Prime Minister Andrew Holness on July 31 met with Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Agencies across Government to update them on plans to implement the Zones of Special Operations. The Law Reform (Zone of Special Operations) (Special Security and Community Development Measures) Bill was signed into law on Friday, July 14. The Zones of Special Operations Act gives members of...

Diaspora Technology Task Force member and small business owner, Devon Lewis, is here to explore hiring Information Technology (IT) consultants in Jamaica to support his client-base in the United States of America. With his business providing IT training and IT consultants to the US market, the small business owner told JIS News that he attended the Diaspora 55 Conference in...

The Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, through its Violence Interruption Programme (VIP), is receiving commendation for its work with communities to reduce crime and violence. The Violence Interruption Programme is a peace-building approach used to help curtail violence in the 50 communities across eight parishes targeted by CSJP. Senior Regional Case Management Coordinator for the Kingston Metropolitan Area...

Director General of the Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation (PSTM) Division, Office of the Cabinet, Veniece Pottinger-Scott, has called on the private sector to work closely with the public sector to improve customer service in the country. “We are relying on you, the private sector, to work even more closely alongside us to make the impactful change that our millions...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says there are global issues which affect Jamaica’s safety and security, one of which is the availability of small arms and their importation into the country. The Prime Minister took his message of secure Jamaica, to the Diaspora this week. Speaking to members of the foreign services in Europe at the Jamaican High Commission in London...

Lovers of the world-famous Devon House ‘I Scream’ can now enjoy their favourite treat in a more spacious and comfortable setting. On Tuesday (July 25), Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, officially opened the expanded parlour located at the north lawns of the Devon House property. The approximately 5,000 square feet facility, built through $28 million in funding from the Tourism...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says steps are being taken to address the shortage of teacher faculties in institutions that train nurses across the island. Addressing a Special Interest Group meeting at the Jamaica Diaspora Conference in Kingston on July 26, Dr. Tufton said that creative ways will have to be found in order to solve the problem,...