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  The issue of climate change was the hot topic for scores of students from schools across the island who participated in the 37th United Nations Model Assembly, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, today (October 22). The students, representing various countries, debated the moot, Be it resolved that: ‘Climate change poses the most serious threat to the...

  The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising the public to begin preparations in the event the country is impacted by a tropical storm. A Tropical Storm Watch is now in effect for Jamaica as the area of low-pressure over the southern Caribbean has developed into a Tropical Depression and is expected to further strengthen while...

  The Government has taken a further step towards improving the environment in which business-related activities are facilitated and conducted locally. This, through the establishment of a Bureaucracy Hotline, 1-888-REDTAPE (733-8273) in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce. The hotline was formally unveiled by portfolio Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton, in his capacity as Chairman of National Competitiveness Council (NCC),...

  Minister of State for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Julian Robinson, is urging operators within the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) sector to make use of technology to advance their businesses. He said that “in order for small businesses to succeed, it is necessary that technology is included in plans going forward”. The use of technology...

TORONTO - Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has expressed gratitude to Canada's Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, for the benefits which Jamaica has derived from 50 years of bilateral relations with the North American country. "We have been able to count on the ready and valuable support of the Canadian government and people in the...

Deputy Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Erica Boswell Munroe, is reminding Jamaicans that they have a pivotal role to play in influencing the law making process that governs the country. “You can influence how the laws are made, the content of the law, how the law is enforced by understanding, as citizens, what are your rights, duties, obligations and also the channels...

The National Competitiveness Council’s (NCC) Reform Agenda, which outlines a comprehensive approach to improving Jamaica’s business climate and removing the impediments to doing business, is currently before the Cabinet for review. This was stated by Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton,  at the launch of the Bureaucracy Hotline, 1-888-REDTAPE (733-8273), at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Monday...

Jamaica has a recognizable brand that can be maximized to the greater benefit of the country, Executive Director, Caribbean Export Development Agency, Pamela Coke-Hamilton says. “The name itself is a brand and it is an incredibly recognized brand…what we produce can sell purely on the basis of a brand that has been developed and that has recognition across the world....

The London office of JAMPRO, the Government’s trade and investment promotions agency, has secured the support of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce in its efforts to promote Jamaica as an investment and business destination. Representatives of JAMPRO and the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) accompanied High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Aloun Ndomet Assamba, on her first official visit to...

LONDON — Jamaica's first Olympic Gold Medallist and late  former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Dr.  the Hon. Arthur Wint, has been honoured  in London with a special  Blue Heritage Plaque.   The plaque was unveiled on Friday afternoon (Oct.19) during a ceremony held at Dr. Wint’s former residence at 22 Philbeach Avenue in the Royal Borough of...

The Manchester Parish Council is welcoming the move by Government to strengthen the country’s system of environmental planning and regulation, through the establishment of an Environmental Regulatory Authority (ERA). Spatial/Physical Planner at the Council, Ryan Wallace, told JIS that if the ERA is implemented then it should have powers to be able to make arrests so as to enforce the...

The second in a series of public consultations on the Green Paper for the establishment of an Environmental Regulatory Authority (ERA), was held at the Montego Bay Civic Centre, St. James, recently. The meeting was hosted by the Public Sector Modernization Division (PSMD) in the Office of the Cabinet, and included presentations and discussions on the proposed reform of Jamaica’s...