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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the virtual national launch for the new global ocean action agenda on Thursday (December 10). The agenda, proposed by a High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel) comprising 14 world leaders, including Mr. Holness, aims to sustainably manage the ocean’s resources globally.

PM Affirms Jamaica’s Commitment To Protecting The Ocean’s Resources

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has affirmed Jamaica’s commitment to sustainably manage 100 per cent of the country’s national waters to aid in protecting the ocean’s resources globally. This is in keeping with a new ocean action agenda...

Winner of the Shared Corporate Services Jamaica (SCSJ) logo design competition, Ramon Nichols of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), shows off the logo, at the presentation ceremony held at the Transformation Implementation Unit's (TIU) Saxthorpe Avenue location in Kingston on Thursday (December 10). The logo will be used online, in print, and on merchandise for the SCSJ, which is expected to come on stream in January 2021.

JIS Employee Wins Logo Design For Gov’t Shared Corporate Services

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), examines the new iPad tablets customers will use in the banking hall of the renovated Scotiabank Centre in downtown Kingston, which the Prime Minister reopened, on Thursday (December 10). With the Prime Minister (from left) are Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Planning and the Public Service, Julian Robinson; Chairman, Scotia Group Jamaica, Jeffrey Hall; President and Chief Executive Officer, Scotia Group Jamaica, David Noel and Executive Vice President, Retail Banking, Scotiabank, Audrey Tugwell Henry.

PM Says Jamaicans Should Embrace Digital Technology And Commerce

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

Inaugural Plastic Waste Management Conference A Success

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn. (JIS File Photo)

Nurses And Midwives Hailed

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addresses the House of Representatives on December 8.

6 years ago Justice

Drug Samples And Photographs To Be Used As Evidence Of Large Exhibits In Court

Legislation enabling drug samples and photographs of evidence to be received as evidence of large exhibits in court proceedings, was passed in the House of Representatives on December 8. The Bills – Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and the Evidence (Amendment) Bill, 2020 – were piloted by Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck. Mr. Chuck said the Dangerous Drugs Act...

6 years ago Local Government

MPM Waste Management Limited Clears Mini Dumps From Main Roads And Town Centres

The MPM Waste Management Limited has embarked on a programme to identify and clear several mini- dumps in Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Catherine and St. Thomas. Regional Operations Manager of MPM Waste Management Limited, Mr. Adrian Grant, believes that these illegal dumps contribute to the infestation of rodents and as such they must be eradicated. “With the festive season fast...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, responds to questions from journalists during a media briefing at the Ministry on Thursday (December 10). Beside him is Minister of State in the Finance Ministry, Hon. Marsha Smith.

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

Outstanding CARE Programme Payments To Be Made December

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says payments that are outstanding under two components of the Government’s $10-billion COVID-19 Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme, are expected to be made during December. Speaking during a media briefing on Thursday (December 10), Dr. Clarke noted that some payments under the Supporting Employees with the...

Minister of Labour and Social Security (centre), Hon. Karl Samuda (second right); State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), and Leader of the Opposition, Mark Golding, look at a picture of late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Micheal Manley. Occasion was a floral tribute at National Heroes Park in downtown Kingston on Thursday (December 10) to commemorate the 96th anniversary of the birth of late former Prime Minister. Mr. Manley was the fourth Prime Minister of Jamaica, serving from 1972 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1992. He was born on December 10, 1924 and died on March 6, 1997.

6 years ago Tribute

PHOTOS: Floral Tribute For Michael Manley

Chairman of the Selection Committee for the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence, Warren Newby.

6 years ago Youth

30 To Receive PM Youth Award For Excellence

Thirty outstanding young Jamaicans, who have excelled in various fields, will be presented with the Prime Minister’s National Youth Award for Excellence (PMNYAE), during a made-for-television ceremony to be broadcast on Sunday (December 13), starting at 5:00 p,m. During a recent interview with JIS News, Chairman of the Selection Committee for the PMNYAE, Warren Newby, said that more than 200...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), is presented with a tablet by Director, Administration and Special Projects, Kemtek Development and Construction Limited (KDC), Karl Tulloch (left), during the handover of 100 tablets donated by the corporate entity to five schools, in support of the Ministry’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child Initiative’. Also pictured is Director of Technical Services, KDC, Handel Tulloch. The ceremony was held at the Ministry, in Kingston, on Wednesday (December 9). The beneficiary schools are Steer Town Primary and Junior High, Annotto Bay Primary, York Town Primary, Seaward Primary and Junior High and Seaforth Primary.

6 years ago Education

Company Donates 100 Tablets To Schools

Kemtek Development and Construction Limited (KDC) has donated 100 tablets valued at approximately $1.5 million to five schools, in support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child Initiative’. Beneficiaries are Steer Town Primary and Junior High, Annotto Bay Primary, York Town Primary, Seaward Primary and Junior High and Seaforth Primary. Each school will...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaking at a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (December 9).

6 years ago Education

Gov’t Will Continue Phased Reopening Of Schools

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government will continue to reopen more schools on a phased basis. A total of 39 schools are now participating in face-to-face classes, comprising the 17 that were a part of the two-week pilot programme in November, as well as an additional 22 institutions that reopened on December 7. “We...