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Leader of the Opposition, Mark Golding, making his contribution to the 2021/22 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, on March 16.

Leader Of The Opposition Implores Jamaicans To Take Vaccines

Leader of the Opposition, Mark Golding, is imploring all Jamaicans to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. “There is a lot of misinformation being spread around, a lot of fear and anxiety. But, this COVID is a deadly...

Director at the Victim Services Division (VSD), Ministry of Justice, Osbourne Bailey.

Crime Victims Encouraged To Access Counselling Support

Vice Principal and past student of Vauxhall High School, Annette Campbell Burke (left), presents grade-eight student, Yolanda Forbes, with a tablet. Occasion was the handover of 61 tablets, donated by the Vauxhall High School Alumni Association, Jamaican Diaspora. The event was held at the institution’s Windward Road address, in East Kingston, recently.

Vauxhall High Receives Tablets From Past Students

The Caribbean Examinations Council’s Official Logo.

CSEC And CAPE Students Now Have Free Access To OneX Platform

Victim Services Division Improves Operations Islandwide

Manager for the Applications Secretariat Branch of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Miguel Nelson, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on March 16.

5 years ago Environment

NEPA Calls On Persons To Renew Environmental Permits

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...

National Librarian, National Library of Jamaica, Beverley Lashley.

5 years ago CultureInformation

Jamaica To Appoint New Poet Laureate

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...

5 years ago Information

March 31 Deadline to Register for Voters’ List

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...

5 years ago Water

Unavailability Of Switchboard At St. Mary Commercial Office – NWC

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...

Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Network, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh.

5 years ago Health & Wellness

CARPIN Calls For Use Of GHS For Classification And Labelling Of Cleaning Chemicals

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...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right); Head of the Logistics and Operations Committee, Private Sector Vaccination Initiative, Peter Melhado (left) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Jamaica Country Representative, Mariko Kagoshima (second left), affix their signatures to documents formalising the partnership for support of the COVID-19 vaccination management system, during a virtual ceremony on March 16. Also sharing in the moment at right is Chairman of the Oversight Committee, Private Sector Vaccination Initiative, Christopher Zacca.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Vaccination Management System To Become Operational By Early April

The Government is partnering with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the deployment of vaccination management system software with a registration and scheduling module that will make the process of registration seamless. The digital health platform, which is slated to become operational in early April, will be accessed through the websites of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the...