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The Jamaica Ornamental Fish Farmers Association (JOFFA), in celebration of its 10th anniversary, will be staging the country's first ever ornamental fish exposition next month in Kingston. The two-day event, which will get underway on October 28 at the Jamaica College campus, will be held in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands. The theme for the event is:...

The National Works Agency (NWA) will tomorrow (Sept. 18) begin work to repair the Appleton Bridge in Northeast St. Elizabeth, which collapsed last month. State Minister for Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Richard Azan, who made the announcement during a tour of the constituency on Friday(Sept. 15), said that the project would be undertaken at a cost of $9 million,...

Jamaicans are better off that they were 15 years ago, with poverty having declined over the period, which has helped to improve living standards. State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Delano Franklyn, in his address at the recent High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, cited statistics...

The Jamaica Ornamental Fish Farmers Association (JOFFA), in celebration of its 10th anniversary, will be staging the country's first ever ornamental fish exposition next month in Kingston. The two-day event, which will get underway on October 28 at the Jamaica College campus, will be held in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands. The theme for the event is:...

The National Works Agency (NWA) will tomorrow (Sept. 18) begin work to repair the Appleton Bridge in Northeast St. Elizabeth, which collapsed last month. State Minister for Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Richard Azan, who made the announcement during a tour of the constituency on Friday(Sept. 15), said that the project would be undertaken at a cost of $9 million,...

Work is well underway on the US$50 million Soapberry Wastewater Project in St. Catherine, which is aimed at saving the Kingston Harbour. Chief Engineer and Senior Vice President at the National Water Commission (NWC) Franklyn Williams, tells JIS News that the first phase, which involves the connection of communities in Kingston and St. Catherine to the system, should be completed...

Jamaicans are better off that they were 15 years ago, with poverty having declined over the period, which has helped to improve living standards. State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Delano Franklyn, in his address at the recent High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, cited statistics...

Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen. Let me begin by expressing my sincere pleasure and satisfaction at being in Havana for this my first Non Aligned Summit since becoming Prime Minister of Jamaica. It is also the first time that a female Prime Minister from Jamaica will have the opportunity to address the Non Aligned Movement. I...

The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is effective and working. Since the entry into force of this multilateral environmental agreement, there has been tremendous progress in global efforts to repair the ozone layer. As a consequence, there are now early signs that we are on the road to recovery of this precious life-support system. In the...

The Company Rules of the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) have been gazetted, which means that they are now part of the legislation under which the COJ operates. The Company Rules govern the standards for submitting and accepting documents for registration, as well as selecting company names and certifying overseas documents. Speaking with JIS News, Removal and Restoration Supervisor at...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) mobile team will be at two additional locations in the corporate area, as the agency continues birth registrations under the 'Name the Child' project. The new locations are the National Public Health Laboratory (Blood Bank) 21 Slipe Pen Road; and the Elletson Church of Christ, 16

Motorists, who conduct business at the Constant Spring branch of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), will soon enjoy a 50 per cent reduction in the time taken to process documents, when the online Automated Motor Vehicle System (AMVS) is implemented. Public Relations Manager at the IRD, Leighton Beckles, told JIS News, that AMVS would reduce the time motorists spend at...