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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

My Fellow Jamaicans and Friends of Jamaica, Some of you are in the habit of making New Year Resolutions while others have abandoned the thought of doing so. Today, though, I encourage each of us to make two resolutions:...

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

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

Much Support For JIS Heritage Poster Competition

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

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

Logo for the Statistical Institute of Jamaica.

STATIN Trade Bulletin for 2014

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...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke (centre), hands over her collection of plastic bottles for recycling to Manager, Jamaica Recycling Plant, Richard Baugh (left), during the official launch of the Jamaica Recycling Cooperative Project in Riverton Meadows on December 30. Also sharing in the moment are (from left): Councillor for the Seaview Division, Hazel Anderson; National CARILED Coordinator, Jeniffer Evans; and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott.

11 years ago Commerce

Plastic Bottle Recycling Project Launched in Riverton Meadows

The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development has officially launched a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle recycling project in the community of Riverton Meadows, in Western St. Andrew, which is expected to provide employment for hundreds of Jamaicans. Housed at the Jamaica Recycling Cooperative Plant in Riverton City, along Spanish Town Road, the programme has already seen the employment of...

Marketing and Communications Manager at the JUTC, Clinton Clarke, informing JIS News about the company’s extension of night service on New Year’s Eve.

11 years ago Transport

JUTC Extends Night Service New Year’s Eve

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), will be extending its night service on New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, December 31. Marketing and Communications Manager at the JUTC, Clinton Clarke, told JIS News that the State owned bus company will operate until three in the morning on New Year’s Day. Mr. Clarke said the move is to facilitate persons who will be...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), presents Wolmer’s Girls’ School student, Jozelle Dixon, with her award for being adjudged the Most Outstanding Candidate in Humanities in the 2014 Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE), during the presentation ceremony at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters, Mona, St. Andrew. Jozelle was also awarded the CXC/Pearson Humanities Award, for distinction and credit grades earned in eight CAPE units.

11 years ago Education

Top Performers Honoured by Caribbean Examinations Council

Four Jamaicans are among 17 secondary students from across the region who topped the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) external tests for the 2013/14 academic year. The four are: Ricardo Nugent, William Knibb Memorial High School, Trelawny; Jozelle Dixon, Wolmer’s Girls High School, Kingston; Romario White, Campion College, St. Andrew; and Nile Anderson, Mannings School, Westmoreland. They and their peers, drawn...

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (2nd left), listens as manufacturer of the Bamboo Tomato Ketchup, and head of Jamdun’ Food Procesing, Chevaughn Bowen (3rd left), informs her about the product. Occasion was the recent official opening of the first organic bamboo charcoal factory, in Pembroke Hall, St. Mary. Others (from left) are: Chairman of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Professor Winston Davidson; Director of Special Projects at the BSJ, Gladstone Rose, who also heads the Government’s bamboo programme; and the Export Development Manager at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Marlene Porter.

11 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Local Bamboo Ketchup Now Available

As the Government moves to further the development of the bamboo industry, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) is currently encouraging investors to take advantage of byproducts in the sector. Already, there is organic bamboo charcoal on the market, and the latest being the Bamboo Tomato Ketchup, which was developed by a recent university graduate, and head of Jamdun’ Food Processing, Chevaughn...