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Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, launches the Community Renewal Index (CRI 2020), during the virtual European Union and Government of Jamaica Conference on results-based and people-centred development on March 30.
Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, launches the Community Renewal Index (CRI 2020), during the virtual European Union and Government of Jamaica Conference on results-based and people-centred development on March 30.

PIOJ Launches Community Renewal Index

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has launched its Community Renewal Index (CRI 2020), which aims to improve access to empirical data to inform decision-making for community development. The Index is an initiative under the entity’s Community Renewal Programme, which...
Reporter, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ainsworth Morris (second left), hands over books produced by the JIS to Medical Social Worker, Bellevue Hospital, Patricia Wilson, on March 30. The books and other items have been donated to the hospital for their new Book Corner Project. Also displaying items donated by the JIS (from left) are Director of Patient Services, Stacy-Ann Lawman; Chief Executive Officer, Bellevue Hospital, Marcia Mullings-Thompson; and Medical Social Worker, Annette Francis.
Reporter, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ainsworth Morris (second left), hands over books produced by the JIS to Medical Social Worker, Bellevue Hospital, Patricia Wilson, on March 30. The books and other items have been donated to the hospital for their new Book Corner Project. Also displaying items donated by the JIS (from left) are Director of Patient Services, Stacy-Ann Lawman; Chief Executive Officer, Bellevue Hospital, Marcia Mullings-Thompson; and Medical Social Worker, Annette Francis.

Patients At Bellevue To Benefit From Reading Project
Parish Manager for the St. Elizabeth Health Services, Sean Brissett.
Parish Manager for the St. Elizabeth Health Services, Sean Brissett.

High Vaccination Rate In St. Elizabeth
Reporter, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ainsworth Morris (left), observes as Medical Social Worker, Patricia Wilson (second left); Chief Executive Officer, Bellevue Hospital, Marcia Mullings-Thompson (third left), and Medical Social Worker, Annette Francis, display the cultural items that are produced by the JIS, and donated to the hospital for their new Book Corner Project. The items were handed over at the hospital, on Tuesday (March 30).
Reporter, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ainsworth Morris (left), observes as Medical Social Worker, Patricia Wilson (second left); Chief Executive Officer, Bellevue Hospital, Marcia Mullings-Thompson (third left), and Medical Social Worker, Annette Francis, display the cultural items that are produced by the JIS, and donated to the hospital for their new Book Corner Project. The items were handed over at the hospital, on Tuesday (March 30).

PHOTOS: JIS Donates Cultural Items To Bellevue Book Corner Project
Director of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald Riley.
Director of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald Riley.

Tourism Linkages Network Hosts Speed Networking On March 31

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National Coordinator of the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme, Colonel Martin Rickman. (File Photo)
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HOPE Looking For More Opportunities To Place Interns During COVID-19

The Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme is working to develop more partnerships with entities that will create opportunities for employment and engagement of young people, particularly in environments that allow for physical distancing. “In other words, we want to place them in areas where they are no longer confined to a physical office space,” said National Coordinator of...
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Water

NWC To Continue A Number Of Capital Projects In 2021/22

For the 2021/22 fiscal year, the National Water Commission (NWC) will continue the implementation of strategic initiatives and capital projects geared towards improving operational efficiency, expansion of coverage areas as well as service reliability. Among them is the Kingston and St Andrew (KSA) non-revenue water (NRW) programme, which is slated to be completed by December 2021. As stated in the...
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Tourism

Royal Caribbean Int’l Begins Cruise From Bahamas June 12

The much anticipated return of cruise shipping in the Caribbean will be realised on June 12, 2021, when global cruise giants Royal Caribbean International will set sail from new home port, Nassau, The Bahamas. The cruise line, the second biggest in the world behind Carnival, has announced a summer line-up of seven-night cruises on board ‘Adventure of the Seas’, where...
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Director of Tourism, Donovan White.
Tourism

Jamaica Tourist Board Receives Award From HSMAI

Even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Jamaica, last Tuesday (March 23), managed to cop a major international award for its tourism response to the worldwide pandemic. The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) was recognised by the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) with a Best Practice Gold Adrian Award for public relations excellence in Crisis Communications/Management. The focus of the 2020 HSMAI...
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Finance & Public Service

Businesses are Reminded of Tax Returns due March 31

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding business persons and employers that their Income Tax Returns and Annual Employer’s Return for the 2020 filing period are due on March 31. Companies, Partnerships, Self-employed persons and employed persons with other sources of income, have until the extended Income Tax deadline of March 31 to file their Final Income Tax Return for 2020...
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Transport Authority Urges Licensees To Utilize Various Methods Of Application In Order To Improve Safety And Mitigate The Spread Of COVID-19 Virus

Effective March 30, 2021, the Transport Authority will be implementing new measures for submission of applications for all categories of public passenger vehicles and commercial carriers to reduce the risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus. The Authority says come tomorrow Hackney, Stage and Express Carriages and commercial carriers’ applicants are encouraged to utilize the Authority’s online application portal at...
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Finance & Public Service

Bank Of Jamaica Holds Policy Rate

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) announces its decision to hold the policy interest rate (the rate offered to deposit-taking institutions on overnight placements with BOJ) unchanged at 0.50 per cent per annum. Bank of Jamaica has kept the policy rate at the historic low level of 0.50 per cent based on its assessment that inflation will generally continue to remain within...
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