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Director of Corporate Communications at the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Lorna Clarke, gives details about the 17th staging of Fireworks on the Waterfront, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on December 27.

UDC Stages Fireworks on the Kingston Waterfront and in Ocho Rios

The Kingston Waterfront will come alive on New Year’s Eve with the 17th staging of the Urban Development Corporation’s ‘Fireworks on the Waterfront’, under the theme ‘Feel the Magic, Be the GLOW’. The event, which is the “the largest family-oriented...

Sections of the Mandela Highway Road Improvement Project, being funded under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme and executed by China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC)., which is expected to be completed in 2019.

Majority of Legacy Road Project Works to be Completed By March 2019

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton

Health Ministry’s ‘Jamaica Moves’ Initiative Gets SDA Church’s Approval

His Excellency, The Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen, ON, GCMG, CD, KSt.J, Governor-General

Christmas Message 2018 from Governor General, His Excellency The Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen ON, GCMG, CD, KSt.J

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

Christmas Message 2018 from Prime Minister, The Most Hon. Andrew Holness

Dr. Peter Phillips, Leader of the Opposition.

8 years ago Opposition

Christmas Message 2018 from Leader of the Opposition Dr. Peter Phillips

My fellow Jamaicans, Season’s Greetings. Christmas is a special time of the year in Jamaica, and we celebrate it in our own distinctive way. It is the time of year when we share with family and friends the joys of the Season. Communities all over the country come together at this time to entertain and take care of the elderly...

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Brian Wynte. (File)

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

$13.9 Billion Issued Into Circulation for Week Leading Up to Christmas

The Bank of Jamaica’s (BoJ) says total currency issued into circulation for the week leading up the Christmas holidays, from December 17 to 21, amounted to $13.9 billion. This, it noted, represents a 12.2 per cent increase in the currency stock for the week, and was broadly in line with the $13.5 billion or 13.9 per cent increase for the...

Vice President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) Global Affairs at the Caribbean Department, Ambassador Joachim Schmillen, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

8 years ago EnvironmentJIS Think Tank

CMU to Support Blue Economy Initiatives in 2019

The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), through its Global Affairs at the Caribbean Department, will implement several activities in 2019 to support the Government of Jamaica Blue Economy Initiatives. The Blue Economy is an emerging concept which relates to protecting, conserving and using sustainably marine resources. Vice President of the Department at CMU, Ambassador Joachim Schmillen, said the unit, which was...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, speaks on the impending plastic ban at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’ session. (PHOTO: Michael Sloely)

8 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Government Looking to Strengthen Law Applicable to Breaches of Single-Use Plastics Ban

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon Daryl Vaz, says the Government is looking to strengthen aspects of the law applicable where breaches of the ban on single-use plastics, which takes effect on January, 1, 2019, may be committed. While noting fines ranging between $50,000 to over $1 million for breaches of stipulations under...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck addresses a Justices of the Peace training seminar held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston on November 3

8 years ago Justice

Forty JPs Graduate from Justice Training Programme

A total of 40 Justices of the Peace (JPs) from Kingston and St. Andrew, on Thursday (Dec. 20), graduated from a training programme organised by the Justice Training Institute (JTI). The programme which aims, among other things, to significantly boost the capacity of the Lay Magistrates’ Courts, forms part of the Justice Ministry’s undertaking, through the JTI, to further strengthen...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), examines craft sculpted by artist, George Faulkner (centre), during a tour of the Kingston Craft Extravaganza themed, ‘A Fi Wi Handiwuk Dis’, which was staged in The Breezeway, New Kingston, on Thursday (December 20). Looking on is Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company Limited, which hosted the event, Dr. Andrew Spencer.

8 years ago Tourism

Jamaica Poised to Generate Record US$3.3B in Tourism Earnings For 2018

Jamaica is poised to generate a record US$3.3 billion in tourism earnings for 2018. This, according to Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, who says that up to December 14, revenue inflows had increased by nine percent, with visitor arrivals up 5.3 per cent over the corresponding period in 2017. “That means that the US$3.3 billion will be a new benchmark...

The town of Falmouth, famous for its Georgian-style architecture and historic buildings, has been experiencing a kind of renaissance and is once again being hailed as a centre of major economic activities.

8 years ago DevelopmentEconomic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Falmouth Emerging as an Economic Player

The town of Falmouth, once the epicentre for economic activities in Jamaica, is experiencing a renaissance, with port and hotel developments and attractions, and is being touted as a major location for tourism and other businesses. With world-class attractions such as Chukka Good Hope and Martha Brae Rafting, the town, famous for its Georgian-style architecture and historic buildings, has been...