Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, says Jamaica is firmly on the path to attaining the true national mission of this generation, that of achieving and establishing economic independence. Delivering the keynote address at the Atlanta Jamaican Association Independence Ball on Saturday night (August 12) at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Atlanta, Ambassador Marks said the...

Proprietors of strata corporations are being urged to file their annual returns with the Commission of Strata Corporations (CSC) in order to avoid delinquency. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, the CSC’s Inspectorate Manager, Ainsworth Norton, said that there has been a worrying trend of non-compliance in the filing of the documents. He said that only 23 per cent...

National Security Advisor, Major General Antony Anderson, says the protection of human rights will be guaranteed in the Zones of Special Operations (ZOSO). Speaking in an ‘Issues and Answers’ interview recently, Mr. Anderson informed that human rights training for the security forces is a requirement under the Law Reform (Zones of Special Operations) (Special Security and Community Development Measures) Act....

Effective yesterday (August 14), the Transport Authority reopened 3,683 spaces for Route Taxis and 229 Rural Stage Carriages islandwide. The routes have been reopened to satisfy the increased demand for legally operated public transportation services, and to encourage illegal operators to get registered. In an interview with JIS News, Communications Coordinator at the Transport Authority, Merdina Callum, said the reopening...

Chairman of the Mayaro Rio Claro Regional Corporation in Trinidad and Tobago, Mayor Glen Ram, was on August 11 bestowed with the Key to St. Ann’s Bay, the capital town of St. Ann. Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Michael Belnavis, made the presentation following a special meeting at the St. Ann Municipal Corporation. He said the “Key is a symbol...

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) Public Life Award for Leadership Excellence has been conferred on two prominent Caribbean public servants. They are former Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Devon Rowe; and Director of Information and Communication Technology, Government of Dominica, Jermaine Jewel Jean-Pierre. The presentations were made during MIND’s Regional Public Sector...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says he has received the preliminary report on the circumstances which led to work being done on the paediatric ward at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital, while being occupied by children. “I have gotten a preliminary report which I have reviewed quickly. I will look at it in more details later on and then,...