Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson-Smith, says the country has strengthened its financial oversight and regulatory frameworks to  remain in compliance with international banking standards. “Given the severity of the challenge of de-risking by international banks, the Government has accorded the highest priority to this matter,” the Minister emphasised. She was addressing a panel...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has lauded the decision by Sandals International Resorts to construct three new hotels over the next five years. Mr. Bartlett says this is testament to the confidence the hotel chain continues to have in Jamaica’s tourism sector. The three hotels will be constructed at a cost of US$350 million, as announced by  Chief Executive...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is calling on Jamaicans to be responsible in how they dispose of garbage. This call follows a major flooding incident along Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston on September 9, due in part to a build-up of garbage in drains in that vicinity. Addressing the launch of the National Housing Trust (NHT) Best Schemes...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says he will be holding talks with the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) to expedite the processing of birth certificates for children in State care. He noted that the documents are required for children to attend school and access other services, and to also facilitate overseas travel....

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has called on service clubs to continue to support the efforts of the Ministry to make technological strides in healthcare. In a recent meeting at the Ministry with members of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew North, Dr. Tufton commended them for choosing a major project for the 2016-2017 year that would...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has donated three desktop computers to the Golden Age Home, located in Vineyard Town, Kingston. Chairman of the USF, Robert Lawrence, told JIS News that the Fund endeavours to seize opportunities such as this one, to provide assistance to facilities which cater to the total wellbeing and development of our people, especially the children and...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has commenced removing debris which partly contributed to flooding along sections of lower Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston on September 9. Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the exercise will entail cleaning the adjacent Tivoli and Shoemaker gullies where hundreds of discarded plastic bottles and Styrofoam boxes have accumulated...