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PICA encourages customers to utilize services implemented for greater convenience

The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) is inviting persons to take advantage of the various initiatives that have been instituted over the years to make the passport application process more efficient. This, as the agency has been experiencing a...

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett (second left), shakes hands with President-elect of the Caribbean Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (CARAIFA), Hugh Meredith (third right), on arrival at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, Montego Bay, on May 14, for the Association’s Hall of Fame Induction dinner to kick-start their 34th Sales Congress. Others looking on are (from left) Congress Director, Monica Robotham; outgoing President of CARAIFA, Alicia Birch; Secretary General, Marcella Fenton and President of the Jamaica Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Triola Harper-Smith.

Caribbean Leaders Interested in Adopting Tourism Workers Pension Scheme

Salary Adjustments for MPs, Ministers

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses a post-Cabinet press briefing, held at Jamaica House in Kingston, on Wednesday (October 12).

BOJ Approves Banking Transactions Utilising NIDS When Fully Operational

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, makes his contribution to the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 16.

Reduction in Fatal Road Collisions

Attendees at the National Natural Disaster Risk Financing Policy public consultation at the Old Police Station in May Pen, Clarendon on, May 15.

3 years ago Finance & Public ServiceLocal Government

PHOTOS: Natural Disaster Risk Financing Policy Public Consultation

Attendees at the National Natural Disaster Risk Financing Policy public consultation at the Old Police Station in May Pen, Clarendon on, May 15.

3 years ago NIDSSectoral Debate 2023/24

19 Additional Post Offices to Be Modified for NIDS Access

The Government is to go to tender this calendar year to select contractors to commence the modification of an additional 19 post offices to expand access to the national identification card. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, made the disclosure during his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe (left) and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden, place wreaths at the Aggie Bernard monument, Kingston Craft Market, downtown Kingston, on May 16 in recognition of National Workers Week.

3 years ago Tribute

PHOTOS: Wreath-Laying Ceremony at Aggi Bernard Monument

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe (left) and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden, place wreaths at the Aggie Bernard monument, Kingston Craft Market, downtown Kingston, on May 16 in recognition of National Workers Week.

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), accepts letters of credence from High Commissioner-designate of The Bahamas to Jamaica, Her Excellency Leslia Miller Brice, at the Office of the Prime Minister today (May 16).

3 years ago Courtesy CallOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PHOTOS: PM Receives Letters of Credence from High Commissioner-Designate of The Bahamas

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), with the Ministers attending the 26th Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), after participating in a commemorative tree-planting ceremony on the grounds of the Office of the Prime Minister on May 16.

3 years ago Foreign Affairs

PHOTOS: Minister Johnson Smith Plants at OPM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), with the Ministers attending the 26th Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), after participating in a commemorative tree-planting ceremony on the grounds of the Office of the Prime Minister on May 16.

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaking during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s Head Office in Kingston.

3 years ago Labour Day 2023

Citizens Urged to Practise Proper Waste Management on Labour Day

Citizens are being encouraged to practise proper waste management as they participate in various activities on Labour Day, Tuesday, May 23. This urging comes from Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, who emphasises that “within all of that (Labour Day activities), we have to think of a clean environment and how we must dispose of our...

3 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterParliamentSectoral Debate 2023/24

Nephrology Centre of Excellence to Be Built at St. Ann’s Bay Hospital

A regional Nephrology Centre of Excellence is slated to be constructed at the St. Ann’s Bay Hospital in St. Ann. This was stated by Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, during his contribution to the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 16. Mr. Green was providing an update on...