Secondary-level students preparing to sit the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), now have free access to OneX Platform until June 30, 2021. This was made possible by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, to support students in grades 11, 12 and 13 as they prepare to sit CSEC and CAPE examinations....

The Victim Services Division (VSD) is improving its operations and services in the offices islandwide. The Division, which mainly provides counselling services to victims of crime, also provides technical services, crisis intervention, volunteer mobilisation and court support. In an interview with JIS News, Executive Director of the VSD, Osbourne Bailey, said the progressive improvement of the VSD includes sharpening how...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is urging persons holding environmental permits to renew them before the March 31, 2021 deadline. “The agency is encouraging all business operators, all persons who hold environmental permits that would have expired on the 31st of March 2020 and whose operations are continuing, to renew their environmental permits. So, persons are encouraged to...

A virtual ceremony to announce the new Poet Laureate of Jamaica will be held today, Wednesday, March 17 at 11:30 a.m. The Poet Laureate is generally selected from amongst a country’s most esteemed and accomplished poets. The event is being organised by the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. It...

The deadline to register for the next Voters’ List is Wednesday, March 31. The list is scheduled to be published on May 31, 2021. Persons intending to have their name added to the Voters’ List must apply in person at any Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) constituency office. Individuals who register after March 31 will have to wait to be...

The National Water Commission wishes to advise that the Switchboard at its St. Mary Commercial Office is  temporarily unavailable due to technical difficulties. Telephone lines impacted: 876-994-2441, 876- 994-2476, 876-994-2496, 876-994-2851 The Company is currently working  to have the issues corrected and switchboard back in service by tomorrow Wednesday, March 17, 2021. In the interim, customers are invited to utilize...

The Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN) is calling for the use of the Globally Harmonised System (GHS) of classification and labelling of chemicals used for cleaning in Jamaica. In an interview with JIS News, Poison Information Coordinator at CARPIN, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, indicated that the discussion has been ongoing in the country for the past 10 years, without there being consensus...