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Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller (at podium), addresses the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) Action Day ceremony at the Wilbert Stewart Basic School in East Kingston on May 29. The NCMC constructed a perimeter fence around the school’s play area as the final activity for Child Month. The area was also painted. Seated (from left) are: Chair of the NCMC, Dr. Pauline Mullings; Chairman of the School Board, Stephen O. Stewart; Pastor of the Pentecostal Gospel Temple, Robert A. Stewart; and Founder of the School and former Custos of Kingston, Hon. Carmen Stewart.

Custos Says Country Must Provide Safer Environment for Children

Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller, has emphasised that the country needs to create a safer environment for the children, while ensuring that they exhibit good values and attitudes. “A nation is judged, to a large extent, by how it...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), shares a light moment with Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left) and Chairman of the Sandals Group, Hon. Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, at the official opening of the rebranded Sandals Ochi Beach Resort in St. Ann, on Monday, June 1. The hotel was refurbished at a cost of US$60 million.

Sandals Resorts Praised For Promoting Brand Jamaica

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Peter Bunting. (FILE)

Minister Bunting Calls for Federation to End Protest Actions

: Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), presents the Instrument of Appointment as Custos of St. Catherine to Rev. the Hon. Jeffrey McKenzie, following a brief swearing-in ceremony at King’s House in February. Rev. McKenzie will be formally installed as Custos Rotulorum for the parish of St. Catherine at a public ceremony scheduled for June 11, at the National Police College, Twickenham Park.

New Custos of St. Catherine to Be Installed June 11

Manchester resident, Damion Candell, is all smiles after receiving his passport today (June 1), under the new Same Day express system implemented by the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA). Sharing the moment are Chief Executive Officer of PICA, Jennifer McDonald (right); and Director of Customer Service, Lesline Chisholm.
The service went into operation today (June 1), at the agency’s head office on Constant Spring Road, St. Andrew. — Manchester resident, Damion Candell, is all smiles after receiving his passport today (June 1), under the new Same Day express system implemented by the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA). Sharing the moment are Chief Executive Officer of PICA, Jennifer McDonald (right); and Director of Customer Service, Lesline Chisholm. The service went into operation today (June 1), at the agency’s head office on Constant Spring Road, St. Andrew.

PICA Same Day Service Welcomed

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lloyd B. Smith, addresses the opening ceremony for the 35th annual conference of the Insurance Association of the Caribbean, held on May 31, at the Hyatt Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James.

11 years ago AgricultureTourism

Caribbean Insurers Urged to Develop Products for Agriculture, Tourism

Players in the Caribbean insurance industry are being urged to develop innovative products that will provide natural disaster protection for critical sectors such as agriculture and tourism. Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Lloyd B. Smith, made the appeal, as he delivered the keynote address at the opening of the 35th annual conference of the Insurance Association of...

One of the greenhouses on the site of the Greenhouse Cluster and Water Harvesting Project, in Rose Hill, Manchester. Under the project, the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), and the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), are collaborating to impart greenhouse technologies to farmers in Manchester, St. Elizabeth and St. Ann, through a $192 million partnership.

11 years ago Agriculture

Farmers to Benefit from Major Greenhouse Project

Farmers in a number of bauxite mining communities should benefit from greenhouse technologies, through a $192 million project, a collaboration between the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI). The project involves conversion of mined-out lands to water reservoirs to be used for irrigation, where greenhouses are constructed for agricultural production, benefitting some 160 farmers who...

Paula Fletcher, Executive Director – National Road Safety Council (left) and Clyde Jureidini, Company Secretary, Premier League Clubs Association; General Manager, Harbour View Football Club and Football Analyst.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaicans Comment on Ban on Smoking in Public Places

With the country joining the rest of the world to observe World No Tobacco Day on May 31, the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) sought the views of some persons on the Tobacco Regulations and specifically the Ban on Smoking in Public Places. Q. Has the ban on smoking in public places impacted you. If so, how? Paula Fletcher,...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting addresses staff members of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), at the National Indoor Sports Centre, on May 29. The centre was used as the temporary location of PICA to process the many applicants applying for passports, ahead of the increase in fees on June 1. The staff returned to PICA

11 years ago National Security and Peace

Security Minister Commends PICA Staff

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, has commended the staff of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), for the hard work they put in to process the many persons applying for passports over the last two weeks. Mr. Bunting, who addressed the staff at the temporary location at the National Indoor Sports Centre on May 29, said he...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, addressing participants at a media and stakeholder number portability workshop on May 13 at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston. Seated is Public Education Specialist, Elizabeth Bennett-Marsh, of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR).

11 years ago Technology

Extension Granted For Number Portability

The Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining has granted a 21-day extension to telephony service providers to have their infrastructure up and running to facilitate the roll-out of number portability on Monday, June 22. At a meeting at the Ministry on May 29, involving stakeholder partners, the Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, was requested to grant the extension as testing...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Ian Hayles (left, head table), with stakeholders at a recent Drought Management Committee meeting at the Ministry, recently.

11 years ago Environment

MPs to Play Greater Role in Distribution of Water

Members of Parliament (MPs) are expected to play a greater role in the distribution of water during dry spells, particularly in rural constituencies where rough terrain makes access to potable water more challenging. In an interview with JIS News, Minister of State in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Ian Hayles, said this decision was taken...

Executive Director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Deborah Chen, speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

HEART Foundation Gets Grant to Help Reduce Tobacco Use

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica/Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control has received a grant from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund, as part of the Bloomberg Initiative to reduce tobacco use. The grant will be used to support government and civil society actions to ensure the speedy passage, enactment and monitoring of comprehensive tobacco control legislation in...