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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Major Richard Reese, explains the benefits the ASYCUDA World System will bring to the JCA when fully implemented. He was speaking in an interview with JIS News on December 19.

JCA Introduces ASYCUDA World System

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is now in its pilot phase of the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA), a web-based system designed to transform the agency to a paperless operation through the use of electronic documents. The pilot commenced...

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Peter Bunting.

Public Property Will Not be Used by Criminals – Security Minister

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), converses with (from second left), Chairman of the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Michael Stewart; Senior Medial Officer (SMO), Mandeville Regional Hospital, Dr. Everton McIntosh, and the institution’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Alwyn Miller, during the recent rededication and ribbon-cutting ceremony at the facility.

Proposed Expansion of Mandeville Regional Hospital

Director of the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home, Sonia Lowe (left) and Assistant Director, Dionne Harriott, address the Home’s annual prize giving ceremony held at the Home, recently. The Jamaica Information (JIS) and the YB Afraid Foundation have adopted the Home and they make regular visits there to share gifts and time with the boys.

Special Relationship Between JIS and Mount Olivet Boys’ Home

Chief Executive Officer of T’s Pharmacy, Judith Townsend (right), checks the blood pressure of a resident of the Darliston community during the pharmacy’s annual health fair, held recently.

Residents of Darliston Benefit from Health Fair

Chairman of the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), Rev. Garnett Roper addressing residents of Llandilo Phases 5 and 6 on December 23, when electricity was turned on in the area. Rev. Roper said efforts are being made to ensure that the residents of Westmoreland who are now without access to electricity, receive the supply in short order.

11 years ago Technology

REP to Provide More Service in Westmoreland

Chairman of the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), Reverend Garnett Roper, says efforts are being made to ensure that electricity is provided to the remaining 7 per cent of residents of Westmoreland who do not have access to the utility. Speaking at a ceremony in Llandilo Phases 5 and 6 on December 23, where electricity was officially commissioned into service for...

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (3rd left), is joined by Member of Parliament for Central Westmoreland, Dwayne Vaz (2nd right), in flicking the switch to officially commission into service electricity for residents of Llandilo Phases 5 and 6 in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on December 23. Sharing the occasion (from left) are: Chairman of the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), Reverend Garnet Roper; Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill and Councillor for Northern Savanna-la-Mar, Devon Thomas.

11 years ago Technology

Llandilo Phases 5 and 6 get Electricity

Electricity has been supplied to more than 60 houses at Llandilo Phases 5 and 6 in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, on December 23, officially commissioned the service. The project was undertaken by the Rural Electrification Programme (REP). In his address, the Minister said provision of electricity for the residents of Llandilo Phases 5...

The newly renovated shops at the Old Fort Craft Market and Heritage Centre, which were officially handed over to craft traders on December 23 by Minister of Tourism & Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill.

11 years ago Tourism

Shops Handed Over to Craft Traders in Mo-Bay

Fifteen refurbished shops were handed over to craft traders at the Old Fort Craft Market and Heritage Centre in Montego Bay on December 23, by Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill. The shops, which were razed by fire on November 9, 2014, underwent extensive renovation works at a cost of $14 million, provided by the Tourism Enhancement...

Commanding Officer for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Traffic and Highway Division, Senior Superintendent of Police, Calvin Allen (left), conversing with students in Half-Way Tree, St. Andrew.

11 years ago National Security and PeaceTransport

Police Call for Greater Caution on the Roads

The Police continue to implore road users to exercise greater caution and care when traversing the nation’s streets, particularly during the holiday season. Their insistence comes as 2014 draws to a close with Jamaica recording over 300 road fatalities, for the second consecutive year. The Police have been responding to the alarming frequency of the fatalities by heightening their public...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (second left) along with Board Chairman of the Western Regional Health Authority, George Duncan (second right); Dental Surgeon, Dr. Lebert Wright (right) and Chairman of Friends of the centre, Nigel Moore, examine the new dental facility at the Ulster Spring Health Clinic in South Trelawny, on December 22. The Health Centre was extensively refurbished at a cost of $9 million.

11 years ago Health & WellnessVision 2030

Refurbished Ulster Spring Health Centre Re-Opens

The Ulster Spring Health Centre in South Trelawny, which was refurbished at a cost of $9 million, was officially re-opened by Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, on December 22. The facility, which currently serves more than 10 communities, now boasts an expanded dental department, improved dressing and treatment area as well as a brand new sewerage treatment plant....

Mr. Lloyd Wilks as Jamaica’s new Consul General to Toronto, Canada.

11 years ago Foreign Affairs

Minister Nicholson Announces Jamaica’s New Consul General To Toronto

Senator the Hon. Arnold J. Nicholson, Q.C., Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade, announces the appointment of Mr. Lloyd Wilks as Jamaica’s new Consul General to Toronto, Canada. Mr. Wilks, a career diplomat with over 25 years of experience in the Jamaican Foreign Service, will be replacing Mr. George Ramocan, whose tour of duty ended on November 30, 2014....

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second left), greets retired teacher, Port Morant Primary and Junior High School, Shirley Hall, who has been honoured for offering 37 years of service to the education sector. Occasion was the Port Morant Primary and Junior High School Christmas Banquet and appreciation function, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on December 22. Looking on (from left) are: Teacher, Port Morant Primary and Junior High School, Lorna Sibble and Acting Principal, Port Morant Primary and Junior High School, Mrs. Petrel Adams.

11 years ago Education

Education Minister Calls for New Way of Teaching Mathematics

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is calling for a new way of teaching Mathematics in the classroom. “We have a serious problem in this country, because we discount mathematics. Mathematics is the prism through which we learn science and science is the (way) for development and employment in the 21st Century,” Rev. Thwaites emphasised. The Minister was speaking...