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Member of Parliament for North East St. Andrew, Hon. Delroy Chuck (right), looks on as a resident of Grant’s Pen Drive patches the road in the area. The work was part of Labour Day 2017 activities on Tuesday (May 23) under the theme ‘Restore. Preserve. Beautify’.

Residents of Grants Pen Clean and Beautify their Community

Residents of Grants Pen in North East St. Andrew turned out in their numbers on Tuesday (May 23) to clean and beautify their community. Activities included the painting of pedestrian crossings, cleaning of community spaces, patching of roads, and the...

Tourism Minister and Member of Parliament for East Central St. James, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, assists in painting the Barrett Town Community Centre, during Labour Day activities in the community on Tuesday, May 23.

Sam Sharpe Tribute Kicks off Labour Day Activities in St. James

Late veteran journalist, Doreen Brown, who worked at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) from 1963 until 1992.

JIS Regrets Passing of Doreen Brown

Sections of the Rio Cobre Dam maintained by NIC.

Interruptions in NIC’s Service Operations

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Public Service, and Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Andrew, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), shares in a light conversation with Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dr. Andrew Spencer (left); and Director of the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Centre for Tourism and Policy Research and Chairman of the GATFFEST Film Festival, Professor Ian Boxill. Occasion was the launch of GATFFEST on May 11 at the UWI Mona Campus in St. Andrew. The festival, slated to take place from June 15 to 24 at venues in Kingston and Montego Bay, is an initiative of the UWI Centre for Tourism and Policy Research.

Film-makers From 28 Countries For UWI’s GATFFEST

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SRC To Showcase Opportunities In Personal Care Industry

Entrepreneurs in the personal care industry and persons who want to start a business in the field, are invited to the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) annual Opportunity Quest at its Hope Gardens offices on Thursday, May 25. Acting Manager for Marketing and Corporate Communications, Carolyn Rose Miller, told JIS News that this event, to be held from 10:00 a.m. to...

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SRC And JBDC Sign MOU To Boost MSME Sector

The Scientific Research Council (SRC) and the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which will provide faster and easier access to business-development services for the growth of the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) sector.Executive Director of the SRC, Dr. Cliff Riley, said the agreement will strengthen the relationship between the entities, allowing them...

Chief Executive Officer of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter, speaks to JIS News about initiatives to be implemented to improve customer service and reduce waiting time at the entity.

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PICA to Implement Initiatives to Improve Service

The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) will be implementing various initiatives over the next two years to significantly improve customer experience and reduce the waiting time to access and obtain services at the entity. In an interview with JIS News, Chief Executive Officer at PICA, Andrew Wynter, said that already, the agency has improved operations by extending its working...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (2nd left), is in light conversation with (from right) Custos Rotulorum for the Parish of Kingston and Chairman of the Kingston and St. Andrew Development and Homecoming Foundation (KSADHF) Limited, Hon. Steadman Fuller, and his wife, Sonia Fuller; and Chief Executive Officer of the KSADHF, G. George Watson. Occasion was the recent launch of the KSADHF at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

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December 16 to 23 is Kingston and St. Andrew Homecoming Week

The inaugural Kingston and St. Andrew Homecoming Week 2017 will be held from December 16 to 23. The event is being organised by the Kingston and St. Andrew Development and Homecoming Foundation (KSADHF) Limited, which is chaired by Custos Rotulorum for the Parish of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller. Homecoming Week, slated to become an annual flagship event of the Foundation,...

Runners line up for the start of the 2018 MoBay City Run in front of the Old Hospital Park, Montego Bay, St. James.

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Organisers of Mobay City Run Hailed

The St. James Parish Council and other entities throughout Montego Bay have hailed organisers of the fourth annual MoBay City Run, which was staged on May 7. According to Mayor, His Worship, Homer Davis, the charitable event, which was divided into 3k, 5k and 10k sections, was one of the best things to have happened in Montego Bay since the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), is escorted into the backyard at the home of Central Clarendon resident, Stephanie Largie (left), during a tour on May 5 of sections of constituency that were flooded by heavy rains in April.

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Prime Minister Holness Assures Clarendon Flood Victims of Government’s Assistance

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has assured the residents of communities in Central Clarendon, who were affected by flood rains in April, that the Government will be assisting with their recovery. He gave this assurance during a tour of sections of the constituency on Friday, May 5. Mr. Holness told JIS News that the administration has commenced disaster...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon., Andrew Holness (second left), breaks ground for 150 serviced lots being developed by the National Housing Trust (NHT) at Chateau Gardens in Birds Hill, Clarendon on Friday, May 5. Others (from left) are: May Pen Mayor, Councillor Winston Maragh; NHT Chairman, Ambassador, Dr. Nigel Clarke; Transport and Mining Minister and Central Clarendon Member of Parliament, Hon. Mike Henry; State Minister for Finance and the Public Service and South East Clarendon Member of Parliament, Hon. Rudyard Spencer; and NHT Managing Director, Martin Miller.

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Ground Broken for Chateau Gardens Housing Development in Clarendon

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday, May 5, broke ground for 150 serviced lots being developed at Chateau Gardens in Birds Hill, Clarendon. The lots comprise the first of the development’s two phases being undertaken by the National Housing Trust (NHT) to provide 565 housing solutions at a cost of $593 million. Friday’s ground breaking marked the...