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Chief Executive Officer of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Charlton McFarlane, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

RGD Clears Free Birth Certificate Backlog

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) is reporting that it has improved its operational capacity to address the printing backlog of free birth certificates experienced in 2023. Persons are allowed the first copy of a child’s birth certificate free of cost....

Prime Minister, The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, makes his contribution to the 2024/2025 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 21.

Billions Being Invested in Irrigation Projects

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), is in discussion with Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, during the Board of Supervision’s annual awards ceremony at the Boone Hall Oasis in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, recently.

PHOTO: Board of Supervision Awards Ceremony

Principal, Kingston College (KC), Dave Myrie, addresses students at the institution located at North Street on Monday (March 25), as they celebrate the school’s victory in the just concluded ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships. KC secured their 35th title, the fourth in the last five years, with 335 points.

PHOTOS: KC Celebrates Champs Win

Students and staff of Edwin Allen High School celebrate the institution’s victory in the 2024 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships at the institution in Frankfield, Clarendon, on Monday (March 25).

PHOTOS: Edwin Allen Celebrates Champs Win

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (right), shares in conversation with (from left) General Construction Instructor, Beechamville Vocational Training Centre, Daniel Rose and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, at the World Water Day Expo held at the Marymount High School, St. Mary, on March 22.

2 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentWater

PHOTOS: World Water Day

2 years ago Budget 2024/2025Housing

HAJ to Provide 10,000 Housing Solutions in Four Years

The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) continues to provide affordable housing solutions for low and middle-income-earning Jamaicans as well as provide for the regularisation of informal settlements. Providing an update on the agency in his contribution to the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives recently, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said of the 14,000 housing solutions...

Marketing and Corporate Communications Division Manager of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Carolyn Rose Miller.

2 years ago EducationScienceTechnologyYouth

More Schools Can Benefit from SRC’s Wastewater Treatment Project

The Scientific Research Council (SRC) is encouraging more schools to take advantage of the entity’s wastewater treatment project. Under the initiative, the SRC designs and implements environmentally friendly treatment plants to reduce the harmful effects of untreated effluent on the environment. Speaking with JIS News, Marketing and Corporate Communications Manager at the SRC, Carolyn Rose Miller, said that in order...

Director of the Victim Services Branch in the Ministry of Justice, Dionne-Dawn Binns.

2 years ago Justice

Victims of Crime Encouraged to Access VSB Services

Jamaicans who are victims of crime are being encouraged to take advantage of the support programmes and services available to them from the Victim Services Branch (VSB) of the Ministry of Justice. Director of the VSB, Dionne-Dawn Binns, told JIS News that in addition to providing emotional support and counselling to deal with the trauma that often follows a crime,...

European Union (EU) Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Marianne Van Steen, addresses the Civil Society Boost Initiative 3 (CSBI 3) signing and launch ceremony on Thursday (March 21) at the Summit hotel in Kingston. CSBI is RISE Life Management Services’ flagship product for building capacity and engagement with members of civil society in Jamaica and is undertaken through funding from the EU.

2 years ago Foreign Affairs

PHOTOS: Civil Society Boost Initiative 3 Launch Ceremony

European Union (EU) Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Marianne Van Steen, addresses the Civil Society Boost Initiative 3 (CSBI 3) signing and launch ceremony on Thursday (March 21) at the Summit hotel in Kingston. CSBI is RISE Life Management Services’ flagship product for building capacity and engagement with members of civil society in Jamaica and is undertaken through funding from...

Executive Director of the non-governmental organisation (NGO), MultiCare Youth Foundation, Alicia Glasgow Gentles.

2 years ago Foreign AffairsNational SecurityYouth

MYF Works with DCS to Provide Reintegration Opportunities for Young Persons

The MultiCare Youth Foundation (MYF) is actively working with the Department of Corrections (DCS) to provide reintegration opportunities for young persons, through the European Union (EU)-funded BRIDGE project. These young persons are individuals who are within the correctional system or have had trouble with the law. Executive Director of the MYF, Alicia Glasgow Gentles, told JIS News that the DCS...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers his contribution to the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 21.

2 years ago Budget 2024/2025Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Announces Construction Apprenticeship Programme

The Government has developed an accelerated construction apprenticeship programme, in partnership with construction firms, to respond to the need for additional labour. Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, in making the announcement in his contribution to the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, on March 21, that the programme will include a three-month pre-apprenticeship period. The apprenticeship...