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National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Chairman, Dennis Chung, addresses journalists during a recent media briefing at the Ministry’s offices on Hagley Park Road in Kington.

NSWMA Up To Date With Audited Financial Statements

Chairman of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Dennis Chung, says the agency is now up to date with its audited financial statements. Speaking during a recent press briefing at the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development in...

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Ealan Powell, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank

Permits Needed For The Use Of Fireworks

Sand mining activities in Yallahs, St. Thomas

Mines And Geology Division Looking To Develop Manufactured Sand Industry

Director of Information and Training at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Delmares White, speaks at the quarterly press briefing held recently at the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development in Kingston.

ODPEM To Train MSMEs In Business Continuity Planning

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second right), in discussion with Kingston’s Mayor, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (right), during a recent press briefing at the Ministry’s offices on Hagley Park Road in Kingston. Listening (from left) are National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Executive Director, Audley Gordon, and Chairman, Dennis Chung.

NSWMA Embarking On Composting Public Awareness Campaign

Custos Rotulorum for St. Andrew, Hon. Dr. Patricia Dunwell (right), presents a certificate to one of the youngest commissioned Justices of the Peace (JPs), Shawn Stultz, during a swearing-in ceremony for JPs for St. Andrew, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston in 2018.

7 years ago Justice

Justices Of The Peace Reminded To Submit 2019 Annual Reports

Custos Rotulorum for St. Andrew, Hon. Dr. Patricia Dunwell, is reminding Justices of the Peace (JPs) to submit their annual reports by December 31, 2019. “It is important that all Justices of the Peace submit their reports because [these] serve as crucial communication tools for the Custos Rotulorum and the Ministry of Justice,” she told JIS News. Dr. Dunwell advised...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the ribbon cutting ceremony at the re-opening of the recently upgraded Kingston air traffic control centre, in Kingston, on Wednesday, December 18.

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PM Commends JCAA On Its Modernisation Programme

Prime Minister Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has commended the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) for the seamless execution of its modernization programme. The programme included the upgrading of major components of the Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) Systems, which are responsible for the delivery of safe and efficient air traffic management in and around the island. “I extend the nation’s...

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis, speaking at the ‘Flames of Freedom’ celebration held at Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday, December 27, to commemorate the 188th anniversary of the 1831 Christmas Rebellion.

7 years ago Local Government

Mayor Davis Urges Jamaicans To Be More Appreciative Of The Legacy Of Sam Sharpe

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis, is urging Jamaicans, to be more appreciative of the legacy left by National Hero, the Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe. He said the freedom that the country enjoys today is due to the efforts of Sam Sharpe’s fight for liberty, during the Christmas Rebellion of 1831. “I want us to spare a moment and...

Director of the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Kenute Hare.

7 years ago Transport

Future Generations to Reduce Road Fatalities

Director of the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Kenute Hare, says future generations will have a role to play in reducing the incidents of road fatalities. “It takes at least three generations to change a culture, so we are sowing the seeds now with our children. We intend to have them be the catalysts of...

Superintendent Courtney Coubrie of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), encouraging partygoers to be cautious on the roads during the festive season. He was speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

7 years ago Transport

Partygoers Warned to Abide By The Road Code

As the festive season kicks into high gear, Superintendent Courtney Coubrie, of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), is imploring partygoers to abide by the road code and be safe while traversing the nation’s thoroughfares. “Between 12:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. we have our traffic band, and that’s when you find partygoers leaving places of entertainment and travelling...

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

$14.7 Billion in Circulation December 16 to 20 – BOJ

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is reporting an 11.2 per cent increase in total currency in circulation for the week preceding Christmas (December 16-20) to $14.7 billion. In a statement on Tuesday (December 24), the BOJ said this is above the $11 billion or 9.8 per cent increase recorded for the corresponding period in 2018. Additionally, the Central Bank said...

Member of the National Council on Reparation (NCR), Frank Phipps Q.C. (left); Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Professor Opal Palmer Adisa (second left); Chairman of the NCR, Laleta Davis-Mattis (third left) and Principal Director of Culture and Creative Industries at the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Jo-Anne Archibald (right), at the Zong Monument in Black River, St Elizabeth. Occasion was a wreath laying ceremony held on Sunday, December 22, to commemorate the memory of those who lost their lives in the Zong Massacre of 1781. The event was organised by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, in collaboration with the NCR.

7 years ago Culture

Enslaved Africans Of The Zong Massacre Remembered

A wreath laying ceremony was held on Sunday (December 22), at the Zong Monument in Black River, St Elizabeth, to remember those who lost their lives in the Zong Massacre of 1781. Earlier, a memorial service was held for the 132 Africans at the St John’s Parish Church, High Street, Black River. Following the service, officials and members of the...