The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising the motoring public that two of the westbound lanes on Washington Boulevard, St. Andrew will be taken out of service in the vicinity of the Rubis service station on Sunday, November 22 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The lane restrictions are to facilitate the continuation of repair works on...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says Jamaica could see a spike in cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the New Year due to the increase in the number of persons visiting the island for the upcoming festive season. Addressing the Ministry’s weekly virtual press conference on Thursday (November 19), Dr. Tufton said data from the...

Four contracts valued at $416 million were signed Thursday (November 19), to commence work for the implementation of 10 major infrastructural sub-projects, under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP) phase four initiative. Speaking at the contract-signing ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, Chairman, JSIF, Dr. Wayne Henry, said the works will include the upgrade of five...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica Community Renewal Programme (PIOJ-CRP) and partners will virtually stage the fifth annual Symposium on Best Practices for Community and Social Development, on Wednesday, November 25, 2020. The event, which will be streamed live from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., will be held under the theme ‘Coordination: Working together to build a better Jamaica’. Speaking with...

Approximately 160 youngsters from Trench Town and Whitfield Town, St. Andrew, will benefit from interventions aimed at steering them away from crime and violence under the Local Partner Development (LPD) Programme. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded initiative, involves partnership with local civil society organisations to deliver crime and violence-prevention services to at-risk youth, enabling them to become...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says an early distribution of a potential vaccine could spur a quicker than expected return to normality in the tourism sector. Mr. Bartlett, who was speaking to JIS News at the two-day Health and Wellness conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, which started on November 18, cautioned that while the recent...

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles, says the BOJ will be maintaining the 0.50 per cent policy interest rate on deposit-taking institutions’ (DTIs’) overnight placements, until there are “clear signs” that domestic economic activity is returning to pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) levels. The Central Bank, on Tuesday (November 19), announced its decision to hold the policy rate unchanged, noting that this...