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Chief Executive Officer of the National Land Agency (NLA), Elizabeth Stair, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

National Land Agency Delivers Efficient and Quality Service

Past winner of the 2008/2009 Public Sector Customer Service Competition, the National Land Agency (NLA), is keeping abreast of new technology to improve its service delivery. The NLA has recently agreed to two important Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)...

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier presents a certificate of possession to Ms. Avril Vernon (right) during the official handing over ceremony for Certificates of Possession to residents of Hertford/Morass Lane in Westmoreland on February 27. Ms. Vernon was among
100 persons who received their certificates. — Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier presents a certificate of possession to Ms. Avril Vernon (right) during the official handing over ceremony for Certificates of Possession to residents of Hertford/Morass Lane in Westmoreland on February 27. Ms. Vernon was among 100 persons who received their certificates.

100 Residents Receive Certificates of Possession for Land in Westmoreland

Member of Parliament for North East St Ann, Shahine Robinson (left) greets Police Superintendent, Steve Brown at the community launch of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP), at the New Testament Church of God, Steer Town, St. Ann on Friday, February 27. Over the next two to three months, JSIF will be in consultation with the community to determine the ICDP priorities for the 5 year project.

ICDP Project Launched in Steer Town

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries has advised that cocoa pods infected by the Frosty Pod Rot Disease must be removed from trees and properly discarded.

Cocoa Industry Returning to Path of Growth

General Manager for Project Management at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund, (JSIF), Loy Malcolm addressing the launch of the Fund’s Integrated community Development Project in Barrett Town, St. James on Thursday February 26 at the Barrett Town United Church. The project will focus on upgrading infrastructure, soft intervention and training and forms part of a national US$42M project to be implemented over 5 years across sections of the island.

JSIF to Spend US$42 Million on Integrated Community Development Project

State Minister for Transport, Works, and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (left), points to work carried out on a section of the Lionel Town post office in South East Clarendon, under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), which he highlighted to Member of Parliament, Rudyard Spencer (right), and JEEP’s Project Manager, Rose Maitland, during a tour of the facility on Friday (February 27).

11 years ago Works / Construction

JEEP Projects Being Implemented in Clarendon

State Minister for Transport, Works, and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, has expressed satisfaction with work carried out, thus far, on three community facilities in Clarendon under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), at a cost of just over $23 million. He indicated this while speaking with journalists at the Lionel Town post office in South East Clarendon, following a tour...

Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock-DuCasse.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

Ministry of Health Issues Reminder

Acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock-DuCasse has issued a reminder to members of the public that it is not acceptable for the medical condition of individuals to be discussed publicly by medical practitioners or the Ministry of Health. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on February 24, Dr. DuCasse said she has noticed...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy & Mining (STEM), Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), looks on as head girl of the Farm Primary and Junior High School, Shanoya Spence (seated), tries out one of the computers in the Internet Café and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre at the school, which was officially opened on February 25. Others (from left) are: Member of Parliament for Central St. James, Lloyd B. Smith; and President of the Green Pond Community Development Committee, Judith Wallace. In background (from left) are: Chairman of the school board, Rev. Lorane Chisholm;; and Councillor for the Green Pond division , Sylvan Reid.

11 years ago Technology

Fully Equipped Internet Cafe Opens in Green Pond

Residents of Green Pond in St. James are benefitting from a fully equipped Internet Café and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre, which was established by the Government at a cost of $4.7 million. The air conditioned facility, which is housed in a refurbished section of the Farm Primary and Junior High School, boasts 24 desktop computers, two printers, a...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon Peter Phillips (left) in discussion with International Monetary Fund Mission Chief to Jamaica, Dr. Jan Kees Martji. They were at a press briefing held recently at the Finance Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices.

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016Finance & Public Service

Negotiations With Public Sector Workers Have Started

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon Peter Phillips says negotiations with public sector workers are proceeding “in good faith.” Speaking in an interview with JIS News on Wednesday February 25, the Finance Minister said most of the discussions so far have been to clarify issues. “The section of the Ministry being led by Minister Horace Dalley, responsible for...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left) in discussion with Principal Director, Energy Division, Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Fitzroy Vidal during the staging of a workshop for the introduction of a media toolkit to media practitioners at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on Friday, February 27.

11 years ago Technology

Government Remains Resolute in Reducing Energy Bill

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell says the Government, through the implementation of sustainable programmes, remains resolute in reducing the country’s energy bill. He said that some of these programmes, worth billions of dollars, are being undertaken in collaboration with private sector stakeholders and will redound to the benefit of all Jamaicans. He made the remarks...

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell is in light discussion with Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public service Company (JPS) Limited, Kelly Tomblin (right), at a Power Brokers luncheon staged by the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry on February 26, at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in St. James.

11 years ago Technology

Government Going After US-Based IT Firms

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, said the Ministry will be intensifying efforts to attract more information community technology (ICT) firms to Jamaica. He said the Ministry will be going after United States (US)-based companies, which now operate in places such as India and the Philippines, to encourage them to come to the island and set...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy & Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), addresses the opening of an Internet Café and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre at the Farm Primary and Junior High School in Green Pond, St. James on Wednesday (February 25). Listening (l-r) are: Member of Parliament for Central St. James, Lloyd B. Smith; Chairman of the school board, Rev. Lorane Chisholm; and Winsome Leach-Thelwell, who chaired the function.

11 years ago Technology

Govt. Will Deliver on Number Portability – Paulwell

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says the Government will deliver on its promise that cellular phone users will have number portability by the end of May this year. Number portability will allow cellular phone users to carry their numbers across ports when they switch their service providers. Speaking at the official opening of the Farm...