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Director of Licensing and Registration, Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Maurice Thompson, displays the signs that are to be posted at gaming lounges to discourage underage gaming. He was making a presentation at a town hall meeting on responsible gaming held recently, at the Wexford Court Hotel in Montego Bay.

BGLC Intensifies Drive Against Under Age Gaming

Effective April 1, the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) will begin issuing signs to operators of gaming lounges, which specify the age limit of gaming participants. The move comes as the BGLC intensifies its campaign, aimed at preventing minors...

Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Devon Rowe, emphasises a point as he addresses the opening ceremony for a training seminar in procurement law and practice. The training is being held from February 23 to 27 at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), Old Hope Road.

30 Public Sector Procurement Specialists Participating in Training Course

State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (2nd right); Member of Parliament for Central Manchester and National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting (3rd right), walk on the newly repaired Bashie Road in Bellefield Manchester, which was officially opened on February 13. The work was undertaken under phase three of the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) at a cost of $3.56 million.

Woodlawn Crescent Residents Welcome JEEP Road Repairs

Government Partners with Canadian Architects to Assess Accessibility of Gordon House

Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell.

No Decision to Divest Petrojam Shares

Employees at one of several Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) entities operating out of the Montego Bay Free Zone. (File photo)

11 years ago Commerce

Montego Bay Tops In Business Process Outsourcing

The Montego Bay Free Zone in St. James holds pride of place as being the largest facilitator of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services in Jamaica. Approximately 17 firms currently operate out of well over 100,000 sq. ft. of space, and growing, with a workforce of approximately 7,000 persons, and counting. Assistant Vice President in charge of the Free Zone, Gloria...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (2nd right), shares in conversation with (from left): Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning and Land Resource Management at the University of Technology (UTech), Dr. Earl Bailey (left); Mayor of May Pen and Chairman of the Clarendon Parish Council, Scean Barnswell; Deputy Resident Representative for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Dr. Elsie Laurence-Chounoune; and United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Arun Kashyap. Occasion was the launch of phase two of the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP) on Friday (Feb. 20), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

11 years ago Works / Construction

Phase Two of Slum Upgrading Programme Launched

The Government will continue work to develop the housing and social infrastructure in urban centres across the island under the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP). Phase two of the initiative was officially launched on Friday (Feb. 20), during a function held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Being implemented by the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN Habitat,...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, addresses an appreciation and handing over ceremony for outgoing, and incoming members of the Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP), held on Friday (February 20), at the Pollyanna Restaurant in Kingston.

11 years ago Culture

New Children’s Advisory Panel Urged to Continue Advocacy

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, has charged the new members of the Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP) to carry on the excellent work of their predecessors in advocating on behalf of the nation’s children. She issued the charge at a function held yesterday (Feb. 20) to welcome the new panel and express appreciation to...

Vice President for Export and Market Development at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Robert Scott, highlights initiatives being undertaken to develop the local film industry, at a JIS Think Tank session.

11 years ago Commerce

Jamaica Can Earn Big From Trillion-Dollar Film Industry

Vice President for Export and Market Development at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Robert Scott, says the country can reap tremendous benefits from development of the local film industry, including tapping into the trillion-dollar global movie-making market. He said that in addition to honing local talent, the island can attract a huge chunk of the production budget, estimated at 30 per...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, addresses the 2015 staging of the Hague Agriculture and Livestock show in Falmouth, Trelawny on Wednesday, February 18.

11 years ago Agriculture

JAS Targets 10 Per Cent Annual Growth in Domestic Production

The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), through its ‘Eat what we grow, grow what we eat campaign,’ will be seeking to grow domestic crop production by 10 per cent per year as of 2016, in order to attain food security in Jamaica. JAS President, Senator Norman Grant, made the disclosure, while addressing the 2015 Hague Agricultural and Livestock Show held on...

Acting Senior Legal Officer at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Khadrea Folkes, speaking a JIS ‘Think Tank’ recently.

11 years ago Labour

OSH Act to Protect Employees from Unsafe Work Environments

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is making provisions under the proposed Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Bill to protect employees who refuse to work in an environment that does not meet safety and health standards. Acting Senior Legal Officer in the Ministry, Khadrea Folkes, in an interview with JIS News, said once a worker has been exposed to...

Administration Officer at the Traffic and Highway Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Deputy Superintendent Gary McKenzie, provides details on measures to reduce the number of road fatalities during a recent JIS Think Tank.

11 years ago JIS Think TankNational Security and Peace

Police Remove Over 300 Registration Plates from Defective Vehicles

The Traffic and Highway Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has removed over 300 registration plates from defective motor vehicles since the start of the year, and a number of persons have been prosecuted. This comes as the Division intensifies its Geographic Support Operation Strategy, which is aimed at reducing the number of road fatalities. Addressing a recent JIS...