The Companies Office of Jamaica’s (COJ) says 92 per cent of its customers have expressed some level of satisfaction with the services offered by the agency. This is contained in the COJ Customer Satisfaction Survey undertaken in May 2019, details of which were presented by the agency’s Chief Executive Officer, Judith Ramlogan, at a recent JIS Think Tank. “Our customer...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, is encouraging members of the newly elected Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) Youth Council to learn all they can about the local governance structure and to take their roles seriously. “I am imploring them to take an active role in local governance, that they carefully think through the issues and that...

Youth leaders tackled a number of topical issues during Monday’s (November 1) sitting of the 10th National Youth Parliament at Gordon House. The young people, representing youth groups from all across the island, engaged in spirited debate on the issue of abortion, youth participation in the political process, youth violence, and climate change, proffering a number of recommendations for the...

Chairman of the Youth Advisory Council of Jamaica (YACJ), Kai Bridgewater, is encouraging the nation’s young people to get involved in politics, and embrace it as a channel through which they can create the Jamaica they want. “Politics is the noblest form of service that one can give to one’s country. It is the most effective and efficient form of...

Twenty-one professionals at various levels within the aviation industry recently benefited from a quality systems symposium hosted by the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA). JCAA Deputy Director General for Regulatory Affairs, Rohan Campbell, told JIS News that the event, held on Friday (November 8) at the Iberostar Resort in Montego Bay, was part of the Authority’s ongoing efforts to improve...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has been elected a Vice-President of the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference which is underway in Paris, France. The General Conference, which happens every two years, brings together the 193 members of UNESCO to decide on the policies and work of the organisation. Minister Grange was...

The Local Government and Community Development Ministry will be undertaking repairs to a number of parochial roads in Eastern Portland. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, made the disclosure to JIS News during a road inspection tour of that section of the parish on Friday (November 8). “We will be doing a number of roads [such as] Toms Hope, Back Road...