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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)

Local Government Minister Urges Collection of Fees

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is urging Municipal Corporations to maximize the revenue generating potential from the requisite payment of fees by businesses and residents for services the councils administer, in keeping with the beneficiaries’ statutory...

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

2017 National Heroes Day Message from the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, MP Prime Minister

Dr. Peter Phillips, Leader of the Opposition.

Message for National Heroes Day 2017 Leader of the Opposition Dr. Peter Phillips

Psychologist with the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, Stacey-Anne Whittingham-Tucker, delivers a presentation to a group of teachers and administrators from the Catherine Hall Primary and Infant School, during a capacity-building workshop at the Sea Garden Hotel in Montego Bay. The workshop is one in a series of school interventions aimed at helping teachers better address the concerns of children with behavioural challenges.

Catherine Hall Primary and Infant School Benefit from CSJP Initiative

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Hon. Karl Samuda (right), listens keenly as Export Complex Manager at the Montego Bay Plant Quarantine Unit and Export Centre, Dalton Hastings provides him with first-hand information on how the facility is operated. This was during a tour of the facility at the Sangster International Airport on Friday (October 13).

Minister Samuda Impressed with Operations at Plant Quarantine Unit and Export Centre in Montego Bay

President and Chief Executive Officer of the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), Audley Deidrick (left) presents Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis, with a cheque valued at $9 million. The funds will go towards the ODPEM’s ‘Help Impacted Islands Initiative’ to assist Caribbean countries affected by the passage of hurricanes Irma and Maria. The cheque was presented during a ceremony held at the Agency’s Haining Road offices on October 13.

9 years ago Community

AAJ Donates $9 Million to ODPEM’s ‘Help Impacted Islands Initiative’

Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) has donated $9 million to the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management’s (ODPEM) ‘Help Impacted Islands Initiative’ to assist Caribbean countries affected by the passage of hurricanes Irma and Maria. The cheque was presented during a ceremony held on Friday (October 13) at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management headquarters in Kingston....

Statistics Week will be observed from October 17 to 24 under the theme: ‘Improving the Lives of People: Advancing Quality Statistics in Jamaica’.

9 years ago Community

STATIN to Observe Statistics Week from October 17-24

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) will be observing Statistics Week from October 17 to 24 under the theme: ‘Improving the Lives of People: Advancing Quality Statistics in Jamaica’. Speaking with JIS News, Director General at STATIN, Carol Coy said the week’s activities will include a series of workshops, the launch of the Quality Assurance Framework and a publication highlighting...

Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses the Senate today (October 13).

9 years ago Finance & Public ServiceSenate

Senate Approves Bills to Modernise Methods of doing Business

Three Bills that seek to modernise methods of doing business in Jamaica were approved in the Senate today (October 13). The Bills are the Income Tax (Amendment) Act, the Stamp Duty (Amendment) Act, and the Transfer Tax (Amendment) Act. They will allow for the exemption of stamp duty and income and transfer tax on share buy-back transactions involving listed companies. Piloting...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry (second left), makes a point while addressing a press briefing at his Maxfield Avenue offices in St. Andrew today (October 13). Others (from left) are Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Paul Abrahams, and Chairman of the Transport Authority (TA), Joseph Shoucair.

9 years ago Transport

Board and Trade Unions to Settle Overstaffing at JUTC

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, says the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Board and trade unions will be settling the issue of overstaffing at the company. According to the Minister, he has given a directive to the Board of the bus company to work along with the unions representing the workers to immediately have meaningful engagements, and...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (centre) speaking with Chairman, Potato and Onion Producers’ Association, Hugh Gentles (right), during the National Irish Potato Programme Sensitsation Meeting at Guy’s Hill Town Hall, St. Mary on Wednesday, October 11. At left is Managing Director of Newport Fersan (Jamaica) Limited, Dennis Valdez.

9 years ago Agriculture

Agriculture Push-Start Programme Launched in Guy’s Hill

Farmers in Guy’s Hill, St. Mary, are to benefit from the Agriculture Push-Start (APS) programme, aimed at increasing the production of Irish potato, onions and Scotch bonnet peppers. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. William J.C. Hutchinson, said the programme will concentrate on the youth and women, but it will also embrace all...

Deputy Dean and Director of the Mona School of Engineering in the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Dr. Paul Aiken.

9 years ago Energy

UWI Targets Energy Self-Sufficiency by 2018

The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is moving towards liquefied natural gas (LNG) as it looks to achieve self-sufficiency in energy. Deputy Dean and Director of the Mona School of Engineering in the Faculty of Science and Technology, Dr. Paul Aiken, told JIS News that July 2018 is the targeted timeline for the UWI to start producing electricity for itself from...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, addresses breakfast meeting on the Government’s Integrated Resource Plan held on Friday (October 13) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

9 years ago Energy

Minister Says IRP Aims to Develop Energy Sector

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says the aim of the Government’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) is to develop the country’s energy industry and provide cheaper alternative energy sources for Jamaicans at all levels of the society. “For the first time, the energy sector will be developed in a structural way consistent with the National...