Latest

Dancers, Ackeria Smith and Marlon Tomlinson, perform at a party for tourists at the new port facility in Port Royal on Monday (January 20).

Port Facility In Port Royal Can Be Used As Entertainment Venue

The Government has announced that the new port facility in Port Royal can now be used by interested persons as an entertainment venue. Closing the entertainment show that took place at the new port facility in Port Royal, where the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), with General Manager of the Moon Palace Jamaica Grande Hotel, Ocho Rios, Clifton Reader, at a media luncheon held at the hotel on January 18.

Culture Minister Says There Is Much Interest In Reggae Month

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre); Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second right); Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right); President and Chief Executive Officer, Port Authority of Jamaica, Gordon Shirley (left); and Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, Audrey Sewell, walking through the newly constructed Port Royal Cruise Port facility on Monday (January 21), to greet passengers of the Marella Discovery II.

Port Royal Welcomes First Cruise Ship

Regional Vector Control Officer at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Ryan Morris, speaking in an interview with JIS News.

Citizens In Western Parishes Urged To Participate In Dengue Cleanup

President of the Jamaica United Relief Association (JURA), Bruce Palmer (right); Chief Executive Officer of Kingston Public Hospital and Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) Kathleen Cooper-Brown (centre) and Director of Nursing Services at VJH, Elise Fairweather Blackwood, test the DVT (deep vein thrombosis) pump during a handover ceremony at the VJH in downtown Kingston, on January 20. In the background (from left) are Senior Medical Officer at VJH, Dr. Garth McDonald; and Consultant, Neonatal Care Unit, VJH, Dr. Yanique Brown.

Victoria Jubilee Hospital Gets Equipment And Supplies

Members of the Tivoli Dance Troupe perform the dance, ‘Soca Parade’, at the National Finals of the Festival of the Performing Arts.

6 years ago Culture

JCDC Parish Finals Begin In February

The parish finals for the 2020 National Festival of the Performing Arts Competition will begin on Tuesday, February 4 and continue until the end of March. This will follow the islandwide auditions that are currently under way. The competition, managed by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, constitutes five...

Director of Special Projects at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Gladstone Rose (at podium), addresses a recent bamboo seminar held at the agency’s Winchester Road offices in St. Andrew. At left is researcher, Veronica Gayle-Ramsey.

6 years ago HousingIndustry

BSJ Gets Money From NHT To Develop Bamboo Houses

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) will shortly commence the development of affordable houses utilising bamboo, from a $54-million donation by the National Housing Trust (NHT). According to Director of Special Projects at the BSJ, Gladstone Rose, the project will get under way in February, with demonstration units being placed at various NHT sites, for the construction sector to have...

Principal Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Parkins (centre), observes as Managing Director of Mona Graphic Printers (MGP), Arlene Wilson (right), cuts the ribbon to open the company

6 years ago Industry

Industry Minister Commends MSMEs For Providing Revenue And Employent

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) sector is providing stable revenue and employment for Jamaica. In a speech delivered by Principal Director in the Ministry, Michelle Parkins, at Mona Graphic Printers (MGP) 25th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Ceremony, on January 17 in Kingston, Mr. Shaw said the sector...

President of the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), Gloria Henry, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on January 16. Ms. Henry says the Association is positioning micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to grow.

6 years ago IndustryJIS Think Tank

GSAJ Assisting Technology Focused MSMEs To Grow

The Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ) is positioning local technology focused micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to maximise on their niche for growth in the global services sector (GSS). “We see where business process outsourcing (BPO) is growing steadily, and global analysts project that it will continue to grow at about four per cent per annum,” said GSAJ...

Director General for the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy (centre), highlights figures in the October 2019 Labour Force Survey to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Jamaica, Karim Youssef (right), during STATIN’s quarterly briefing at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on Friday (January 17). Looking on is STATIN’s Deputy Director General, Leesha Delatie-Budair.

6 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

‘Clerks’ Occupation Group Accounted For The Largest Increase In Employment

Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica STATIN), Carol Coy, says the ‘Clerks’ occupation group accounted for the largest increase in employment recorded in the October 2019 Labour Force Survey. Speaking during STATIN’s quarterly briefing at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Friday (January 17), Ms. Coy noted that the number of persons employed in this group...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Dr. Alwin Hales, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on January 17.

6 years ago JIS Think TankTransport

New Provision In Road Traffic Act Fast-Tracked

A new provision in the Road Traffic Act (2018) that requires a potential learner driver to successfully complete the Road Code Test before being granted a provisional drivers’ licence has been fast-tracked to improve road-safety outcomes. This was disclosed by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Dr. Alwin Hales, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on January 17....

President of the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), formerly the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Gloria Henry, addresses a JIS Think Tank.

6 years ago IndustryJIS Think Tank

GSAJ Diversifying Its Portfolio

The Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), formerly the Business Process Industry Association, is diversifying its portfolio to show a shift from being a largely business process outsourcing (BPO) based sector. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank held on January 16, President of the GSAJ, Gloria Henry said the decision was made last year to rebrand the organisation, to make...