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Transport Minister Appeals for More Care on the Roads

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, is appealing to all road users to exercise extra care on the roads. In a televised message to the public for Road Safety Awareness Month, which is observed during June, the Minister...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) is greeted by Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies' (UWI) Mona Campus, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles (second right), on his arrival at the ninth annual Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) Roundtable Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Breakfast Forum, at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge on June 21. Looking on (from second left) are: Executive Director of the MSBM, Dr. David McBean (partially hidden); Managing Director of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), Marlene Street Forrest; and Head of the Marketing, International Business, Entrepreneurship and Strategy (MIBES) Unit at MSBM, Ralph Thomas.

Gov’t Transforming Jamaica into Digital Economy – PM

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Hon. Olivia Grange (2nd right) goes through a copy of the Jamaica Women’s Health Survey Report following the launch at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel on June 21. Others (from left) are Senior Director for the Social Policy, Planning and Research Division, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Easton Williams; Regional Director, Americas and the Caribbean, United Nations Women, Luiza Carvalho; Modernisation of the State Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Camila Mejia Giraldo; and Chief Technical Director, Ministry of National Security, Rohan Richards.

Sexual Harassment Bill to be Tabled in Parliament Within Weeks – Grange

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), shares a moment with the top-six performing students in the final Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). From left are Zayne Glenister, Xia Francis, Shaniel Miles, Kayla Wright, Jayden Clarke and Joel Barrett. All six students got perfect scores in all subject areas. They were awarded at a ceremony held at the National Arena on Thursday (June 21).

Six GSAT Students Score 100% in All Subject Areas

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank.

EU Plans to Make Film Festival an Annual Event

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), listens as General Manager, Lithographic Printers Limited, Simon Duquesnay, explain how the labelling machine operates, during a tour of the company’s location in downtown Kingston on Wednesday (June 20). Lithographic Printers is celebrating its 60th anniversary.

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Minister Shaw Pledges to Protect Local Manufacturers

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he will be ensuring that measures are put in place to protect local manufacturers. “As Minister, I am going to be taking a careful, forensic look, industry by industry, product by product, to make sure that there is a level playing field and that we are putting in a...

The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, addressed the 9th Annual Mona School of Business Management (MSBM) Roundtable CEO Breakfast Forum on Thursday (June 21)

8 years ago Prime MinisterTechnology

Jamaica Moves Toward Becoming a Digital Economy – PM Holness

The Government of Jamaica is taking steps to transform the Jamaican economy into a digital economy. Speaking this morning (June 21), at the 9th Annual Mona School of Business Management (MSBM) Roundtable CEO Breakfast Forum at the Mona Visitors Lodge, Prime Minister Andrew Holness underscored that the Government has taken several steps and will now see the results. “The government...

Research Analyst at the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Uki Atkinson (right); and Director of Client Services, Colette Kirlew, look through a document.

8 years ago Health & Wellness

NCDA Intensifies Efforts to Reach Young People

The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) is intensifying efforts to reduce substance abuse among young people, particularly children. Research Analyst at the NCDA, Uki Atkinson, told JIS News that while the overall trend in relation to drug use in Jamaica is showing a slight decrease over the last few years, “we are still concerned about the early introduction of...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Companies Office of Jamaica, Judith Ramlogan (right), speaks about the benefits of the Electronic Business Registration Form (eBRF), during a JIS Think Tank on June 20. At left is Principal Director for the Modernisation Programme Implementation Unit of the Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Division, Office of the Cabinet, Wayne Robertson.

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Businesses Utilising COJ Electronic Registration

A total of 130 entities have utilised the Companies Office of Jamaica’s (COJ) Electronic Business Registration Form (eBRF) since the online facility was piloted on April 4. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the COJ, Judith Ramlogan, made the disclosure at a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (June 20). She explained that eBRF allows for expedited business-name reservation and registration. She...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, CD, MP

8 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Report of the Commission to Review Jamaica’s Relations Within CARICOM

As the Minister with responsibility for agriculture, the manufacturing sector, fisheries, the distributive trade and investment promotion; that is, practically the entire goods producing sector of the economy, I rise to support the resolution now being debated. Mr. Speaker, it is necessary to revisit the rationale and objective of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas (RTC), to establish the CARICOM Single...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), greets boys from Chetolah Park Primary School (from left) Jordon Cousley and Tyler Robinson, at the Jamaica Teaching Council’s Boys’ Mentorship Training Programme, which was held at Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston, on Wednesday (June 20).

8 years ago Gender AffairsGovernor General

G-G Reiterates Call for More Mentors for Boys

Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has reiterated his call for more Jamaicans to provide mentorship for boys across the island. At the Jamaica Teaching Council’s Boys’ Mentorship Training Programme, which took place at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston on June 20, the Governor-General said mentorship can save the lives...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, contributes to debate on the Report of the Commission to Review Jamaica’s Relations within the CARICOM and CARIFORUM Frameworks in the House of Representatives on June 19. At left is Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

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Minister Shaw Calls for Fair and Rigorous Application of Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that the provisions of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas must be applied fairly and rigorously in order to result in increased economic development in the region. “Therefore, we need to commit ourselves first and foremost to applying the existing rules and strengthen (measures), where necessary, to achieve the goal...