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Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addressing the LASCO REAP annual awards ceremony, held recently at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston.

Gov’t Taking Action to Mitigate Climate Change Impacts

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Government is taking steps to reduce and manage the effects of climate change across all sectors through national and international partnerships. She was addressing the LASCO...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second right), with members of the winning team from Holland Primary School in the Schools Environment Programme (SEP) competition (from left): Jaden Newland, Jahmani Brown, Shaqira Milton and Shevaughn Ebanks. Occasion was the SEP Research Day and Awards Ceremony, held on Wednesday (June 12), at The Knutsford Court Hotel, in Kingston.

Holland Primary Wins SEP Competition

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, delivering the keynote address at the Department of Correctional Services’ (DCS) appreciation luncheon for teachers and instructors serving in the penal system, at the Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew on Wednesday (June 5).

Education of Juvenile Offenders Critical in Breaking Cycle of Crime -– Terrelonge

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Representative, Dr. Bernadette Theodore-Gandi (right), speaks with Associate Vice President for Teaching and Learning, University of Technology (UTECH), Dr. Haldane Johnson (left); and Associate Professor and Dean, College of Health Sciences, UTECH, Dr. Janet Campbell- Shelly. The occasion was the opening ceremony for UTECH's inaugural Caregivers Symposium held on June 11 at the institution's campus in St. Andrew.

Caregivers Benefit from Mental Health Support

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams. (FILE)

SRC to Support Climate Innovation Businesses

Commanding Officer of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, ACP Calvin Allen

7 years ago National Security and PeaceTransport

Police Issue 250,000 Tickets for Traffic Breaches

Since the beginning of 2019, some 250,000 traffic tickets have been issued for breaches of the Road Traffic Act. This was disclosed by Commanding Officer of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Calvin Allen, in an interview with JIS News. Mr. Allen pointed out that this represents a 12 per cent increase over...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses recent function in Montego Bay, St. James.

7 years ago Tourism

Minister says Global Tourism Has Changed

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says global tourism has taken on an extraordinary new lease on life, where almost everything is now done outside of what was once considered the norm. According to Mr. Bartlett, tourism processes, tools, structures, systems and actors are no longer the same, and to the point where the industry is now being “reimagined”. “It...

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

Mr. Richard Byles selected as New BOJ Governor

Today, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr the Hon. Nigel Clarke announced the endorsement by the Cabinet of the selection of Mr. Richard Byles as the next Governor of the Bank of Jamaica. Minister Clarke stated, “In January of this year, I appointed a Search Committee chaired by Mr. David Marston to lead an open and transparent search...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (centre), with President of the North East Chapter of the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP), Pixley Irons; and Founder and Executive Chairman of the (CCRP), Jean Lowrie-Chin, at the Chapter’s launch on June 7, at the John McDowell Conference Centre in Pineapple Place, Ocho Rios.

7 years ago Community

Caribbean Community of Retired Persons Forms Chapters to Support the Elderly

With over 50 per cent of Jamaica’s elderly (60 years and older) said to be either alone, single or widowed, the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) has been forming chapters islandwide to offer both social and emotional support. Founded in 2010 by Communications Consultant and Seniors Advocate, Jean Lowrie-Chin, the CCRP, in addition to its head office in Kingston,...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), shares in conversation with (from left) Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Professor Hilary Beckles; Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Milverton Reynolds; and Director of Development, Office of the Vice Chancellor, UWI, St. Augustine, Dr. Stacy Richards-Kennedy during the DBJ’s 2019 Private Equity and Infrastructure Development Conference, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on June 12.

7 years ago Technology

Gov’t Developing Apps to Improve Services

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says a number of software applications (apps) will be developed this financial year as the Government continues to leverage information and communications technology (ICT) to improve services to citizens. She said that the apps, which will be developed through eGov Jamaica, include Tax Administration of Jamaica (TAJ) software to enable persons...

The Westmoreland Police conduct an operation on Great George Street in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland.

7 years ago National Security and Peace

Westmoreland Police Launch Initiative for Public Safety and Order

The Westmoreland Police have launched operation ‘Sustainable Public Safety and Public Order’ in a bid to curtail criminal activities in the parish, which is currently under a State of Public Emergency (SOE). Commanding Officer for the Westmoreland Police Division, Superintendent Gary McKenzie, told JIS News that they are restructuring operational strategies and creating a sustainable framework for how security personnel...

Prime Minister speaking during a meeting with the Director General of the United Nations office in Geneva.

7 years ago DevelopmentVision 2030

Jamaica Aligned to the Development Process – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has stressed the critical importance of strategic development planning. The Prime Minister was speaking during a meeting with the Director General of the United Nations office in Geneva Mr Michael Møller. The Prime Minister also noted that Jamaica has always been aligned through the development goal process and Jamaica established its own national development framework, Vision...