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Chief Technical Director, Office of the Prime Minister, Jacqueline Lynch-Stewart, addresses a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.

Public Input Invited on NIDS Regulations

Public comment will be invited on the regulations being developed for the National Identification and Registration Act, which was passed in Parliament last November. “The regulations will go on the National Identification System (NIDS) project website for the public and...

Mr. Patrick Campbell, wearing the Jamaican colours, views the ‘Yaadi Bites’ booth at the opening of Independence Village at the National Arena in Kingston on August 1. The Village, which will open daily to the public until August 6, features a number of family-friendly activities, including booth displays, food courts, lunch-hour concerts and a children’s village.

PHOTOS: Independence Village

Chairman of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) Rehabilitation Oversight Committee, Professor Archibald McDonald (right), in conversation with Committee member, Professor Ishebkumba Kahwa, at a press briefing held today (August 2) at the New Kingston offices of the Ministry of Health. The Chairman provided an update on the work of the group, and on the rehabilitation works at the hospital.

Minimal Disruption in Patient Care in the West

Registrar of the University of the West Indies Open Campus (UWIOC), Karen Ford-Warner, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.

UWI Open Campus Making Mark on Caribbean Higher Education

Group General Manager of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Winston Watson. (File)

Increase in Gas Prices Driven by External Forces

Director General of the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST), Professor Errol Morrison, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ recently.

8 years ago Local Government

Successful Disposal of 6,000 Litres of Chemical Waste

The Hazardous Lab Waste Clean-up Ad Hoc Committee (HALWAC) has completed its pilot exercise for the incineration of 6,000 litres of toxic waste generated by public laboratories. Addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ recently, Director General at the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST), Professor Errol Morrison, said the exercise, which was undertaken by the Caribbean Cement Company and the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses patrons at the opening of the Independence Village at the National Arena in Kingston on Wednesday (August 1). The Village will close following the staging of the Independence Grand Gala on August 6.

8 years ago Culture

Minister Grange Pays Tribute to Ancestors

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has paid tribute to persons who fought for Jamaica’s Emancipation and Independence. Speaking on Wednesday’s (August 1) official opening of the Independence Village at the National Arena in Kingston, Minister Grange noted that she has tremendous respect for “those who fought the good fight and sacrificed their lives in our...

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

8 years ago Culture

Emancipation Message 2018 by Prime Minister The Most Hon. Andrew Holness

My fellow Jamaicans, Each year, the Emancipation celebrations give us an opportunity to reflect on the struggle of our ancestors for freedom, against a system that denied them their dignity and humanity, often through brutally oppressive and violent means. It must have been a euphoric day, today the first of August, 180 years ago, when our forebear gathered in their...

Dr. Peter Phillips, Leader of the Opposition.

8 years ago Culture

Emancipation Day Message 2018 by Dr. Peter Phillips, MP, Leader of the Opposition

My fellow Jamaicans, I greet you in the spirit of freedom that is the essence of Emancipation. Emancipation Day is a timely reminder that our freedom from plantation slavery was the outcome of selfless, courageous actions by Jamaicans, who struggled for centuries to break the chains of their enslavement. The ending of the evils of human enslavement however, only marked...

Copeland Forbes (left) interacts with Music Consultant, Clyde McKenzie during a visit to the offices of the Jamaica Information Service in Kingston on July 31.

8 years ago Culture

Jamaican Music Contributing Positively to National Development

A local music consultant, artiste and industry player have in common theview that Jamaica’s music has contributed to the country’s national development, by generating earnings from foreign exchange through tourist arrivals and the creation of employment. “Our music has economic value. A lot of people want to visit Jamaica because of the culture, because of the music and that serves...

Director and Curator of the Jamaica Music Museum, Herbie Miller.

8 years ago CultureEntertainment

Music Exhibition at King’s House August 2-7, 2018

An exhibition titled, ‘The Music of Jamaica: People, Voice and Song’, will be on display in the Ballroom at King’s House from August 2 to 7. The exhibition will open on the same day of the Independence reception on the lawns of King’s House on August 2, and guests to the event will have a first-hand view of the display...

Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (fourth left), and State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (third left), with the 13 finalists in the 2018 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) National Festival Queen Competition. Occasion was the annual Festival Queen Breakfast, which was hosted at Jamaica House on Tuesday (July 31) by Mrs. Holness, who is the competition’s Patron.

8 years ago CultureEntertainmentYouth

Festival Queen Finalists Will Be Among Future Leaders – Holness

Patron of the National Festival Queen Competition, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, says she is confident that the 13 finalists in this year’s Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) contest will be among the country’s future leaders. Addressing the contestants during Tuesday’s (July 31) Festival Queen Breakfast at the Jamaica House Banquet Hall, Mrs. Holness noted that the finalists are “bright,...