Minster of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has condemned the recent alleged coordinated attacks on the police officers and their families, resulting in the death of 67-year-old Clifton Green, the father of a Detective Inspector of Police, who resided in the community of Riversdale, St. Catherine. “These targeted attacks on our police officers to disrupt law and order...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Government is rolling out a $100 million grant programme, among other initiatives, to assist small and medium operators in the industry who have been impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Minister, who was addressing the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association’s (JHTA) 59th annual general meeting on Friday (September 18), said the...

The National Works Agency (NWA) has commenced the rehabilitation of the Axe-and-Adze roadway in Hanover, at a cost of $15.8 million. Community Relations Officer for the NWA’s Western Region, Janel Ricketts, told JIS News that the project entails reshaping and asphalting of approximately two kilometers of roadway and improvement of drainage systems The project, which is being executed by C...

Persons interested in geospatial technologies, such as geographic information systems (GIS), are invited to learn more about these by participating in the Jamaica GIS Virtual User Conference 2020, slated for September 23-24. The Conference, which is being held for the second time since 2017, will be hosted by the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation through the National Spatial...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is expressing “cautious optimism” of a major upturn in visitor arrivals for the upcoming winter season. He said projections are for a 40 per cent increase in arrivals when compared to the period preceding the massive downturn in the global industry due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Minister Bartlett, who was addressing the Jamaica Hotel...

Campus Director, The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, Western Jamaica Campus (WJC), Dr. Patrick Prendergast, says innovative models and approaches are needed to enhance the process of developing sustainable cities and communities in Jamaica and the rest of the region. This, he said, in order to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 to make cities inclusive, safe, resilient...

Jamaica continues to be a regional leader in complying with provisions aimed at reducing and eventually eliminating ozone-depleting substances under the Montreal Protocol, says Ozone Officer at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Vivian Blake. Speaking during a JIS Studio 58A interview on World Ozone Day on September 16, Mr. Blake said that while there are some areas of...