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NHF Enrolls 38,000 New Beneficiaries in 2014, Provides $3.6 Billion in Subsidies

The National Health Fund (NHF) enrolled approximately 38,000 new beneficiaries in 2014. This included just over 27,500 persons for the NHF Card and nearly 10,500 persons for the Jamaica Drug for the Elderly Programme, JADEP. During the year, 217,000 NHF...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre), receives the keys to a new mobile blood collection unit from founder of the United Kingdom (UK)-based Angel Foundation, Angelia Christian (2nd left). Occasion was the official handing over of the unit on Friday (January 2), at the headquarters of the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) in Kingston. Others (from left) are: Chief Executive Officer of Renewal Advancement Financial Freedom Autonomy (RAFFA) International Development Agency, Rudi Page; Deputy British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Julia Sutherland; and Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the UK, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba.

National Blood Service Gets Mobile Collection Unit

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Major Richard Reese (left), and Deputy CEO in charge of operations, Karlene Henry, peruse documents as they outline the role of the JCA under the Charities Act, during an interview with JIS News.

Customs Engaging Diaspora on Charities Act

Renovated shops at the Harbour Street Craft Market in Montego Bay. The project, which represents a partnership among the St. James Parish Council, the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), and the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), comes with a price tag of just over $51 million.

Renovation of Craft Shops to be Completed this Week

Governor-General
H.E. The Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen ON, GCMG, CD, KSt.J — Governor-General H.E. The Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen ON, GCMG, CD, KSt.J

His Excellency The Governor-General’s Message For The New Year 2015

The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON., MP., Prime Minister

11 years ago Opposition

New Year Message 2015 From Leader Of The Opposition Andrew Holness, MP

We welcome the New Year with all the hopes and possibilities it holds and we give thanks that we have been spared to see 2015. As we the people of Jamaica make our personal resolutions to live healthier lifestyles, to be more prudent with our resources, and to improve ourselves and grow our business, so too must the government of...

11 years ago Information

Much Support For JIS Heritage Poster Competition

The inaugural Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Heritage Poster Competition has been received with enthusiasm by students across Jamaica. “We are satisfied with the number and quality of the entries received from our students,” said Director of Production, Enthrose Campbell, who is also Chair of the JIS Planning Committee, which manages the competition. The competition runs alongside the agency’s Essay Competition,...

Director of Communications at the Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), Meris Haughton.

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

New S04 Form Introduced to Make Tax Filing Easier for Self-Employed Individuals

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) advises that as of January 1, 2015, self-employed persons will find it easier to file and pay their taxes and statutory obligations with the introduction of a Self-employed Persons Annual Return of Income, Taxes and Contributions - Form S04. The new consolidated form will allow individuals to use one form to report on their annual income...

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

STATIN Trade Bulletin for 2014

EXTERNAL TRADE BULLETIN January – September 2014 Jamaica’s expenditure on merchandise imports during January to September 2014 fell and was valued at US$4,393.3 million. Imports fell by US$80.6 million or 1.8 per cent when compared to the same period in 2013. Earnings from total exports fell by US$107.6 million or 8.8 per cent to US$1,109.0 million when compared to...

Marketing and Communications Manager at the JUTC, Clinton Clarke, displays replicas of the Smarter cards used on the state owned bus company.

11 years ago Transport

JUTC To Remove ‘Pay For Other’ Feature

Effective January 5, 2015, the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will be discontinuing the ‘pay for other’ feature for concession passengers on its smarter card system. Marketing and Communications Manager at the JUTC, Clinton Clarke, in an interview with JIS News, said the feature will now only allow for payment of adult passenger fares. This means that all students and...

Chairman of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Professor Winston Davidson, addressing a bamboo forum in St. Mary, recently.

11 years ago Commerce

Jamaica New Chair of INBAR

Jamaica is now head of the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), which has a 40-country membership and a population of over three billion people. Making the disclosure, Chairman of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Professor Winston Davidson, said the INBAR Council at its recent meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, selected Jamaica as the new Chair of the...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), congratulates scholarship awardees, and students on the Career Advancement Programme (CAP), Adrian Stephenson (centre), and Nyoka Taylor (right). They were presented with the scholarships valued over $3 million, by the United States based Union Institute and University, recently at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston.

11 years ago Education

Rebranded CAP Yielding Positive Results

The Ministry of Education is reporting that the rebranded Career Advancement Programe (CAP) has seen notable improvements in students’ attitude and enrollment. The programme has achieved improvements in the National Vocational Qualification of Jamaica (NVQ) examination results by 5 per cent over 2013; and an increase in the NVQ registration of students for continuing assessment from 17 per cent to...