The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is to launch a Trade Single Electronic Window, which will allow customers to apply and pay for permits and licences electronically. Commissioner of Customs, Major (Ret’d) Richard Reese, said the system will facilitate the processing and electronic transfer of applications to the agency. Major Reese, who was addressing a meeting of the Kiwanis Club of...

A toll-free number has been established for persons needing information on the Jamaica House Fellowship Programme. The number 1-888-429-5JHF (543), will be in operation on Mondays to Thursdays 8:30 am to 5:00 pm and Fridays 8:30 am to 4:00pm. Acting Chief Technical Director in the Office of the Prime Minister Mrs. Jacqueline Lynch-Stewart is encouraging individuals to call if they...

The Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in St. Andrew will be transformed into an Independence Village from August 1 to 6. The venue will feature six days and nights of family entertainment with a focus on traditional folk forms.  There will be stalls and vendors’ booths offering traditional and contemporary foods, art and craft, information and promotional items. Speaking at a...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has reiterated the Government’s objective to make education compulsory for children three to 18. “It is a little bit more advanced than saying that everyone must be in school. It is saying that everyone should be known to the State, registered in an officially recognised educational institution and meet a certain standard of...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Ministry is looking to establish Jamaica as a major destination for entertainment. Speaking to JIS News during Reggae Sumfest’s ‘Reggae Night’ at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre in Montego Bay on Saturday (July 23), Minister Bartlett said the aim is to promote the island as the premier location for guaranteed quality entertainment year-round....

The five boys from the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home in Walderston, Manchester, are back in the island after their 10-day trip to France, courtesy of Yohan Blake’s YB Afraid Foundation, and his French business partner, Richard Mille. One of the boys had created a design, which was used by Mr. Mille on his new sports car. Mitchell* who created the...

Jamaicans have been encouraged to celebrate and demonstrate unity and togetherness for Emancipation and Independence. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on July 22, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said the festivities are for all Jamaicans, and they must come together and “show no political, class or religious divide.” “It is about one Jamaica, and...