The 2017 Civil Servant of the Year, Kerry-Ann Alicia Spaulding, does not take the honour lightly. Mrs. Spaulding, who has spent the 22 years of her working life at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, sees the award as recognition of her years of hard work and dedicated service to the Government and people of Jamaica, and pledges...

The Government, through the new National Minerals Policy (NMP) is positioning the country to tap into potential opportunities from the billion-dollar global minerals industry. “The sector has a current value of just over US$1 billion, and under the new Minerals Policy every effort will be made to integrate it into the wider society, so that the ripple effect will trickle...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has committed to assisting the Alpha Institute, so that it can continue to provide training and other opportunities for the young men it serves. Alpha Institute, a private institution registered with the Ministry, is operated by the Religious Sisters of Mercy and caters to the holistic development of young...

As part of the activities for Civil Service Week (November 19 to 25), an Expo and Concert were held today (Tuesday, November 21), at Emancipation Park in Kingston. Director of Special Projects, Employee Relations and Benefits Unit, Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Sylvia Shirley Sterling, told JIS News that the annual event aims to highlight the work and...

Deputy Financial Secretary of the Strategic Human Resources Management Division in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Wayne Jones, says the immense contribution of the civil service to Jamaica’s gross domestic product (GDP) must not be underestimated by the general public. Speaking at the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) Western Region celebratory luncheon and awards ceremony at the...

A sum of $804,000 has been contributed to the Dominica hurricane relief effort by Jamaica Energy Partners and West Kingston Power Partners. Speaking at the handover ceremony today (November 21) at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) in Kingston, Director General of the agency, Major Clive Davis, said it is encouraging that despite the region being beset...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, is urging Jamaicans to prepare themselves to benefit from the opportunities to emerge from the fourth industrial revolution, which, he says, the entire world is already experiencing. This fourth wave of industrial development is characterised by a fusion of digitalisation and automation in order to make machines smart, interactive...