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Behaviour Change Communication Coordinator at the National Family Planning Board, Marion Waysome-McIntyre, addresses JIS ‘ Think Tank’.

NFPB Confident Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Programme Will Meet Objective

The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is expressing confidence that its Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Programme will meet its objective. The project is aimed at preventing pregnancy, especially second pregnancies, in adolescent girls. Speaking at a recent...

Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis

Health Ministry Trains Critical Personnel In Preparation For COVID-19 Vaccine

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.

Finance Minister Opens Budget Debate March 9

Managing Director, Spectrum Management Authority (SMA), Dr. Maria Myers-Hamilton (second left) is part of Jamaica's delegation at the 2019 World Radio Communications Conference in Egypt. The other team members (from left) are Director of Post and Telecommunications, Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Cecil McCain; Manager of Band Planning, SMA, Mahlangu Lawson; and Telecommunications Engineer, SMA, Tai-Shan Tracey.

Global Interest In 700 MHz Band Licence

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks at the virtual inaugural meeting of the National Quality Policy Council, on Thursday (February 25).

Minister Says 30 To 40 Public-Sector Entities Should Be ISO 9001 Certified By End Of 2021/22

5 years ago CommerceIndustry

MSMEs Encouraged To Offer Consumers Options In Web Stores

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are advised to offer various options to consumers when they begin to operate web stores. Speaking at a recently held Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) ‘Virtual Biz Zone’ session, held under the theme 'Jamaica! Start Selling Online’, Chief Executive Officer of Fygaro, Ariel Rochwerger, said that offering ways to pay for products and services...

5 years ago Cybersecurity

PM Holness And National Security Council Get Comprehensive Update On The Country’s Cybersecurity Apparatus

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Thursday (February 25), in chairing the monthly National Security Council (NSC) meeting received a comprehensive update on Jamaica’s cyber architecture and a specific report on matters related to the Jamcovid-19 application. Among the main points of discussion were the steps being taken to build a robust governance framework and infrastructure for cybersecurity embedded in Plan...

Environmental Manager at the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), Errol Mortley, addresses recent JIS ‘ Think Tank’.

5 years ago Works / Construction

High Level Of Environmental Monitoring On Highway Project – NROCC

The National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) is assuring the public that a high level of environmental monitoring and compliance is taking place on the May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000. In an interview with JIS News, Environmental Manager at NROCC, Errol Mortley, explained that before the project even began, an environmental permit was required and that...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), examines syringes being stored at the Ministry’s storage warehouse on Shalimar Avenue in Kingston, in preparation for the distribution of vaccines that are to come in the island to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Looking on is Acting Stores Manager, Dwayne Linton. The Minister visited the site on February 24.

5 years ago Health & Wellness

PHOTOS: Health Minister, Dr. Tufton At Ministry’s Warehouse

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), examines syringes being stored at the Ministry’s storage warehouse on Shalimar Avenue in Kingston, in preparation for the distribution of vaccines that are to come in the island to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Looking on is Acting Stores Manager, Dwayne Linton. The Minister visited the site on...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, places a wreath at the shrine of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, in honour of the 137th anniversary of his birth, at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Wednesday, February 24.

5 years ago Tribute

PHOTOS: Floral Tributes For Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante

National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) sanitation workers with the Metropolitan Parks and Markets Waste Management Limited clear garbage from a section of downtown Kingston. The NSWMA is reminding householders that they should secure their waste until the sanitation workers and compactor trucks do collections. (File Photo)

5 years ago Local Government

Persons Encouraged To Practise Proper Waste Management

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is calling on Jamaicans to help protect sanitation workers and achieve a cleaner environment by playing their part in proper waste management. Community Relations Manager at the NSWMA, Kimberley Blair, is asking that persons be mindful of how they dispose of their waste, as the Authority has noticed that bins are filling up...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), observes as Business Administration Manager, Stone Plus Limited, Saccherine Chin (second left), assists grade-five Lyssons Primary, student, Nathallia Crumbie (third left), in using her new tablet. Principal of the school, Evette Bonfield Beecher, looks on. The occasion was the handover of 100 tablets donated by Stone Plus Limited under the ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative, at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Wednesday (February 24).

5 years ago Education

Greater Emphasis On Strengthening Online Learning – Minister Williams

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says with the suspension of face-to-face classes, greater emphasis will be placed on the acquisition of devices to strengthen online learning. She was speaking at the handover of 100 tablets by Stone Plus Limited at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Wednesday (February 24). The presentation was made under the...