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Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Marianne Van Steen, speaks at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held at the Agency’s head office in Kingston.

Jamaica-EU Relations To Be Strengthened

The strong ties between Jamaica and the European Union (EU) will be further strengthened. This assurance was given by newly appointed Head of the EU Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Marianne Van Steen, at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think...

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Persons With Comorbidities At Great Risk Of Dying If Impacted By COVID-19

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses farmers at the Albert High School in Southern Trelawny, following a tour of farms and agricultural lands in the area on Friday (January 22).

Agriculture Ministry To Regularise Former Sugar Cane Lands In Parnassus

Head of the Jamaica Cyber Incident Response Team (Ja-CIRT) in the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Lieutenant Colonel Godphey Sterling. (Photo: Adrian Walker)

Citizens Urged To Be Extra Vigilant Online

Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport Minister, the Hon. Olivia Grange.

Minister Grange Calls For Urgent Reparations For Africans And Persons Of African Descent Impacted By Racial Injustice

5 years ago Coronavirus

TAJ Adjusts Business Hours for Its Offices in Manchester

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) wishes to advise the public that effective today, Monday January 25, 2021 its business hours have been adjusted in response to the enhanced COVID-19 measures revising the nightly curfew time to 7:00 p.m. in the parish of Manchester. As a result, effective today Monday, January 25, 2021 and for the next two weeks, the Mandeville and Christiana...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks at a virtual press conference on Monday (January 25).

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Enhanced COVID-19 Measures For Manchester

The Government has announced enhanced coronavirus (COVID-19) measures for the parish of Manchester for two weeks from January 25 to February 8. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the announcement during a virtual press conference on Monday (January 25). He said that “Manchester has seen a rapid increase in cases with 125 new cases between...

Senior Director, Adjudication Services Division, National Land Agency (NLA), Shalise Porteous.

5 years ago Information

NLA Carrying Out Preliminary Field Investigations Under Systematic Land Registration Programme

The National Land Agency (NLA) is carrying out preliminary field investigations at areas across the island under its systematic land registration programme. The initiative seeks to assist persons to obtain titles for property they have lived on open, undisturbed and undisputed for upwards of 12 years, through the process of adjudication. It is being facilitated under the Registration of Titles,...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information , Hon. Fayval Williams.

5 years ago Education

Consultations Held With Local Stakeholders on CXC’s Options for 2021 Exams

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Ministry has been in dialogue with the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) and has conducted consultations with key local stakeholders on the five options suggested as modifications to the administration of the 2021 examinations. Mrs. Williams noted that the consultations were held against the background of the issues surrounding the...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (2nd right), looks at strawberries reaped by Cecil Rope (second left) on is farm in Rock Spring, South Trelawny, during a tour of the area on Friday (Jan. 22). Others (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence; and Executive Director of the Rural Agriculture Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson.

5 years ago Agriculture

Gov’t in Talks With Insurance Companies to Provide Coverage for Farmers

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is taking steps to provide insurance coverage for the island’s large and small-scale farmers through the partnership with the private sector. Addressing farmers at the Albert Town High School in Trelawny on Friday (January 22), following a tour of southern sections of the parish, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green said that talks are underway...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (back row, centre) is joined by Chief Executive Officer of donor company, RMP & Associates Limited, Reece Kong (back row, left); and Interim Chief Executive Officer, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Greta Bogues, at the handover of tablets to students of John Mills Primary and Infant school, at the institution in Kingston on Friday (January 22). Proudly displaying their tablets (from left, front row are): Shanalee Garwood, Sanique Watt, Douglas Augustine, Theyo Turner and Sashana Dailey.

5 years ago Education

John Mills Primary And Infant Gets 50 Tablets

Private sector companies continue to support the ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative, with an information technology company, RMP & Associates Limited, donating 50 tablets to the John Mills Primary and Infant School in Kingston. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Reece Kong, handed over the devices during a ceremony at the school’s Retirement Crescent location on Friday (January 22),...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, highlights a point while addressing the sitting of the Senate on Friday (Jan. 22), at Gordon House.

5 years ago Investment

Senate Passes Microcredit Act

The Microcredit Act 2021, which aims to license and regulate microcredit institutions that provide financing to individuals and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), was approved in the Senate on Friday (Jan. 22). The legislation, which was passed with 12 amendments, seeks to, among other things: discourage microcredit institutions from lending money at excessive interest rates that are not justified...