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Deputy Financial Secretary, Wayne Jones (right), in discussion with Human Resource Management Association of Jamaica (HRMAJ) Conference Chair, Dona Stewart Sykes and President, Karl Williams, before the start of the annual HRMAJ Conference on November 16 at The Knutsford Court Hotel.

HR Practitioners Reminded of Their Role in Driving Transformation

Human Resource practitioners are being reminded to appreciate the integral role they play in driving transformation in both the public and private sectors. Deputy Financial Secretary, Wayne Jones, speaking at the annual conference of the Human Resource Management Association of...

Chairman of the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) Board, Hyacinth Lightbourne

Cannabis Authority Looking to Grant Conditional Permits by Year End

Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Corporate Communication Unit, Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay, speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank.

Police Week To Be Observed Nov. 20-23

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), checks a document along with Executive Director of HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (left) and Chairman, Ms. Maxine Wilson, during the launch of a three-year upskilling and retooling project at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on November 18. The project is being implemented through collaboration between the HEART Trust/NTA and the Joint Committee for Tertiary Education (JCTE).

Heart Launches Upskilling Project

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), congratulates Shakeba Foster on being named Jamaica's 2017 Rhodes Scholar during a brief ceremony at King’s House on November 17. At right is Jamaica’s Secretary to the Rhodes Trust and Secretary of the Jamaican Selection Committee, Peter Goldson.

Shakeba Foster is 2017 Rhodes Scholar

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Positive Outlook for October to December Quarter

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has indicated that there is a positive economic outlook for the current quarter of October to December 2016. Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, said real gross domestic product (GDP) for the period is expected to grow within the range of one to two per cent. This, he said, is due to the anticipated strengthening...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), is greeted by Vice President for Investment Banking at the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Herbert Hall (second left), when he arrived to address the LatinFinance’s 2nd Caribbean Finance and Investment Forum, held on November 17 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre. Others (from left) are Chief Executive Officer at NCB Capital Markets, Steven Gooden; Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Constant Lonkeng, and CEO of LatinFinance, Taimur Ahmad.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Jamaica Best Place to do Business – Finance Minister

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says Jamaica is uniquely positioned as one of the best places in the Caribbean and Latin America in which to do business. Mr. Shaw argues that this has been bolstered by the establishment of a Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, and also the Economic Growth Council which outlines...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry. (File photo)

9 years ago Transport

Gov’t Pursuing Open Skies Policy

Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, says the Government is pursuing an Open Skies Policy. This is an agreement under which two or more countries allow unrestricted overflight and landing rights to one another. In remarks read on his behalf by Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority Chairman, Phillip Henriques, at the opening of a new air traffic control tower at...

Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Nari Williams-Singh (left), in discussion with JCAA Chairman, Phillip Henriques, ahead of the opening ceremony for the Norman Manley International Airport Air Traffic Control Tower, on November 16.

9 years ago Transport

Highest Ranking for Jamaica in Aviation Standards

Jamaica has achieved the highest ranking for implementing international civil aviation standards, in the English-speaking Caribbean. The result from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Validation Mission in June 2016 indicated an effective implementation of international standards at 82.38 per cent. This was disclosed by Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Nari Williams-Singh, at the official opening...

In this file photo, former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Elaine Foster Allen (left), has the attention of (from 2nd left): Caribbean Regional Director for the AIDS Health Care Foundation, Dr. Kevin Harvey; Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Winston De La Haye; and Regional Director for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Ken-Garfield Douglas. Occasion was the handover of a new mobile HIV testing unit donated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to the Western Regional Health Authority. The presentation was made during the Ministry’s 26th Annual Review and Planning Retreat at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in St. James on November 16.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Ministry to Adopt WHO HIV Guidelines

Come January, the Ministry of Health will be incorporating two key World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines in the National HIV/AIDS Programme. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Winston De La Haye, made the disclosure as he addressed the Ministry’s 26th Annual Review and Planning Retreat at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in St. James on November 16. The first is the ‘Test...

Chairman of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Phillip Henriques (2nd left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the new Air Traffic Control Tower at the Norman Manley International Airport on November 17. Others (from left) are Director General of the JCAA, Nari Williams-Singh; Deputy Chairman of the JCAA, Robert Evans; and Chairman of the Aeronautical Telecommunication Limited, Marc Ramsay.

9 years ago Transport

Gov’t Undertaking $4.92-Billion Upgrade of Airport Communications and Navigations Systems

The Government is taking steps to upgrade and enhance the communications, navigation and surveillance (CNS) Systems, which are responsible for the delivery of safe and efficient air traffic management in and around the country. Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, noted that the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) is undertaking the $4.92-billion upgrading project, which is expected to be...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Cancer Society, Mrs. Yulit Gordon, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’ on the results of the latest Cancer Registry Survey.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Reduction in Lung Cancer

The Jamaica Cancer Society is reporting that there has been a decline in reports of lung cancer and that the trend is expected to continue with a reduction in the use of tobacco. Executive Director of the Jamaica Cancer Society, Mrs. Yulit Gordon, told a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on November 15 that the fall in numbers was reported in the...