The National Minerals Policy 2017-2030 will assist in guiding the establishment of the National Minerals Institute, with the primary objective of building out the country’s industrial minerals sector. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, told JIS News that this is part of the Government’s broader mandate to capitalise on the diversification and to allow for increased production...

Ten of Hanover’s distinguished citizens have been honoured for more than 200 years of service to their parish and country. At a ‘Salute to Heroes’ awards ceremony, held at the Sir Alexander Bustamante Square in Lucea on Monday (October 16), the six women and four men, who have each served for periods ranging from more than 20 to nearly 40...

Route Inspectors at the Transport Authority (TA) have been instructed to utilise only wreckers from a list of approved companies to provide towing services for vehicles that are seized for breaches of the Transport Authority Act. Speaking at a recent press conference at the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Chairman of the TA, Owen Ellington, explained that participating...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator Hon. Aubyn Hill (left), shakes hands with General Manager, Country Department Caribbean Group and Country Representative, Jamaica, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Anton Edmunds, during the IDB’s Sub-Regional Policy Dialogue network forum cocktail reception at the AC Hotel by Marriott Kingston on Wednesday (October 18).

The mining and quarry industry will benefit from two applications (apps) being developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, aimed at improving business operations and making it easier for members of the public to report grievances. The first is the quarry cost of production (COP) app, which will better assist operators to calculate costs, price their products, and...

Nine outstanding residents of Watermount in St. Catherine have been hailed as community heroes for their decades of voluntary service to the area’s development. The individuals, who were honoured by the Watermount Community Development Committee (CDC) Benevolent Society during a recent function at the Pedro Church of Christ in the parish, are Elaine Hyman, McClooney W. Blair, Leroy Campbell, Fitzroy...

The upgrading of Jamaica’s credit rating by Moody’s is another testament of the effectiveness of the Government’s policy framework in improving the country’s economic independence and creating an attractive environment for investment that supports jobs and growth. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, in a statement welcoming the upgrading said, “our economic policy framework...