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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, makes a presentation during a stakeholder engagement session for the Ministry’s ‘New FACE of Food’ campaign. The session, which was the first such to be held this year, took place in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, on Wednesday (January 10).

Agricultural Wardens Programme Must Be Implemented This Year – Minister Green

As the fight against praedial larceny in the local agricultural sector continues, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says the proposed agricultural wardens programme must be initiated this year. Speaking during the first stakeholder engagement session of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), looks on as Managing Director of the National Road Operating and Constructing Company Limited (NROCC), Stephen Edwards (left), outlines the scope of works on the Montego Bay Perimeter Road in St. James during a tour of the project on Monday (January 8). The Prime Minister was accompanied by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left); Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte (third right); and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right).

Perimeter Road to Usher in New Phase of Development for Mobay – PM

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (second left), and State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Franklyn Witter (second right), look at seedlings at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) nursery during a tour of the facility in St. Andrew on January 8. Others (from left) are Director, Bauxite Lands, JBI, Kemoy Lindsay; and JBI Nursery Assistant, Telonice Maylor Allen.

PHOTOS: Agriculture Minister Tours JBI

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses Tuesday’s (January 9) launch of the Blue Mountain Coffee Festival at Devon House, St. Andrew.

Minister Bartlett to Meet with Tourism Stakeholders Thursday (January 11)

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), greets Digicel Founder, Denis O’Brien, during a reception held in his honour at the AC Hotel by Marriott Kingston on Tuesday (January 9).

Prime Minister Holness Lauds Digicel Founder, Denis O’Brien

Head, Special Projects Unit, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Philone Mantock.

2 years ago Industry

Persons Encouraged to Participate in National Crime Victimisation Survey

With less than a month remaining to complete data collection for the 2023 Jamaica National Crime Victimisation Survey (JNCVS), the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is encouraging citizens to cooperate with interviewers when they visit. The survey, which got under way on November 1, 2023, will last until the end of January 2024. It is designed to examine the experience...

2 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Eligible Public Officials Urged to Submit Statutory Declarations by March 31

The Integrity Commission (IC) is urging eligible public officials to submit statutory declarations of their assets, liabilities and income on or before March 31, 2024. The prescribed threshold for public officials required to submit a statutory declaration was increased from $3.5 million to $12 million, following approval of the Integrity Commission (Total Annual Emoluments Exempt from Statutory Declaration Requirements) Order,...

2 years ago LabourSocial Security

Jamaica’s Gains in Addressing Child Labour Commended

Jamaica has been commended by the International Labour Organization (ILO) for strides made in addressing child labour. Speaking with JIS News, Programme Officer for the Regional Initiative, Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour, Resel Melville, said that Jamaica has served as a Pathfinder Country in the global fight against the scourge. These are States that are taking...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), interacts with Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon (second left), during Monday’s (January 8) tour the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay, St. James.

2 years ago Prime Minister

Phase-Two Rehabilitation of Charles Gordon Market to Cost $50 Million

Phase-two rehabilitation of the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay, St. James, is set to commence shortly at a cost of $50 million. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, while touring the facility on Monday (January 8). Mr. Holness said the second phase of the redevelopment project, which aligns with the Government’s broader initiative to...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left) and Norma Cooper, display the signed document for her one-bedroom unit in Lima, Adelphi, St. James, on January 8. Also at the ceremony (from left) are Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie and Minister of Tourism and Member of Parliament for St. James East Central, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

2 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Government Will Provide Affordable Housing for Poor and Disadvantaged – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government remains committed to providing affordable housing for the country’s poor and disadvantaged in an equitable and non-partisan manner, through a rigorous vetting process. Mr. Holness, who was speaking at the handover of a one-bedroom unit to 67-year-old Norma Cooper of Lima, Adelphi in St. James on January 8, said the...

2 years ago Finance & Public Service

Assistance for MDAs in Developing Workforce Plans

Ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) are encouraged to contact the Strategic Workforce, Planning and Improvement Branch at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service for assistance in developing workforce plans. Director for the Talent and Knowledge Management Portfolio, Collette Cummings McCausland, told JIS News that although the branch is “fairly new” it is on hand to provide the necessary...

Managing Director of the Transport Authority (TA), Ralston Smith.

2 years ago Transport

Transport Authority Ensuring Adherence to New Wrecking Fees

The Transport Authority (TA) is closely monitoring wrecker operators to ensure that they adhere to the new fee structure, says the entity’s Managing Director, Ralston Smith. He warned that “any of those wrecker operators who overcharge will not have anything to do with the Authority”. Under the new standardised rates, which took effect on January 2, the charge for towing...