The Transport Authority (TA) is seeking feedback from the public on a proposal to route all public passenger vehicles (PPVs) that travel in and out of Half-Way Tree, through the Transport Centre. In an interview with JIS News, TA Acting Managing Director, Willard Hylton, said there has been discussion around the matter, which he describes as a “sore point”, for...

The enhanced COVID-19 measures for the parish of Westmoreland previously announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness will be extended until Friday, January 15, 2021. Westmoreland remains the parish with the highest number of cases per population. The cases are spread across the parish involving more than 30 communities. New cases are arising weekly from several communities across the parish. The...

Sixteen tablet computers and a laptop have been presented to children living in the Salt Spring community of St. James, under the No Student Left Behind electronics campaign. The initiative is the brainchild of the Salt Spring Community Outreach Programme for Empowerment (SSCOPE) International Limited, which handed over the devices on Wednesday (December 30), at the Salt Spring Peace and...

Corporate Communications Manager at the Transport Authority (TA), Petra-Kene Williams, says the agency has been reaching out to many of the commercial services stakeholders to encourage them to come in and become compliant. “In addition to that, we have our operations teams going out to the main townships and doing road collections, so we are no longer depending on the...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right), pets a chick handed to him by Vice President, Hi-Pro Division, Jamaica Broilers Group of Companies, Colonel Jaimie Ogilvie (ret’d) during the handover of input supplies to farmers at the Jamaica Broilers Limited headquarters in McCook’s Pen, St. Catherine, on December 16. The company donated 20,000 baby chicks and 1,000 bags...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), greets Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Multi-Commodities Centre (DMCC), Ahmed Bin Sulayem during a meeting held at Jamaica House on December 18.

The Jamaica 4-H Clubs has been providing technical assistance primarily to youth farmers to help them to overcome various challenges, while introducing them to proper farming techniques. In a recent interview with JIS News, Executive Director, Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake, said the technical assistance provided by his organisation would enhance the work of extension officers and the services...