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Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer.

Minister Falconer to Represent Prime Minister at Regional Roundtable on Adolescent Pregnancy in the Caribbean

Information Minister Senator Sandrea Falconer left the island this morning for Belize where she will represent Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller at a specially convened Round Table On Adolescent Pregnancy in the Caribbean. Organised under the auspices of the...

Communications and Customer Services Manager at the Transport Authority, Petra-Kene Williams. (FILE)

Seating Accommodation for Hackney Carriages is a Law, says Transport Authority

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, addressing Wednesday’s (February 12) Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston. (FILE)

David Ebanks: One of Our Finest, Says Minister Falconer

Help For Coffee Farmers Affected By Fire

Chairman of the Electricity Sector Enterprise Team (ESET), Dr. Vincent Lawrence (left), addresses a press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister, today (June 23). Others (from right) are members of the ESET, Professor Alvin Wint and Christopher Zacca. The briefing was held to provide an update on the Government’s ongoing plans to procure additional electricity generating capacity for Jamaica.

ESET Satisfied with Progress to Procure Additional Electricity Generating Capacity

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

All Five Websites on JIS Server Successfully Restored

All five websites which are hosted by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) have been successfully restored. This was done before 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, after the JIS and five websites were attacked by “hactivists” between 9:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Monday, June 22. The JIS website was restored within four hours of the attack. The websites defaced were the...

Regional Director of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) in Montego Bay, Janice Allen, giving the agency’s endorsement for the 23rd staging of Reggae Sumfest, during the Montego Bay launch at the IberoStar Resort, in St. James, on June 23. The show takes place at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre, in Montego Bay, from July 12 to 18.

11 years ago Tourism

Mo-Bay Expects to Earn US$9 Million During Reggae Sumfest

Some US$9 million is expected to be injected into the economy of Montego Bay, St. James, during the staging of Reggae Sumfest 2015, at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre, in the city, from July 12 to 18. Speaking to JIS News during the Montego Bay launch of the festival, at the IberoStar Resort in Rose Hall, St. James, on June...

11 years ago Technology

ESET Satisfied With Progress to Procure Additional Electricity Generating Capacity

The Electricity Sector Enterprise Team (ESET) is reporting that they are “fairly satisfied” with the progress being made to procure additional electricity generating capacity for Jamaica’s power grid. This additional electricity, which will be realised through the implementation of several energy projects, will enable Jamaicans to see a drop of at least 30 per cent in fuel costs by 2018,...

11 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Launches ASEBA Behaviour Modification Programme At Cockburn Primary and Junior High School

Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for South West St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller launched a Behaviour Modification Programme at the Cockburn Primary and Junior High School in her constituency on Friday, June 19. The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) Programme seeks to identify and help children who are challenged by mental, emotional and social...

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

NLIC Updates Cabinet on Krauck Group

The National Logistics Initiative Council (NLIC) has informed Cabinet that insufficient due diligence information has been presented by the proposed bidders – Krauck Group, to enable the Council to recommend to Cabinet that negotiations between the Government of Jamaica and the Krauck Group concerning the development of an Integrated Logistics Hub should proceed at this time. Cabinet has accepted NLIC's...

Members of the cybersecurity team from the JCF and the Technology Ministry huddle with the JIS webteam, while Chief Executive Officer, Donna-Marie Rowe (right), observes.

11 years ago Technology

Government Takes Action to Secure Public Sector Websites

The Government of Jamaica is taking urgent steps to ensure the security of public sector websites. Speaking with JIS News, today (June 23), Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson, said that “since a breach last year, we have acquired well needed equipment, trained a number of officers and have been focusing...

Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker, explains the effects of drug use on the young brain, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on June 23.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

NCDA Head Warns of Effects of Drug Use on the Young Brain

Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker, is warning of the deleterious effects of drug use on the young brain, and the direct correlation between drug use, particularly ganja, and criminal behaviour. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on June 23, Mr. Tucker said it is important to note what drug use, and in particular...