordinator at EY, San Jay Williams (second left) and Special Projects Officer at the JIS, Christine Ade-Gold.

Ernst & Young Presents Laptop to JIS Heritage Photo Competition Winner
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), in discussion with Lecturer in Early Childhood Education and Programme Manager for the ‘Insights in Jamaica’ programme at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Dr. Zoyah Kinkead-Clark, during a tour of the UWI Research Days 2018 exhibit on February 7. Research Days will be held from February 7 to 9 under the theme ‘Powering Development through Partnerships in Research and Innovation’.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), in discussion with Lecturer in Early Childhood Education and Programme Manager for the ‘Insights in Jamaica’ programme at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Dr. Zoyah Kinkead-Clark, during a tour of the UWI Research Days 2018 exhibit on February 7. Research Days will be held from February 7 to 9 under the theme ‘Powering Development through Partnerships in Research and Innovation’.

Government to Allocate $30 Million for Research

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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third right), greets patients in the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at the Linstead Hospital in St. Catherine. The facility was officially reopened on Tuesday (February 6) following extensive renovation at a cost of $144.98 million. At second right is Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson.
Health & Wellness

Linstead Hospital A&E Reopened After $144-Million Renovation

The Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at the Linstead Hospital in St. Catherine was officially reopened on Tuesday (February 6), following extensive renovation at a cost of $144.98 million. The work, undertaken through funding from the National Health Fund (NHF), included infrastructural upgrades, new furniture and equipment, installation of a new air-conditioning system, upgrading of the medical gas system, added...
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The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, addressing the Opening Ceremony for the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus Research Days 2018 on Wednesday, February 7.
Gender Affairs

Social Research is Critical – Grange

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says social research, like scientific research, plays a critical role in the development of Jamaica. The Minister was speaking at the Opening Ceremony for the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Research Days 2018 on Wednesday (February 7). “Understanding behavior and why people do the things they...
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Deputy Financial Secretary, Strategic Human Resource Management at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Wayne Jones, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, at the Ministry’s head office on February 7.
Finance & Public Service

Voluntary Separation Offered to Public-Sector Workers

The Government, through its Special Early Retirement Programme (SERP), is offering voluntary separation from the public sector to employees 50 to 59 years of age who are under the non-contributory Government pension scheme. The SERP, which is being undertaken through the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, was opened on January 2, 2018 and will close for applications on...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left); and Chairman, Water Resources Authority (WRA), Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee (right) observe as Senior Hyrdologist, WRA, Michael Wilson, highlights the features of a water-level sensor. Occasion was a press conference at the WRA’s Hope Gardens headquarters on February 7, to announce the payment of water abstraction fees effective April 1.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentVision 2030Water

Water Abstractors to Begin Paying Fees April 1

Effective April 1, some 159 licensed water abstractors will begin paying water abstraction charges/volume-based fees (WAC/VBF). The fee is applicable to all persons who have a license to abstract and use water, and is being applied under the Water Resources (Water Abstraction Charges) Regulations, 2017. The charges are calculated based on the amount of water that the applicant is licensed...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, gives details of the Prime Minister’s Jamaica 55 Commemorative Medal of Appreciation at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on February 7.
CultureEntertainmentGender AffairsSport

Applications Invited for PM’s Jamaica 55 Commemorative Medal

Jamaicans at home and in the diaspora are being encouraged to submit applications for the Prime Minister’s Jamaica 55 Commemorative Medal of Appreciation for service to Jamaica, for which nominations will close on February 16, 2018. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on February 7, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon Olivia Grange, said the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), addresses a joint press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister today (Feb. 7) following bilateral talks with United States (US) Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson (pictured right). Mr. Tillerson was on a one-day working visit to Jamaica.
Foreign AffairsPrime Minister

Jamaica Wants to See Democracy Return to Venezuela – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is concerned about the political and economic crisis in Venezuela, and is desirous of seeing Venezuelans again enjoying their democracy. “This (matter of democracy) is a principle that has nothing to do with any other country. This has always been Jamaica’s position. We wish the best for the people of...
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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) and United States Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, shake hands following a joint press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister today (Feb. 7). Mr. Tillerson was on a one-day working visit to Jamaica.
Foreign AffairsPrime Minister

US Lauds Jamaica on Progress in Combating Lottery Scam

United States Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, has lauded the Government for the important progress made in combating lottery scamming and assured of the US Government’s continued support to Jamaica’s security forces and criminal justice system. Mr. Tillerson said he appreciated the country’s close cooperation with US authorities to extradite suspected lotto scammers to the US and welcomed the establishment...
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