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Consultant Project Manager of the Work Permit Modernisation Project at the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Marlon Case.

MLSS Closer To Implementing Web-Based Work Permit System

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) is now accepting online payments for work permits as it moves closer towards rolling out a new web-based work permit system by 2022. The new system is being implemented as part of...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, emphasises a point while delivering the opening 2021/22 Sectoral Debate Presentation in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (April 20), under the theme ‘Building Forward Stronger: Tourism 2021 and Beyond’.

Gov’t Looking At Contingency Plan For Tourism Sector

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking in the House of Representatives on April 20.

JCF Strengthens Domestic Violence Intervention

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie

Important To Turn Up For Second Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine – CMO

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right) and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), display some of the COVID-19 testing supplies donated by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to support the Government’s fight against the pandemic. The ceremony was held at the National Public Health Laboratory, 21 Slipe Pen Road, Kingston, on April 20. Also sharing the moment (from second left) are Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Jamaica, Lim Baejin and Director of the National Laboratory Services, Dr. Michelle Hamilton.

PHOTOS: Donation Of COVID-19 Testing Supplies By Korean Embassy

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

COVID-19 Update For Tuesday, April 20, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 83 44,337 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 37 24,808 Males 46 19,526 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 8 months to 93 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES Clarendon 8 2,435 Hanover 3 1,201 Kingston & St. Andrew 17 12,673 Manchester 1...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks in the House of Representatives on April 20.

5 years ago Gender Affairs

Prime Minister Condemns Violence Against Women

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is condemning violence against women and children and violence, generally, in the society. Speaking in the House of Representatives on April 20, Mr. Holness said he was outraged at the display of violence in a viral video being circulated. He noted that subsequent allegations that a person captured in the video is a...

5 years ago Environment

Sandals Foundation to Plant 10,000 Trees By June 2022 to Strengthen Caribbean Environmental Conservation Efforts

As organizations around the world mobilize their networks to commemorate Earth Day on April 22, Sandals Foundation – the philanthropic arm of Sandals Resorts International – is intensifying its Caribbean conservation efforts by committing to plant 10,000 trees by June 2022. The effort forms part of a wider Caribbean Tree Planting Project coordinated by the Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance in collaboration...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), and Canadian High Commissioner, Her Excellency, Emina Tudakovic, hold a symbolic cheque of Can$100,000, representing one element of the Government of Canada’s support to the Government of Jamaica’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The presentation was made during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on April 20.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Canada Donates JMD$11.3 Million Towards COVID-19 Field Hospitals In Jamaica

The Government of Canada, through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives, earlier today donated $11.3 million (CAD 100,000) to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, in support of the Government of Jamaica’s COVID-19 response. Canada’s contribution will support the expansion of the COVID-19 wards by enabling the procurement of some 48 hospital beds. High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica, Emina...

Deputy Registrar, National Children’s Registry (NCR), Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Warren Thompson. (JIS File Photo)

5 years ago Youth

CPFSA Encourages Self-Reporting By Children

Deputy Registrar at the National Children’s Registry (NCR) of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Warren Thompson, is encouraging self-reporting by children who are victims of abuse. “We want to encourage children to self-report. If they feel that they are at risk, that they are victims of abuse or that they are in need of care and protection,...

SPT: Head of the Trelawny Police, Superintendent Carlos Russell.

5 years ago National Security and Peace

Trelawny Police Targeting Migrating Criminals

The Trelawny police say they has been working with residents to target criminals seeking refuge in the parish. In an interview with JIS News, Head of the Trelawny Police, Superintendent Carlos Russell, said residents have been assisting the police with information on the location of criminals and are reporting strange people in their communities. “Trelawny has always been seen as...

Watershed Officer at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), André Reid, addresses a Think Tank at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) head office on Half-Way- Tree Road in Kingston, on April 20.

5 years ago Agriculture

315 Farmers Reap Benefits Under Irrigation Systems Consultancy Project

A total of 315 farmers from 11 districts in St. Thomas and St. Andrew have benefited from irrigation equipment and techniques to boost crop production under the Irrigation Systems Consultancy Project. The consultancy was executed through a partnership involving the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA). The eight-month-long project, which began in July...