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Chief Corporate Communications Officer at Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), Meris Haughton, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Friday (January 17).

January 24 Last Day To Obtain Provisional Driver’s Licence Under Old Regime

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is advising that the last day to obtain a Provisional Driver’s Licence without being required to first pass the Road Code Test is January 24, 2020. The new application regime comes against the background of changes...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (Right), and Founder of the Caribbean Action Network Foundation Initiative (CANFI) and New York based attorney-at-law, Mrs. Sandra Smith, sharing in a light moment at the adoption ceremony for the Little London Health Centre in Westmoreland, on January 15.

Little London Health Centre To Benefit From Adopt-A-Clinic Initiative

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right) and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre) enjoying a light moment with Chairman of the Jamaica Carnival Stakeholders Committee, Kamal Bankay (left) at the 2020 Launch of Carnival in Jamaica on Thursday (January 16) at AC Hotel by Marriott in Kingston.

Tourism Ministry To Develop Cultural Events Into Products

Lecturer in the Department of Natural Sciences at The Mico University College, Dr. Lisa Caleb, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.

Mico Introduces Students To Microscience Education

Director General for the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy (left), addresses the agency’s quarterly briefing at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on Friday (January 17). Others (from 2nd left) are: STATIN’s Director of Surveys, Dr. Natalee Simpson; and Unit Head/Senior Statistician, Indices and Price Analyses Unit, Administrative Statistics Division, Shelly-Ann Chambers.

STATIN Reports 6.2 Per Cent 2019 Calendar Year Inflation

6 years ago Finance & Public ServiceJIS Think Tank

TAJ Implements Measures to Deal with Learner’s Licence Application Rush

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has put measures in place to deal with the expected rush in applications for a provisional driver’s licence before the new regime takes effect on January 25. Under the new process, persons wishing to obtain a learner’s licence will be required to visit any of the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) examination depots to do the Road...

International Microscience Consultant under the Japan-funded Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) technical cooperation initiative, Petal Jetoo, addressing a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (January 14).

6 years ago Education

Jamaica To Boost Teaching of The Sciences

Jamaica is looking to introduce a microscience approach to the teaching of science subjects. This move is being supported by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), under the Japan-funded technical cooperation initiative, for the engagement of a consultant to deliver training in the microscience techniques and the provision of microscience kits. An estimated US$120,000 has been allocated for activities related to the...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson.

6 years ago Labour

Labour Ministry on Recruitment Drive

To help increase youth employment, the Labour Ministry, through its Labour Market and Information System (LMIS), is on a recruitment drive, targeting young persons living in the parishes of Kingston, St. Thomas and St. Catherine. Jobseekers, such as cashiers, gas station workers, data entry clerks, administrative staff, security officers and accountants, are being encouraged to submit applications up to January...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second right), converses with (from left) Chief Executive Officer of Island Grill, Thalia Lyn; Senior Director of Public Affairs at J. Wray and Nephew, Tanikie McLarty Allen; and Director of Marketing at J. Wray and Nephew, Marsha Lumley, at the Rum Festival launch on January 15 at Devon House in Kingston.

6 years ago Tourism

Tourism Minister Wants Jamaica Rum Festival Added to Offerings

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says he wants the annual Jamaica Rum Festival to become a part of the island’s tourism offerings, and has given the Ministry’s support to help make the event an established product. Speaking at the launch of the Festival on January 15 at Devon House in Kingston, the Minister said that the Ministry, along with the...

Director General for the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, addresses the agency’s quarterly briefing at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on Friday (January 17).

6 years ago Information

Unemployment Rate Falls To 7.2 Per Cent

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting that the country’s unemployment rate has fallen to a new record low of 7.2 per cent, based on the October 2019 Labour Force Survey. Director General, Carol Coy, says this is 1.5 percentage points lower than the 8.7 per cent out-turn for the corresponding period in 2018. It is also 0.6 per...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses press conference at the Jamaica Tourist Board offices in New Kingston, on January 15.

With the Minister is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Jennifer Griffith.

6 years ago Tourism

Jamaica To Benefit from Hosting UNWTO Summit

Jamaica is to benefit from hosting the upcoming United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Summit on Innovation, Resilience and Crisis Management. According to Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, the focus on resilience tops global agendas, and it is through capacity enhancement that the country will be able to respond meaningfully to “global disruptions that are coming at us daily”....

Local Economic Development Officer at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, David Wright, speaking during Tuesday’s (January 14) media launch for the 2020 Kingston City Marathon, at The Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston.

6 years ago Local Government

$140-Million Homeless Shelter to Be Completed by Early Next Year

Construction of a $140-million state-of-the art adult transitional centre in downtown Kingston for homeless persons is projected for completion by the end of 2020 or early 2021. The Ministry of local Government and Community Development is spearheading the project, which is expected to provide temporary shelter for just over 100 persons living on the streets of the Corporate Area. It...