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Accountant General, Carlene Murdock, updating JIS News on the Central Treasury Management System (CTMS).

Central Treasury Management System Improving Efficiency

The Central Treasury Management System (CTMS) is helping to improve efficiency in the public sector. A technology-driven set of procedures that transfer the responsibility for managing Government’s cash resources to one central operation, the CTMS was introduced to replace and...

State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaking at a recently held Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) stakeholders’ breakfast in Montego Bay, St. James. (FILE)

State Minister Highlights Importance of BPO Sector

Commanding Officer of the Traffic and Highway Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Senior Superintendent Calvin Allen (right), addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ on tickets issued since the beginning of the year, yesterday (March 14). Others (from left) are Director of the Island Traffic Authority, Ludlow Powell and Acting General Manager, HR and Administration at the Transport Authority, Petra-Kene Williams.

Police Issue 106,000 Traffic Tickets

Members of Staff of the Peace Management Initiative (PMI) Western, in Montego Bay, St. James, discuss programmes being implemented across western Jamaica. From left are social workers Maxine Matthews and Howard Lewis; Programmes Coordinator, Sheila Pryce Brooks; Violence Interrupter, Brenda-Lee Black Samuels, Violence Interrupter Supervisor, Lavern Johnson and Data Analyst, André Reid.

PMI Western Playing Major Role to Curb Crime and Violence

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, makes his contribution in the Senate.

Education Minister to Discuss Funding with Tertiary Institutions

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague. (FILE)

9 years ago National Security and Peace

Gov’t Procuring Equipment for DNA Register

The Government is procuring equipment for the establishment of the National Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Register. Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, said yesterday (March 14) that the equipment is expected to arrive in the island in approximately six weeks. “(We are) about to sign off on a purchase order for some US$146,000 for the equipment and do training so...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague (right), in discussion with Executive Director, Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine, Dr. Judith Mowatt, at the handing over of the BULLETTRAX-3D system to the Institute, in Kingston, today (March 14).

9 years ago National Security and Peace

More Illegal Guns Seized

Up to March 11 this year, some 163 illegal guns and 1,684 rounds of ammunition had been seized. This was disclosed by Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, during the handing over of a BULLETTRAX-3D System to the Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine, in Kingston, today (March 14). Mr. Montague said during the corresponding period last year,...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), emphasises a point during Monday’s (March 13) post-Budget media briefing at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston. Others (from left) are State Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams; Financial Secretary, Everton McFarlane; and Bank of Jamaica Governor, Brian Wynter.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Gov’t has Made Provisions in Budget for Vulnerable Persons – Shaw

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government, in drafting the $715.6-billion Budget for the 2017/18 fiscal year, has taken major steps to safeguard the welfare of vulnerable citizens. This, he said, is evident in the improved benefits under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) for which the Administration has increased the allocation...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (sixth left); Deputy Chair of the Economic Growth Council, Ambassador Nigel Clarke ( left); and Chief Technical Director in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Jacqueline Lynch Stewart (right), share a photo opportunity with Jamaica House Fellows, during the official launch and pinning ceremony at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday, March 8. The Fellows (from second left) are Mark Tracey, Andrae Shawn Silburn, Aubrey Stewart, Sherona Forrester, Karelle Samuda, Christopher Graham and Lavois Cruikshank. Missing is the eighth awardee, Jerome Cowans. The Fellows will serve in Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the public sector for two years.

9 years ago Prime MinisterVision 2030

Jamaica House Fellows Welcome Opportunity to Serve

The new Jamaica House Fellows are expressing gratitude to the Government for the opportunity granted for them to make a meaningful contribution to the country’s development. Eight persons were selected and officially pinned by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during a ceremony held on March 8 at the Office of the Prime Minister to officially launch the Jamaica...

Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (5th left), shares a photo opportunity with students from the St. Andrew-based Liguanea Preparatory School, at the Commonwealth Day celebration held on Monday (March 13), at King’s House. Also pictured at left is Chairperson of the Royal Commonwealth Society, Indera Persaud.

9 years ago

Jamaica Marks Commonwealth Day

Jamaica, on Monday (March 13), joined 51 other nations in celebrating Commonwealth Day under the theme ‘A Peace-building Commonwealth.’ Scores of persons gathered in the ballroom at King’s House for a brief ceremony, which featured cultural performances from schoolchildren and the reading of the message of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, by Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), is greeted by residents of Darliston, Westmoreland, when he visited the community on Friday (March 10) to break ground for a housing development in the area.

9 years ago Housing

Darliston Residents Welcome Housing Project

Residents of Darliston and surrounding communities in Eastern Westmoreland have welcomed plans for a new housing development in the area, for which Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness broke ground on Friday (March 10). The project, which is being undertaken by the National Housing Trust (NHT) at a cost of $95.4 million, will see 32 serviced lots being established,...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Pernell Charles (right), and British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton (left), share in light conversation with student of the St. Andrew’s High School for Girls, Ashleigh Onfroy (2nd right); and Javon Downie from St. Andrew Technical High School. They were at a Youth for Peace Rally staged by the Houses of Parliament at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Monday (March 13). The youth for peace rally was held as part of activities marking Commonwealth Day under the theme ‘A Peace-building Commonwealth’.

9 years ago Prime MinisterVision 2030

Gov’t Committed to Building a Peaceful Society – Holness

Prime Minister the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is committed to the building of a peaceful society in keeping with Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This, he noted, is aligned with Vision 2030 Jamaica – National Development Plan, goal two of which aims to ensure a secure, cohesive and just society. “(It) reflects the...