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Founder of the Juliet A. Holness Foundation, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right) and Director of Global Development for the Starkey Hearing Foundation, Owen Olende signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which will provide hearing services for more Jamaicans and persons across the Caribbean. The signing took place on September 4 at Jamaica House.

Starkey Partners with Juliet Holness Foundation to Bring Hearing to More Jamaicans

More Jamaicans with hearing difficulties are to benefit from free hearing aids and aftercare under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the Juliet A. Holness Foundation and the United States-based Starkey Hearing Foundation. The MOU follows a special mission...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), reports on the performance of the sector at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on September 5.

2.95 Million Tourists Between January and August

A section of the Ferris to Mackfield roadway in Westmoreland which is being upgraded.

Work Progressing on Ferris to Mackfield Road in Westmoreland

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left), along with State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Zavia Mayne (background left), share with new recipients of the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) 15th anniversary tertiary scholarships Brittany Munroe (second left); and Shanique Davidson. The presentations were made at the quarterly press briefing held at the Ministry’s North Street Offices on Tuesday (September 4).

Labour Ministry Looking to Expand School Days Count Campaign

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in discussion with Chairman, Sugar Industry Authority (SIA), Phillip Henriques, at a luncheon hosted by the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (September 4).

Manufacturers Who Import White Sugar Will Have to Pay Duty Up Front

From left: Founder and Board Member, Jamaica Customer Service Association (JaCSA), Ilsa duVerney; Chairman, JaCSA, Dr. Nsombi Jaja; Deputy Chairman, JaCSA, Richard Rowe; and Director, Community Cultural Development Services Division, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Marjorie Leyden Vernon, exchange pleasantries during the media launch of National Customer Service Week (NCSW) and Service Excellence Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on September 4.

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Dr. Jaja Calls for Shift Towards Service Excellence

Chairman of the Jamaica Customer Service Association (JaCSA), Dr. Nsombi Jaja, is calling for a shift towards service excellence locally. She said that quality customer service is a critical component, which impacts every element of business. “Let us… create a tectonic shift in our mindset, attitudes and in our focus on customer service and service excellence. We have the power;...

Commanding Officer for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Traffic and Highway Patrol Division, Senior Superintendent (SSP) Calvin Allen.

8 years ago National Security and Peace

Police to Maintain Presence at Key Intersections

Commanding Officer for the Traffic and Highway Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Calvin Allen, says the police will be maintaining a presence at traffic lights in the Corporate Area during peak hours in order to maintain law and order. In an interview with JIS News on Tuesday (September 4), SSP Allen informed that...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, speaking at the quarterly press briefing held at the Ministry’s North Street Offices on Tuesday (September 4).

8 years ago Labour

Reduction in Work Permits Granted to Foreigners

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is reporting a reduction in work permits granted to foreigners. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, said that 1,334 permits were granted for the period April to June, 2018 and of that number, 831 were new applications and 503 were renewals. “For the corresponding period last year, we issued 1,675 permits; 835 of them...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (right), exchanges pleasantries with Country Representative of the Organization of American States (OAS), in Jamaica, Jeanelle Van Glaanenweygel (centre), at the relaunch of the Reintegration Curriculum and opening of the renovated classrooms at the Rio Cobre Junvenile Correctional Centre in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, today (September 4). Sharing the moment (from left) are Country Representative of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in Jamaica, Jason Fraser; Commissioner of Corrections, Ina Hunter, and Chief of Security and Justice at the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (DPS/OAS), Cristian Gabriel Taboada.

8 years ago National Security and Peace

New Path Project Impacting Hundreds of Youth

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, is reporting that the ‘A New Path’ project has positively impacted more than 1,500 youth. Implemented three years ago, the initiative seeks to transform youth who are in remand centres and State care facilities. With crucial support from the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP), it aims to...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second left), speaking with (from left) Office Head United Nations (UN) Environment, Caribbean Office, Vincent Sweeney; Environmental Analyst, Ministry of Environment in Brazil, Juliana Guedes Bezerra; and Chief Executive Officer, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Peter Knight. Occasion was the opening of a three-day workshop for the Second Technical Meeting of the Caribbean Working Group on Environmental Indicators of the Latin American and Caribbean Initiative for Sustainable Development (ILAC) at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (September 4).

8 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Gov’t to Announce Measures to Address Plastic Pollution at G7 Meeting

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the Government will announce measures to address plastic pollution at a meeting of G7 Environment, Energy and Oceans Ministers in Canada later this month. Speaking at the opening of a regional environmental workshop at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (September...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, addresses journalists at quarterly press briefing, held at the Ministry’s North Street Offices, today (September 4).

8 years ago Labour

7,194 Persons Placed in Overseas Employment Programme from April to June

Approximately 7,194 Jamaicans were placed in the Overseas Employment Programme for the period April to June 2018, an increase of 5.6 per cent over the corresponding period last year. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, made the disclosure at a quarterly press briefing, held at the Ministry’s North Street Offices today (September 4). “Since July 2018, some...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point while addressing the Statistical Institute of Jamaica’s (STATIN) recent media sensitisation seminar at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew. The seminar, which was held under the theme ‘Statistics and the Media – Why Understanding Official Data Matters’, was aimed at assisting media practitioners to understand, interpret and present official data accurately, and focused on the gross domestic product and consumer price index.

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister Highlights Importance of Statistics

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says that as the Government continues work to reform Jamaica’s economy and instil a new level of professionalism and prudence in policymaking, official statistics on key developments and out-turns will become increasingly important. “As we deepen markets in Jamaica, and as we pursue a market economy… as the best...