The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is urging persons who have not yet submitted their applications for support under its Rural Economic Development Initiative II (REDI II), to do so quickly Completed application forms and supporting documents must be submitted by Wednesday, May 31 at 4:00 p.m. The process may be done electronically via email to redi@jsif.org, or delivered to...

The National Works Agency (NWA) has commenced rehabilitation works on the Jackson Town to Ulster Spring road in Trelawny. The project, being done at a cost of $166 million under the NWA’s Maintenance of Secondary Roads Programme, is slated for execution over seven months by contractor, Morris Hill Limited. Community Relations Officer at the NWA’s Western Office, Janel Ricketts, told...

Special emphasis will be placed on the Farm Road Programme this year, says Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green. Addressing stakeholders and patrons at the 27th staging of the Kingston and St. Andrew Agricultural Show (Agrofest), on Saturday (May 27) at the Ministry’s playfield, in Kingston, Mr. Green said during consultations with the farmers, concerns were expressed...

Students are being encouraged by Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, to report wrongdoings committed by their peers. Addressing students at Marcus Garvey Technical High School, in St. Ann’s Bay, St. Ann, on Friday (May 26), Mr. Chuck said he wants them to “be undercover agents for wrongdoings of all kinds.” “So, if you see wrongdoing anywhere, I am not asking...

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has released the first batch of new 658 area code numbers to telecommunication companies in the island. This was disclosed by the OUR’s Public Affairs Coordinator, Gordon Brown, in an interview with JIS News. “Pretty soon, but we don’t know exactly when, you will see 876 and 658 area codes being used in Jamaica...

Late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, has been remembered for his sterling contribution to Jamaica’s development, During a floral tribute to commemorate the 93rd anniversary of his birth at National Heroes Park in Kingston, on Sunday (May 28), Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said Mr. Seaga understood the country’s potential, and worked relentlessly towards its...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is encouraging citizens to utilise appropriate conflict resolution measures, pointing out that resorting to violence only heightens heated situations. “There is no reason for us to be using rage, abuses, threats, violence, and sometimes fatal violence, to solve our problems. Far too many Jamaicans feel that unless they deliver the ‘last lick’, then there...