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Education, Youth and Culture Minister, Maxine Henry-Wilson has said that the Cabinet Office has recommended some 20 agencies to be consolidated to bring about greater efficiency in the public sector. According to the Minister there were significant overlaps in the mandates of some agencies and as such some would have to be collapsed or made redundant. Addressing a JIS Think...

The United Kingdom (UK) Home Office has announced a new series of measures to help prevent what is said to be the abuse of immigration routes to study or marry in that country. These are the latest in the series of measures implemented by the British government over the past two years to tighten its immigration process. Last year changes...

A new car park, with 39 car spaces, has been officially opened in St. Ann's Bay, St. Ann, at a cost of some $2 million. The facility, the first of its type in the parish, being operated by the St. Ann Parish Council, comprises a ticket office and sanitary conveniences, that will facilitate the users, who will find it more...

There has been an increase in the number of complaints and queries about credit cards, the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has reported. Director of Research, Information and Communication at the CAC, Raymond Pryce told JIS News that the increase in the number of calls to the CAC reflected the growth in electronic transactions in Jamaica. "As credit cards become more...

Suggesting that Jamaica would be in a precarious position if it participated in the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), Opposition Leader, Edward Seaga is cautioning the government not to proceed on that journey. "Jamaica's participation in the proposed extension of CARICOM to create the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) would expose the vulnerability of the economy to even...

The Ministry of Industry and Tourism will be meeting with the private sector, other ministries and agencies, and labour organizations, to explore areas of social and infrastructural improvement and assistance to persons who are employed in hotels, attractions and other tourism enterprises. In her budget presentation in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (April 21), Minister of Industry and Tourism,...

Legislation is well advanced to establish the legal framework for the charging and use of the tourism enhancement fee and the establishment of an interim advisory committee, which will ultimately become a Board of Directors for the Tourism Enhancement Fund, which will manage the implementation of the Tourism Master Plan. Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba divulged this on...

Education, Youth and Culture Minister, Maxine Henry-Wilson has said that the Cabinet Office has recommended some 20 agencies to be consolidated to bring about greater efficiency in the public sector. According to the Minister there were significant overlaps in the mandates of some agencies and as such some would have to be collapsed or made redundant. Addressing a JIS Think...

The United Kingdom (UK) Home Office has announced a new series of measures to help prevent what is said to be the abuse of immigration routes to study or marry in that country. These are the latest in the series of measures implemented by the British government over the past two years to tighten its immigration process. Last year changes...

A new car park, with 39 car spaces, has been officially opened in St. Ann's Bay, St. Ann, at a cost of some $2 million. The facility, the first of its type in the parish, being operated by the St. Ann Parish Council, comprises a ticket office and sanitary conveniences, that will facilitate the users, who will find it more...

There has been an increase in the number of complaints and queries about credit cards, the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has reported. Director of Research, Information and Communication at the CAC, Raymond Pryce told JIS News that the increase in the number of calls to the CAC reflected the growth in electronic transactions in Jamaica. "As credit cards become more...

Suggesting that Jamaica would be in a precarious position if it participated in the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), Opposition Leader, Edward Seaga is cautioning the government not to proceed on that journey. "Jamaica's participation in the proposed extension of CARICOM to create the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) would expose the vulnerability of the economy to even...