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STATIN Trade Bulletin for 2014

EXTERNAL TRADE BULLETIN January – September 2014 Jamaica’s expenditure on merchandise imports during January to September 2014 fell and was valued at US$4,393.3 million. Imports fell by US$80.6 million or 1.8 per cent when compared to the same period...

Marketing and Communications Manager at the JUTC, Clinton Clarke, displays replicas of the Smarter cards used on the state owned bus company.

JUTC To Remove ‘Pay For Other’ Feature

Chairman of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Professor Winston Davidson, addressing a bamboo forum in St. Mary, recently.

Jamaica New Chair of INBAR

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), congratulates scholarship awardees, and students on the Career Advancement Programme (CAP), Adrian Stephenson (centre), and Nyoka Taylor (right). They were presented with the scholarships valued over $3 million, by the United States based Union Institute and University, recently at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston.

Rebranded CAP Yielding Positive Results

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke (centre), hands over her collection of plastic bottles for recycling to Manager, Jamaica Recycling Plant, Richard Baugh (left), during the official launch of the Jamaica Recycling Cooperative Project in Riverton Meadows on December 30. Also sharing in the moment are (from left): Councillor for the Seaview Division, Hazel Anderson; National CARILED Coordinator, Jeniffer Evans; and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott.

Plastic Bottle Recycling Project Launched in Riverton Meadows

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Traffic Changes to Facilitate ‘Fireworks On The Waterfront’

The Police are advising motorists that there will be several traffic changes in downtown Kingston, on Wednesday, December 31, to facilitate the annual ‘Fireworks on the Waterfront’ event. The changes took effect at 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, and will remain until 2:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 1, 2015. Among the streets that will be closed to vehicular traffic are: Ocean Boulevard...

Marketing and Communications Manager at the JUTC, Clinton Clarke, informing JIS News about the company’s extension of night service on New Year’s Eve.

11 years ago Transport

JUTC Extends Night Service New Year’s Eve

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), will be extending its night service on New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, December 31. Marketing and Communications Manager at the JUTC, Clinton Clarke, told JIS News that the State owned bus company will operate until three in the morning on New Year’s Day. Mr. Clarke said the move is to facilitate persons who will be...

11 years ago Agriculture

RADA CEO Urges Farmers To Register With ABIS

Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton, is encouraging more of the island’s farmers to register with the Government’s Agricultural Business Information System (ABIS). ABIS is a web-based information programme developed by RADA, which provides information on crops, livestock, and agricultural production, markets and stakeholders, to support the business of agriculture. It provides data to...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), presents Wolmer’s Girls’ School student, Jozelle Dixon, with her award for being adjudged the Most Outstanding Candidate in Humanities in the 2014 Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE), during the presentation ceremony at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters, Mona, St. Andrew. Jozelle was also awarded the CXC/Pearson Humanities Award, for distinction and credit grades earned in eight CAPE units.

11 years ago Education

Top Performers Honoured by Caribbean Examinations Council

Four Jamaicans are among 17 secondary students from across the region who topped the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) external tests for the 2013/14 academic year. The four are: Ricardo Nugent, William Knibb Memorial High School, Trelawny; Jozelle Dixon, Wolmer’s Girls High School, Kingston; Romario White, Campion College, St. Andrew; and Nile Anderson, Mannings School, Westmoreland. They and their peers, drawn...

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (2nd left), listens as manufacturer of the Bamboo Tomato Ketchup, and head of Jamdun’ Food Procesing, Chevaughn Bowen (3rd left), informs her about the product. Occasion was the recent official opening of the first organic bamboo charcoal factory, in Pembroke Hall, St. Mary. Others (from left) are: Chairman of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Professor Winston Davidson; Director of Special Projects at the BSJ, Gladstone Rose, who also heads the Government’s bamboo programme; and the Export Development Manager at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Marlene Porter.

11 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Local Bamboo Ketchup Now Available

As the Government moves to further the development of the bamboo industry, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) is currently encouraging investors to take advantage of byproducts in the sector. Already, there is organic bamboo charcoal on the market, and the latest being the Bamboo Tomato Ketchup, which was developed by a recent university graduate, and head of Jamdun’ Food Processing, Chevaughn...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Major Richard Reese, explains the benefits the ASYCUDA World System will bring to the JCA when fully implemented. He was speaking in an interview with JIS News on December 19.

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

JCA Introduces ASYCUDA World System

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is now in its pilot phase of the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA), a web-based system designed to transform the agency to a paperless operation through the use of electronic documents. The pilot commenced in December 2014 and will run for a few months, after which it will be evaluated before a full roll-out....

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Peter Bunting.

11 years ago National Security

Public Property Will Not be Used by Criminals – Security Minister

As major crimes continue their downward trend, the police are taking back public property used by criminal organizations to fund their operations, according to Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting. The Minister, who was speaking recently on the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) television programme, ‘Issues and Answers’, noted that several town centres across the island are targeted, and the...