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BSJ Reviewing Packaging Standards for Flour and Rice

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) is reviewing the packaging requirements for commodities such as flour and rice. Speaking in an interview with the JIS News, Director of the Standards Division at the BSJ, Julia Bonner Douette, said the objective...

Chairman of the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ), Lyttleton Shirley, speaks at a forum held at the Morant Villas, in Morant Bay, St. Thomas on June 7.

Cabinet to Receive Submission for Joint Venture Agreement to Establish Morant Bay Urban Centre

Director of Marketing and Public Relations at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Stephen Davidson.

2018 Festival Queen Contest Gets Under Way June 9

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left, foreground), makes a point to Chief Executive Officer, National Works Agency, E.G. Hunter, about a matter concerning improvement works being done on Hagley Park Road in St. Andrew, during a tour of the project on Friday (June 1). Hagley Park Road Improvement Project was among several legacy projects, being developed in the Corporate Area under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme, which Mr. Holness toured.

Prime Minister Holness Urges Caution to Persons Traversing Newly Upgraded Roadways

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), listens to a point being made by Chief Executive Officer, National Works Agency (NWA), E.G. Hunter, regarding the improvement works being undertaken on Constant Spring Road in Kingston. Mr. Holness was on a tour of the Constant Spring Road Improvement Project on Friday (June 1). It was among several legacy projects in the Corporate Area, falling under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP), that he visited.

Gov’t Seeking Suitable Location for Barbican Taxi Stand

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), points of something of interest to Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd right), and Chief Executive Officer of the National Works Agency (NWA), E.G. Hunter (3rd right), during a tour of the Constant Spring Road Improvement Project today (June 1). The Prime Minister toured several road upgrading projects in the Corporate Area, which fall under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP).

8 years ago Development

Road Upgrading Will Boost Workforce Productivity – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government’s work to upgrade several major thoroughfares in the Corporate Area will contribute to a more productive labour force, by significantly reducing travel time. “If 12,000 to 15,000 Jamaicans…sit in traffic for 30 minutes to get from home to their destination, you can calculate the loss of time, productivity and built...

8 years ago Development

JSIF to Remove Zinc Fences In Mount Salem

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, says some $27 million will be spent on the Mount Salem Zinc Fence Substitution Project to greatly improve the aesthetics of the St. James community. He noted that the Government, through the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, is providing $26 million for the undertaking with contribution of...

A section of the newly upgraded Barbican Road in St. Andrew. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, toured the completed Barbican Road Improvement Project today (June 1). It was implemented under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP).

8 years ago DevelopmentTransport

PM Tours Completed Barbican Road Project

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, toured the completed Barbican Road Upgrade Project today (June 1). The US$4.4 million project was done under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP). The works at Barbican entailed significant widening and upgrading in the vicinity of the Barbican Centre, which is expected to alleviate congestion in the area. The Prime Minister said the...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (fourth left), participates in the breaking of ground for construction of the new $56-million Port Maria Market in St. Mary on Wednesday (May 30). Others from left are Butcher, Angela Murphy; Chief Executive Officer at Dutch Construction Limited, Andrew Smith; Member of Parliament for Central St. Mary, Dr. Morais Guy; Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary; Custos of St. Mary, Hon. Errol Johnson; and Coincillor for the Potrt Maria Division, Germaine Smiley.

8 years ago CommunityDevelopmentLocal Government

Gov’t to Spend $400 Million to Build and Upgrade Markets

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said some $400 million will be spent during the 2018/2019 financial year to construct and upgrade markets across the island. He said that the expenditure is the largest in recent years for the improvement of market infrastructure, noting that the investment will stimulate small-scale economic activity. He said there is...

8 years ago AgricultureDevelopment

RADA Farmers’ Market May 25

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is inviting the public to its Farmers’ Market, scheduled to take place on Friday, May 25 at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Hope Gardens complex, from 6: 00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. In an interview with JIS News, Communications Director at RADA, Camille Beckford, said patrons should expect samplings, low prices...

8 years ago Development

Finance Minister Reports Major Decline in Poverty

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, is reporting a significant decline in the rate of poverty in Jamaica. In a statement to Parliament on Tuesday (May 22), Dr. Clarke said that poverty fell by four percentage points from 21.1 per cent for calendar year 2015 to 17.1 per cent for 2016. This represents a...

8 years ago DevelopmentMining

Mining and Quarrying Top-Performing Sector

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting that mining and quarrying grew by an estimated 25.5 per cent from January to March 2018, to emerge as the top-performing sector over the quarter, compared to the corresponding period last year. Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, said the sector’s out-turn, to a large extent, spurred the goods producing industry’s estimated three...