The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising communities and civic groups making plans to paint pedestrian crossings and other road safety markings on Labour Day that they must obtain authorisation from the agency before undertaking any such project. Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw, told JIS News that the agency has to approve the site...

The Portmore Municipal Council will focus on completing several community  projects on Labour Day, May 23, including sidewalks, road markings and clearing mosquito breeding sites. Acting Mayor of Portmore, Councillor Leon Thomas, told JIS News that those activities are just few of the many that will be undertaken in observance of National Labour Day. Labour Day 2016 is being observed...

Jamaica has surpassed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Primary Surplus and Net International Reserve (NIR) targets for the January to March quarter. The Primary Surplus was $120.8 billion, $1 million over the $120.7 billion target for the period, while the NIR amounted to US$2.4 billion, surpassing the target of US$1.5 billion. This was noted by the Economic Programme Oversight Committee...

Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Major Richard Reese, has expressed confidence that the 38th annual conference of the Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council (CCLEC), being hosted in the country, will be a success. Major Reese was addressing the opening ceremony for the five-day conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston yesterday (May 17). The conference,...

The Scientific Research Council (SRC) has formalized a partnership with the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) Caribbean, for continued support in the production of four crops. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed on May 17 by the two entities, the SRC will be receiving capacity building support in its ongoing effort to produce clean planting materials for Irish...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says the Government is committed to facilitating a fully operational medical marijuana industry in Jamaica. He noted that with the passage of amendments to the Dangerous Drugs Act, Jamaica has joined a number of growing countries that have decriminalised marijuana and “we will be moving to have the appropriate regulations...

Financial Secretary, Devon Rowe, says he is looking forward to the deliberations at the 46th annual meeting of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Board of Governors, now underway in Montego Bay, St. James. The meetings take place at the Montego Bay Convention Centre as well as at the Ziva Hyatt and Zilara and Iberostar Resorts in St. James. Welcoming participants...