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Tax Administration and Jamaica Customs to Improve Efficiencies

The principal revenue collection agencies, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) and Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), will be implementing strategies aimed at improving efficiencies during the new financial year. This is according to the Government’s 2019/20 Fiscal Policy Paper, which was recently...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), gets information from Nutrimix Technical Sales Representative, Samuel Jones (right), on the benefits of livestock feed, while on a tour of the Hague Agricultural Show, in Trelawny, on Wednesday, March 6.

Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit to be Strengthened

Sub-officer in charge of Quality, Audit and Assurance, Polygraph Unit, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Sergeant Adrian Wellington.

JCF’S Polygraph Unit Tests Over 650 Since 2017

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), samples cocoa chips being promoted by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), at the 64th Hague Agricultural Show, in Trelawny, on Wednesday, March 6. At left is Home Economics and Social Service Officer of RADA, Trelawny Parish Office, Ingrid Barrett.

Stronger Coastal Surveillance to Prevent Poaching

Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Mr. Kitack Lim (left), is greeted by President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Fritz Pinnock (centre), when he visited the university, recently. Also pictured is Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Rear Admiral (ret.) Peter Brady. Mr. Lim was the guest of the MAJ for a series of meetings, including a High Level Symposium for Caribbean Transport Ministers on Maritime Affairs.

Head of IMO Commends Caribbean Maritime University

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

7 years ago National Security and PeacePrime Minister

Prime Minister says State will Act Decisively Within the Law to Protect Citizens

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is assuring the country that the State will act decisively within the law to ensure the protection of its citizens against crime and violence. Addressing the 125th anniversary fundraising banquet of the North Street Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, on March 5, Mr. Holness described as an “emergency”...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (seated, centre), affixes his signature to a Service Agreement between Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and Family Life Ministries (FLM), for a pilot foster care project. Waiting to sign are Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of FLM, Dr. Barry Davidson (seated left); and CEO of CPFSA, Rosalee Gage-Grey (seated right). Overseeing the process (in the background are FLM Board Members, Arnold Aiken; and Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan. The signing took place at the FLM’s Cecelio Avenue offices in St. Andrew on Tuesday (March 5).

7 years ago Youth

Gov’t to Embark on Pilot Foster Care Project

A pilot foster care project will be undertaken over the next year as the Government moves to place more children under State care in stable family settings. The pilot is part of a three-year programme between the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and Family Life Ministries (FLM). Under the initiative, dubbed ‘For the Child Foster Care Programme’, the...

Graduates of the Ministry of National Security

7 years ago National Security and Peace

Ministry of National Security Staff Trained in Project Management

A total of 133 staff members of the Ministry of National Security and its agencies have been trained and certified in project management, better enabling them to carry out their work. The training was conducted by the Project Management Institute through funding from the Ministry. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dianne McIntosh, said the training exercise reflects the Ministry’s commitment...

Managing Director of HEART Trust/NTA , Dr. Janet Dyer, addresses attendees during the launch of the Essex Valley Community and Associates (EVC) Employee Certification Programme, which was held at the Alpart Sports Club in Nain , St. Elizabeth, on Tuesday (February 26).

7 years ago Transport

HEART/NTA to Offer Railroad Track Maintenance Certificate Course

The HEART Trust /NTA will be introducing a railroad track maintenance programme in April. The certificate course is being offered in collaboration with City and Guilds. Managing Director of the HEART Trust /NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer, told JIS News that the programme came about as a result of research into emerging skill sets, which will require certification. “We visited the...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (second left), observes while Staff Officer at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre, Maxine McPherson Hassock (right), points out the names of inmates who passed subjects in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. Occasion was an Education Symposium held at the facility in Spanish Town, today (March 5). Others (from left) are Head of the institution, Senior Superintendent Herbert McFarlane, and Commissioner of Corrections, Ina Hunter.

7 years ago National Security and Peace

Security State Minister says Rehabilitation Programme is Working

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, says passes in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination by persons in the penal system is a sign that the rehabilitation programme is working. Addressing the opening of an Education Symposium at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, today (March 5), Mr....

General Manager of the Jamaica Mortgage Bank, Courtney Wynter, discusses the changes to mortgage insurance.

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

JMB Makes Changes to Mortgage Indemnity Insurance Plan

General Manager of the Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB), Courtney Wynter, says that effective immediately, the Bank will be implementing four changes to the Mortgage Indemnity Insurance (MII) plan. Mr. Wynter told JIS News that a letter has been sent to inform Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for Water, Works and Housing,...

Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Network, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank

7 years ago JIS Think TankYouth

Children from Poor Households More Prone to Poisoning

Children from poor households in Jamaica are more likely to be exposed to chemical poisoning, says the Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN). This is one of the findings coming out of a CARPIN study that focused on the use of chemicals within the home and how behaviour, knowledge, and storage pattern will determine how children 0-5 years are poisoned in...