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COJ Opens Kingston Office This Saturday, Introduces E-Ticketing

The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) is announcing a special one-day Saturday opening on March 23, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the introduction of an e-ticketing system to better facilitate compliance and address long wait times at...
New Commissioner of Police, Dr. Kevin Blake (left), receives a congratulatory handshake from Outgoing Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, during the Change of Command ceremony held at the Office of the Police Commissioner, located at 101-105 Old Hope Road in St. Andrew on March 18.
New Commissioner of Police, Dr. Kevin Blake (left), receives a congratulatory handshake from Outgoing Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, during the Change of Command ceremony held at the Office of the Police Commissioner, located at 101-105 Old Hope Road in St. Andrew on March 18.

JCF Will Not Fail to Serve and Protect Jamaicans – Commissioner Blake
Students at St. Catherine High School listen attentively while Acting Special Projects Manager, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Charnele Henry (second right), shares information about the agency and the JIS publications on display. Looking on is Special Projects Officer, JIS, Romona Geohaghan (seated left). Students and adults visited the JIS booth to receive information on healthy eating, citizen rights, breast cancer, road safety, and other subject matters at the school’s health fair on Friday, March 15. Visitors to the booth were also able to interact with Writer/Producer/Presenter, JIS Radio, Jayda Francis, and test their skills at voice acting.
Students at St. Catherine High School listen attentively while Acting Special Projects Manager, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Charnele Henry (second right), shares information about the agency and the JIS publications on display. Looking on is Special Projects Officer, JIS, Romona Geohaghan (seated left). Students and adults visited the JIS booth to receive information on healthy eating, citizen rights, breast cancer, road safety, and other subject matters at the school’s health fair on Friday, March 15. Visitors to the booth were also able to interact with Writer/Producer/Presenter, JIS Radio, Jayda Francis, and test their skills at voice acting.

PHOTOS: St. Catherine High School Health Fair
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), hands over a birth certificate to Tavia Richards-Murray, guardian for Ashley Williams, one of the first recipients under the National Identification System (NIDS) ‘Operation Birthright’ Programme, that was launched at Jamaica House in Kingston on September 9, 2022. Sharing the moment are then Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (right); Modernisation of State Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Benjamin Roseth, and Representative of the Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Angela Brown-Burke.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), hands over a birth certificate to Tavia Richards-Murray, guardian for Ashley Williams, one of the first recipients under the National Identification System (NIDS) ‘Operation Birthright’ Programme, that was launched at Jamaica House in Kingston on September 9, 2022. Sharing the moment are then Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (right); Modernisation of State Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Benjamin Roseth, and Representative of the Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Angela Brown-Burke.

Operation Birthright Responds to Concern Highlighted in Report
President of the St. Mary Associate Branch Society, the parish arm of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, Fabian Rhule.
President of the St. Mary Associate Branch Society, the parish arm of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, Fabian Rhule.

Youth in Agriculture Village for St. Mary Agri-Expo on April 1

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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, engages with primary-school students at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library as part of activities to mark Read Across Jamaica Day 2023.
EducationYouth

Education Ministry to Scale Up Literacy Programmes

The Ministry of Education and Youth will be seeking to scale up literacy intervention programmes in schools across Jamaica. The Jamaica Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2022: Situation of Women and Children, launched on Friday (March 15) at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew, reported that the level at which students aged seven to 14...
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Newly minted correctional officers perform a march-past at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) closing out ceremony, which was held at the Carl Rattray Staff College in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, on Friday ( March 15).
National Security

New Correctional Officers Charged to Become Change Agents

Newly recruited correctional officers are being encouraged to be agents of change as they carry out their role in rehabilitating incarcerated persons. “I want to remind you as you step into the field, that you all play a significant role in impacting the lives of those you serve during the journey of rehabilitation and transformation,” said Commissioner of Corrections at...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking during the Jamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation (JCTI) Career Expo 2024 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on March 15.
Tourism

Minister Bartlett Underscores Importance of Ideas Driving Tourism Innovation

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the generation of ideas is key to driving continuous changes that facilitate the constant emergence of innovations in the local hospitality industry. “Ideas are what drive tourism. Tourism doesn’t happen with repeating business activities on a daily basis; [it] grows because there are changes. [Where] there is innovation, there is value added,” Mr. Bartlett...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, opens the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 12. Listening keenly is Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Finance & Public Service

FID to Engage Private Professional Realtors to Market and Sell Forfeited Properties

The Financial Investigations Division (FID) is to engage a private company of professional realtors, in keeping with the procurement rules, to market and sell forfeited properties valued at billions of dollars. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, made the disclosure as he opened the Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, recently. “Currently, the...
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Mayor of Montego Bay, Richard Vernon (centre), interacts with Founder and Chairman of the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run, Janet Silvera (left), and Executive Chairman of Sandals Resorts International, Adam Stewart, during the launch of the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run at the Holiday Inn in Rose Hall, St. James, on Wednesday (March 13).
CommunityDevelopmentEducationLocal GovernmentYouth

Mayor Wants More Persons to Be Enrolled at the Tertiary Level

Mayor of Montego Bay, Richard Vernon, says there continues to be a critical need for further educational development, particularly at the tertiary level, to drive economic activities. Speaking at the launch of the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run, at the Holiday Inn in Rose Hall, St. James, on March 13, Mr. Vernon pointed out that Jamaica's tertiary education enrolment rate...
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Chairman of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dr. Wayne Henry.
Office of the Prime Minister

Construction a Key Growth Pillar – Dr. Henry

Chairman of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dr. Wayne Henry, says the construction industry is one of the key growth pillars of the economy. “This is evident in the Sector Plan for Construction, one of the 31 sector plans that form the foundation for the Vision 2030 Jamaica – National Development Plan,” he noted. Dr. Henry, who was addressing...
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