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Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) Chief Executive Officer, Dolsie Allen, speaks at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on March 8.

Several Activities to Mark Consumer Rights Day

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) will be observing World Consumer Rights Day 2019 on Friday, March 15, with several activities across the island. The theme for this year’s celebration is: ‘Become a Responsible Consumer: Empower Yourself’. Speaking at a Jamaica...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (front row, centre); and Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (front row, right), were part of a Jamaican delegation, which met with senior executives from Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCCL) in Kingston last week, headed by Chief Executive Officer of Royal Caribbean International, Michael Bayley (front row, 2nd left); and Associate Vice President, Global Public Relations for Royal Caribbean International, Tracy Quan (front row, left). In the back row, from left are: Senior Adviser/Strategist in the Ministry of Tourism, Delano Seiveright; RCCL's Director of Business Strategy, Michael Figgs; Vice President of Government Relations, Americas for RCCL, Russell Benford; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne.

Royal Caribbean Wants More Jamaican Workers

Chief Technical Director for Water and Housing in the Ministry of Economic Growth & Job Creation, Doreen Prendergast (left), breaks ground for the Genesis Manor Housing Development in Goshen, St. Elizabeth, recently. Also participating (from second left) are: Basil Waite, representing Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth North Eastern, Evon Redman; Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nawe Property Development Company Limited, Howard Ewan; General Manager, Jamaica Mortgage Bank, Courtney Wynter; and community member, Delroy Slowley.

JMB Partners with Company to Undertake Housing Development in Goshen, St. Elizabeth

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, announces the Revenue Measures for the financial year 2019/20, as he opens the 2019/20 Budget debate in the House of Representatives on March 7. Seated from left are: Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Gov’t Increases Support for Students Under PATH

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange ‘Rings the Bell for Gender Equality’ at the Jamaica Stock Exchange as part of activities to celebrate International Women’s Day. The bell ringing ceremony, hosted by stock exchanges globally, aims to raise awareness of the pivotal role the private sector can play in advancing gender equality to achieve Goal 5 of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Also photographed are: Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica; Alison Mclean, Representative, UN Women Multi-Country Office in the Caribbean; Andrea Kelly, General Manager, Jamaica Central Securities Depository and the JCSD Trustee Services and Therese Turner Jones, Representative, Inter-American Development Bank in Jamaica (left to right).

PHOTO: Grange Rings the Bell for Gender Equality

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

Students’ Loan Bureau Gets $3 Billion

The Government will be providing $3 billion in grant support to the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) during the 2019/20 fiscal year, in keeping with the Administration’s focus on increasing access to tertiary education. This was announced by Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, during his opening presentation in the 2019/20 Budget Debate, which got underway in...

Winner of the 2018 Jamaica Festival Song Competition, O’Neil Scott, known as ‘Nazzleman’, with his trophy which he received after being announced the winner of the competition, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, in Kingston, on July 15.

7 years ago CultureEntertainment

Entries for Festival Song Competition Close March 15

Talented Jamaicans have until Friday, March 15, to enter the Jamaica Festival Song Competition. The competition, which was revamped in 2018, is a signature event of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. Director of Marketing and Public Relations at the JCDC, Andrew Clunis, told JIS News that persons have...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second right), speaks to HEART Trust/NTA Chairman, Edward Gabbidon (right), at a contract signing ceremony between the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the HEART Trust/NTA to train ancillary workers in schools, at JSIF’s headquarters, in Kingston, on March 7. Also sharing in the dialogue are (from left): General Manager of Technical Services at JSIF, Loy Malcolm, and JSIF Managing Director, Omar Sweeney.

7 years ago InformationYouth

Programme to Train and Certify Workforce to be Launched in April By Heart

The employed workforce is to be trained and certified, free of cost, under an up- skilling programme to be launched by the HEART Trust/NTA at the end of April, says Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. Speaking at a contract signing ceremony between the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the HEART Trust/NTA to train...

President of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Gloria Henry, announces the launch of the Outsource2Jamaica (O2J) Symposium and Expo 2019, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on March 7.

7 years ago Industry

Public Sector Entities Partner with BPIAJ to Stage Conference

Public sector entities have partnered with the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ) for the 2019 staging of the Outsource2Jamaica (O2J) Symposium and Expo in April. “We have the HEART Trust/NTA. They are our partner for human capital training and development…There is also JAMPRO. They have always been a strategic partner for this event, in terms of promotion, engaging...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange

7 years ago Gender Affairs

Message by The Honourable Olivia Grange, CD, MP Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport for International Women’s Day

You can tell a great deal about a country by the way it treats its women and children. The status that they occupy in the hierarchy of the society is usually a good indicator of whether the country is progressive or backward, oppressive or caring. What can we say about Jamaica? Over the years, Jamaica has made progress at lifting...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), prepares to cut the ribbon to open the new mammography unit at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) on Thursday (March 7). Looking on (from left) are UHWI Board Chairman, James Moss-Solomon; and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

UHWI Opens $78 Million Mammography Unit

The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), on Thursday (March 7), opened a new mammography unit at its Women’s Imaging Centre, boasting advanced technology for the detection of breast cancer. Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, welcomed the launch of the $78 million unit, noting that it will help in increasing the diagnosis of breast cancer at...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

Debt-to-GDP Ratio to Fall to 96 Per Cent at End of 2018/19

Jamaica’s Debt-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio will fall to 96 per cent at the end of the 2018/19 financial year on March 31. Opening the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday (March 7), Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said the figure represents “the lowest level of debt in nearly...