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A U-drain constructed by the National Works Agency (NWA) as part of repairs to the Clark's Town to Hyde roadway in Trelawny.

NWA Undertaking Road Improvements In Western Jamaica

The National Works Agency (NWA) is undertaking a number of road projects in western Jamaica as part of a programme aimed at improving the island’s road network. Community Relations Officer at the agency’s Western Office, Janel Ricketts, told JIS News...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, highlights a matter while making his contribution to the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 28).

Government Procuring Laptops And Tablets For PATH Students

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point as he delivers a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 28).

Controlled Re-Entry Has Served Jamaica Well – PM

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (third right); Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (centre); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (third left), lead in celebrating the official opening of the rehabilitated Guava Ridge to Content Gap road in the area on Wednesday (July 29). Others (from left) are Pastor of the Mount Lebanon Church of God of Prophecy, Bernice Small; Senior Director at the National Works Agency (NWA), Varden Downer; and Councillor for the Mavis Bank Division, Alvin Francis.

Hundreds Benefit From Rehabilitation Of Guava Ridge To Content Gap Roadway

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking on Wednesday (July 29), at the ceremony for the commissioning into service of the HMJS Nanny of the Maroons vessel at the Coast Guard headquarters in Port Royal, Kingston.

PM Commissions HMJS Nanny Of The Maroons Into Service

Director of Juvenile Services at South Camp Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre, Claudette Hamilton (left); Technical Advisor to the Minister of National Security, Alexander Causwell (centre) and Superintendent in Charge of South Camp Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre, Maulette White, on their way to tour the new multipurpose classroom established at the South Camp Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre, Kingston, on Wednesday (July 29).

6 years ago EducationNational Security and PeaceYouth

Wards Benefit From New Multipurpose Classroom

Director of Juvenile Services at South Camp Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre, Claudette Hamilton, says the newly established multipurpose classroom has been contributing significantly to the rehabilitation of wards being housed at the institution. The Director was speaking with JIS News during a tour of the multipurpose facility by key members of the Ministry of National Security and the Department...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Leslie Campbell, speaks at the launch of the ‘Promoting Community-Based Climate Resilience in the Fisheries Sector Project’, held at the Treasure Beach Sports Park in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, on Friday, July 24.

6 years ago Fisheries

$67-Million Production Incentive For Fisheries Sector

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Leslie Campbell, says the Ministry has allocated a $67-million production incentive to the local fisheries sector as part of a coronavirus (COVID-19) strategic intervention. Speaking at the launch of the ‘Promoting Community-Based Climate Resilience in the Fisheries Sector Project’ at the Treasure Beach Sports Park in St....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, makes a statement in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (July 28).

6 years ago Coronavirus

PM Says Government Will Shut Down Delinquent Establishments

The Government will shut down places of amusement, as well as establishments within the entertainment sector and other industries, if a certain level of adherence to the established coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols is not maintained. This was stated by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who said the Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, continues to...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), emphasises a point while speaking at Wednesday

6 years ago EducationFinance & Public Service

Government To Provide 150 Postgraduate Scholarships For Civil Servants

Over the next five years, the Government will be providing 150 postgraduate scholarships for civil servants, valued more than $1 billion, as part of the human capital development thrust within the public service. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the provisions under the Marcus Garvey Public Sector Scholarship Programme, which he announced during...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Leslie Campbell, making a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 28).

6 years ago Agriculture

Agriculture Ministry Providing $50 Million For Production Incentive, Drought Mitigation

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries will be making $50 million available to support the production incentive and drought mitigation/climate mitigation programmes in each constituency. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. Leslie Campbell during a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 28). “A total of $35 million is being made...

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett (right), receives a COVID-style greeting from employees of Chukka Caribbean Adventures, during his tour of several Ocho Rios based attractions on July 24.

6 years ago Tourism

Hospitality Workers Happy To Be Back At Work

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the appreciation being shown by employees within the hospitality sector to be back at work is an affirmation of the Government’s move to reopen the sector. Speaking to JIS News following recent visits to several of Jamaica’s top north coast attractions, Mr. Bartlett said he was moved by the personal testimonies of some...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Jamaica Records One New COVID-19 Case

Jamaica has recorded one new case of COVID-19 as at Wednesday (July 29). This brings to 856 the total number of confirmed positives for the island. The new case, which has been classified as imported, is of an adult female from Clarendon. There are now 321 imported cases; 246 cases that are contacts of confirmed cases; 44 local transmission cases...