The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has provided support to the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) ‘Break the Silence’ campaign in the sum of $11.9 million through the Basic Needs Trust Fund. The Break the Silence campaign is an initiative with a multi-pronged approach to protect children against abuse. It aims to reach victims and their families with a...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, this morning (January 26) met with Daniel Seah, Deputy Director of Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE) and representatives from the Special Economic Zone Authority (SEZA) to discuss the partnership between both governments to develop Jamaica’s Special Economic Zone (SEZ). A memorandum of understanding (MoU) which was signed between the Jamaican government and Singapore Cooperation Enterprise in December...

The agricultural sector is aiming to supply 100 per cent of local demand for Irish potato in another three years. This was noted by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, in an interview with JIS News at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the in vitro propagation of Irish potato seeds programme on...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica’s stock market represents an area of strategic investment capable of facilitating equitable wealth distribution across the society. Addressing the opening of the 12th Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on January 24, the Prime Minister said that inequity has...

PRESS RELEASE- The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment of Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has given a brief statement in reaction to the decision of the Disciplinary Commission of the International Olympic Committee in the case against Jamaica’s Nesta Carter. Minister’s Statement follows: “As a nation, we have grown quite accostomed to having our name in the sports headlines across...

Work is underway on the construction of a $10 million water shop in Pennants, Clarendon. The project, which is being undertaken as a pilot, is expected to provide easier access to potable water for more than 1,000 residents in and around Pennants. Dillen Construction was selected to undertake the works after a public bidding process. Superintendent of Roads and Works...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is committed to divesting more State assets, in order to facilitate increased investments that yield greater levels of economic growth. The Prime Minister was delivering the keynote address at the opening of the 12th Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in...