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A participant gives her views at a town hall meeting held by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), at the Power of Hope Deliverance Ministry, in Riverton Meadows, in Kingston, March 15.

NSWMA to Clear and Beautify Entrance to Riverton Meadows

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), is to clear and beautify the front of Riverton Meadows, in St. Andrew. Executive Director of the NSWMA, Audley Gordon, says while a dump exists beyond the community, Riverton Meadows is a residential...

State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), looks on as President of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCAF), Victor Montagliani (centre), presents the CONCACAF banner to Caribbean Football Director for CONCACAF, Horace Reid. Occasion was the official opening of the CONCACAF regional office at the Courtleigh Corporate Centre in Kingston on March 15.

CONCACAF Office will Boost Football in Jamaica and Wider Region – Grange

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. (FILE)

HEART Merger to Expand Access to Training and Certification

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry, addresses the Ministry’s retirees ceremony held on Wednesday (March 15) at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

Workers Urged to Adequately Prepare for Retirement

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (2nd left), interacts with young persons at the launch of the National Youth Service (NYS) 2017 Summer Employment Programme, held at the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre, in St. Andrew, on March 15. To the State Minister’s left is Chairman of the NYS, Robert Miller

More Participants in NYS Summer Employment Programme

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), listens to a point from Member of Parliament for West Rural St. Andrew, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (2nd right), during a visit to Mannings Hill Primary on Thursday (March 15) to encourage students on the first day the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). Others from (2nd left) are parent Sherell Smith Walker; guardian Kathleen Grant; and Principal of the school, Matthew Sinclair.

9 years ago Education

Education Ministry Sets Up GSAT Help Desk

The Education, Youth and Information Ministry has established a Help Desk to monitor the administration of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) and to ensure that the 190 test centres are adequately supplied with scripts and other materials. State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, made the disclosure in a JIS News interview, during a visit to the Mannings...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen (centre), urges online shoppers to take steps to protect their personal information, while addressing a recent JIS Think Tank. She is flanked by Vice President of the National Consumers League (NCL), Michael Diamond (left); and the Information Technology Manager at the CAC, Andrew Evelyn.

9 years ago Commerce

CAC Urges Online Shoppers to be Alert

With more Jamaicans choosing to shop online, the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is stressing the need for consumers to safeguard their personal information as they conduct electronic transactions. The consumer alert comes against the increase in the number of reports about fake online retail stores. Information Technology Manager of CAC, Andrew Evelyn, in a recent interview with JIS News, says...

9 years ago Commerce

Industry Minister Says Country Committed to Expanding Exports

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says Jamaica is committed to expanding exports and satisfying customer demand in the United Kingdom (UK) and the wider European Union (EU) market. He said as a result, the Ministry has embarked on a programme to significantly boost exports of sweet potato to the UK through the production of United...

Members of Operation Save A Youth (OSAY) carrying out clean-up activities in sections of Clarendon in 2016. The group is attached to the Central Jamaica Seventh-day Adventists and is an initiative to volunteer young people’s time and talents to the service of community persons that are in need of help.

9 years ago

Youth Volunteers for Major Clean-Up Project in St. Catherine

More than 3,000 youth volunteers will conduct a clean-up of streets, as well as senior citizens homes, schools and other public facilities in St. Catherine, on Sunday, March 19. The engagement, which is organised by the Central Jamaica Seventh-day Adventists under their Operation Save a Youth (OSAY) initiative, is being undertaken for the third consecutive year. It encourages young people...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Dr. Delroy Gordon was a Champion for Cultural Development, says PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed shock and sadness at the sudden passing of Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Dr Delroy Gordon. Dr. Gordon died this morning (March 16). “Dr Gordon was a visionary leader who contributed significantly to Jamaica’s cultural development. I offer my condolences to his immediate family during this very difficult period and...

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

House Approves Legislation on Telephone Tax

Legislation was passed in the House of Representatives on March 16 giving legal authority to the Government to collect taxes imposed on certain telephone calls since 2012. The Bills, the Telephone Calls Tax Act, 2017 and the Telephone Calls Tax (Validation and Indemnification) Act, 2017, were piloted by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw. The Minister...

9 years ago

JIS Regrets Passing of Dr. Delroy Gordon

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) expresses shock and sorrow at the sudden passing of Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Dr. Delroy Gordon. Dr. Gordon has made a sterling contribution to the development of Jamaica’s culture. As Head of the JCDC, he helped to shape the lives of many young artistes in the performing, entertainment, visual, literary...