Latest

Programme Director for the National Identification System (NIDS), Warren Vernon. (JIS File Photo)

Biometric Data For NIDS Database Will Be Encrypted

Programme Director for the National Identification System (NIDS), Warren Vernon, says that biometric data for the national identification database will be encrypted to prevent unauthorised access. “Your fingerprint and facial image will be encrypted, so that a regular person just...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

Public Comments Invited On Beach Access And Management Policy

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.

Vaccine Deployment Under COVAX Facility To Get Under Way By March

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton (left), presents an antigen test reader to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Biomedical Caledonia Medical Lab, Helen Christian (centre), at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Thursday (January 14). Director of Laboratory Services in the Ministry, Dr. Michelle Hamilton, also presents the CEO with an antigen test reader. Occasion was the handover of 30,000 antigen test kits and reader machines to six private laboratories.

COVID-19 Testing Capacity Of Private Labs Boosted

Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Amber Group, Dushyant Savadia, addresses the virtual launch of the Amber HEART Academy on Thursday (January 14).

Thousands Of Young People To Be Trained As Software Developers

Environmental Manager at the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), Errol Mortley (left), and NROCC Managing Director, Ivan Anderson, participate in a tree-planting exercise along the North-South Highway in the vicinity of the Linstead Toll Plaza, on Saturday, January 9. NROCC partnered with the Rotaract Club to plant more than 400 trees at the site as part of the three-million trees initiative.

5 years ago Environment

NROCC Partners With Rotaract Club To Plant Over 400 Trees

The National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), has partnered with the University of the West Indies Rotaract Club to plant more than 400 trees as part of the Prime Minister’s Three Million Trees initiative. The trees are being planted on lands adjacent to the Linstead Toll Plaza on the North South Leg of Highway 2000. In an interview with...

Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Winston Ennis (left), emphasizes a point during the monthly meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) on January 12, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. At right is Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, Robert Hill.

5 years ago Local Government

Deputy Mayor Encourages Kingston Residents To Abide By Building Codes

Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Winston Ennis, is urging citizens of Kingston to increase their awareness of and preparedness for earthquakes, and abide by the building codes. The call comes as Jamaica marks Earthquake Awareness Month in January. Councillor Ennis, who was addressing the recent meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), held at the Jamaica Conference...

Acting Assistant Commissioner and Officer in Charge of the Jamaica Fire Brigade’s Fire Prevention Division, Emeleo Ebanks,

5 years ago Fire Safety

Persons Encouraged To Practise Safety Drills At Home

Jamaicans are being encouraged to practise safety drills at home and develop comprehensive emergency plans for their households, particularly now that more persons are spending time at home. The call comes from the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) and the Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies, Mona. Speaking during the launch of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and...

Programme Director for the National Identification System (NIDS), Warren Vernon, speaking during a virtual town hall meeting on the National Identification and Registration Act, 2020, on Wednesday (January 13).

5 years ago NIDS

September Targeted To Commence NIDS Enrolments

Enrolments under the National Identification System (NIDS) are being targeted for commencement within eight months. NIDS Programme Director, Warren Vernon, indicated that “if we receive the legal framework by May, we will be in a position to start personalising the first card by September 2021”, while adding that “we have been doing a lot of work [to this end] in...

A National Works Agency (NWA) worker clears a section of the Lethe roadway in St. James after the area was heavily flooded last Saturday.

5 years ago Local Government

NWA Clearing Drains In St. James

Community Relations Officer for the National Works Agency (NWA) western office, Janel Rickets, says the entity is engaged in clearing drains that were blocked as a result of flood rains in St. James on Saturday (January 9). She noted that work is being undertaken along the roadway from Lethe to Long Hill, which was the area most impacted by the...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (at podium), addresses the official launch of the Jamaica Energy Resilience Alliance during a virtual ceremony hosted at the White Marl location of LASCO Distributors Limited in St. Catherine, on Wednesday (January 13).

5 years ago Energy

Minister Vaz Welcomes Private Sector-Led Alliance To Drive Solar Energy In Jamaica

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has welcomed a private-sector-led project that will strengthen energy resilience in Jamaica by accelerating the adoption of distributed solar energy. Through an alliance of Jamaican and international organisations, with funding support of US$4 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the three-year undertaking will build resilient distributed energy...

Minister of Justice and Chairman of the Joint Select Committee on the National Identification and Registration Act, 2020 (NIDS), Hon. Delroy Chuck, addressing the first of six virtual town halls on the NIDS on January 13.

5 years ago NIDS

Public Invited To Submit Written Comments On NIDS By January 29

Members of the public have until Friday, January 29 to submit written comments to the Joint Select Committee of Parliament on the National Identification and Registration Act, 2020 (NIDS). Comments may be submitted to Clerk to the Houses, Gordon House, 81 Duke Street, Kingston or via electronic mail to clerk@japarliament.gov.jm. The 71-page document can be downloaded from the Houses of...