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Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States (US), Her Excellency Audrey Marks, addresses the fundraising dinner of the Delaware Chapter of the Anchovy High School Alumni Association at the Jamaica Café Cuisine Restaurant in Middletown, Delaware on Saturday (December 9).
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States (US), Her Excellency Audrey Marks, addresses the fundraising dinner of the Delaware Chapter of the Anchovy High School Alumni Association at the Jamaica Café Cuisine Restaurant in Middletown, Delaware on Saturday (December 9).

Ambassador Marks Urges Diaspora Alumni Support for Non-Traditional High Schools in Jamaica

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, is calling for greater diaspora support for non-traditional high schools that are responsible for the education of hundreds of thousands of youths in the building of Jamaica. Addressing the inaugural...
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking during a Statement in the House of Representative on Tuesday (December 12).
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking during a Statement in the House of Representative on Tuesday (December 12).

Alex Platform Generates More Than $1 Billion in Sales for Farmers
Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Information Service (JIS),  Enthrose Campbell (fourth left); Corporate Services Director, Errol Gardner (left); and Human Resources Director, David Knight (right), share a moment with winners and finalists in the JIS Heritage Competition at the awards ceremony held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on December 12.
Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Information Service (JIS),  Enthrose Campbell (fourth left); Corporate Services Director, Errol Gardner (left); and Human Resources Director, David Knight (right), share a moment with winners and finalists in the JIS Heritage Competition at the awards ceremony held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on December 12.

JIS Awards 2023 Heritage Competition Winners
Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), symbolically presents a solar lamp to St. Andrew Western Member of Parliament (MP), Anthony Hylton, at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices in Kingston on Tuesday (December 12). The Government is providing 10,000 solar lamps to households across the island under a pilot project. The lamps will be distributed by MPs.
Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), symbolically presents a solar lamp to St. Andrew Western Member of Parliament (MP), Anthony Hylton, at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices in Kingston on Tuesday (December 12). The Government is providing 10,000 solar lamps to households across the island under a pilot project. The lamps will be distributed by MPs.

Gov’t Providing 10,000 Solar Lamps under Pilot Project
Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay, says access will be granted to the Data Controller registration form after the Data Protection Regulations have been promulgated.
Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay, says access will be granted to the Data Controller registration form after the Data Protection Regulations have been promulgated.

OIC Launches Website to Facilitate Registration

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Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz.
Transport

JUTC Route Changes Coming to Meet Anticipated High Demand for Service

Commuters can expect changes to several Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC)-operated routes in the new year. Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz, told JIS News that the changes are intended to meet the anticipated increase in demand for service resulting from the temporary reduction in bus fares beginning January 2024. “We estimate that we will get a...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking during a Statement in the House of Representative on Tuesday (December 12).
Tourism

Jamaica Expected to Welcome 4.12 Million Visitors for 2023

The Ministry of Tourism is estimating that Jamaica should record 4,122,100 visitor arrivals for the period January to December 2023. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said this would represent a 23.7 per cent increase over the 2022 figure. Of this number, 2,875,549 are expected to be stopover visitors, which would represent a 16 per cent increase over the number recorded...
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Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, addresses today’s (December 12) meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) in downtown Kingston.
Local Government

Designated Vending Zones Established Along Sections of Orange Street

Designated vending zones have been established along sections of Orange Street, downtown Kingston, for the period December 18 to January 14, 2024. The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) today (December 12), approved a Motion that will facilitate the undertaking for street vendors to ply their wares on the assigned sections during the busy festive season. The Motion is...
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Chair, Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Trisha Williams-Singh, interacts with St. Peter Claver Primary and Infant School students Arianna Temple (left) and Kimarney Allen, during the launch of Sagicor Foundation’s 2019/20 Adopt-A-School programme at Hope Gardens in St. Andrew, in 2019.
EducationYouth

ECC Urges Compliance by Operators of Unregistered Early Childhood Institutions

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is urging operators of unregistered early-childhood institutions (ECIs) islandwide to take steps to become fully compliant with the organisation. Under the Early Childhood Act and Regulations (2005), all ECIs must be registered with the Commission to receive a permit to operate. ECC Chair, Trisha Williams-Singh, told JIS News that there are currently 92 delinquent ECIs...
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Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon (second left), heads the welcoming party for passengers of the inaugural Canada Jetlines flight from Toronto, Canada, at the Sangster International Airport on December 9. Also greeting passengers are (from third left) Regional Director of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Odette Dyer; Chief Executive Officer of MBJ Airports, operators of Sangster International Airport, Shane Munroe and Regional Director of JTB, Canada, Angella Bennett.
Tourism

Inaugural Flight by Canada Jetlines

The Sangster International Airport, in Montego Bay, St. James, welcomed the inaugural Canada Jetlines flight from Toronto, Canada, on December 9. This flight, which carried some 85 visitors to the island, is the second inaugural flight to land at the airport so far this month, as the facility also welcomed a Norse Atlantic Airway flight from the United Kingdom on...
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Manager of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), Nora Blake.
CultureFinance & Public Service

Jamaicans Urged to Support JSSE Yuletide Telethon 2023

Jamaicans are being encouraged to support a Yuletide telethon aimed at raising some $40 million on the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE) to fund three ongoing projects. The JSSE, a subsidiary of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is aiming to mobilise resources into the stock exchange for the funding of projects that are delivering socio-economic, environmental and cultural benefits for...
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Project Manager for Community-based Rehabilitation Jamaica (CBRJ), Sandrea Long-White.
EducationLabourSocial SecurityYouth

CBRJ Supporting Children with Disabilities for Over 40 Years

Community Based Rehabilitation Jamaica (CBRJ), located in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, has been supporting children with disabilities and their families for more than 40 years. The CBRJ provides a range of services, including developmental and psychological assessments, therapeutic intervention and referral services, which can lead to the cognitive and social development of children and adolescents with disabilities. Project Manager, Sandrea...
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