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Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North Eastern, Hon. Delroy Chuck (third right); Principal of New Day Primary School, Garfield McDonald (second left) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (right), share a moment with children of the Andrews Pen community following the launch of Wi-Fi in the area, courtesy of the USF, on March 23.
Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North Eastern, Hon. Delroy Chuck (third right); Principal of New Day Primary School, Garfield McDonald (second left) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (right), share a moment with children of the Andrews Pen community following the launch of Wi-Fi in the area, courtesy of the USF, on March 23.

PHOTOS: Andrews Pen Gets Community Wi-Fi

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre) and Permanent Secretary in the Tourism Ministry, Jennifer Griffith (left), are shown displays manufactured by Glo Coffee Products by company owner, Ano Sewell, during last year’s staging of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival Marketplace at Devon House in Kingston.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre) and Permanent Secretary in the Tourism Ministry, Jennifer Griffith (left), are shown displays manufactured by Glo Coffee Products by company owner, Ano Sewell, during last year’s staging of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival Marketplace at Devon House in Kingston.

Loads of Fun in Store for Coffee Festival Patrons
Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), Romeo Daley.
Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), Romeo Daley.

Hanover Municipal Corporation Reports Spike in Amusement Events Permit Applications
General Manager of the Banana Board, Janet Conie.
General Manager of the Banana Board, Janet Conie.

Increase in Banana and Plantain Production
Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay and Chairman of the St. Ann Municipal Corporation, Councillor Sydney Stewart, speaks with JIS News at his office in St. Ann’s Bay, St Ann, on March 22.
Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay and Chairman of the St. Ann Municipal Corporation, Councillor Sydney Stewart, speaks with JIS News at his office in St. Ann’s Bay, St Ann, on March 22.

Funds Allocated to Truck Water to St. Ann Communities

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Brand and Sponsorship Manager for Lynk, Kemoi Burke, speaking during a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on Thursday (March 23).
Finance & Public Service

Uptick in the Number of Persons Using Lynk Digital Wallet for Remittances

There is an uptick in the number of persons utilising remittance services provided through the digital payment wallet – Lynk. Lynk is currently the sole wallet facilitating transactions involving Jamaica’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) – JAM-DEX. It is an app that can be downloaded on mobile devices. Speaking during a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on March 23, Brand and Sponsorship...
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Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), Kelli-Dawn Hamilton, addresses the opening ceremony of the JSEZA’s first physical Business Acceleration Centre (BAC) at Kingston Wharves Limited, on Wednesday (March 22).
Education

Minister Hill Urges Local Companies to Train More Jamaicans

Jamaican companies need to “step up to the plate” and ensure the training of more locals, says Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill. “We have 300/400,000 young people, mainly young men. We need to train them, and Jamaican companies need to step up,” he said. Senator Hill maintained that “if you don’t train them [and]...
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Inspector of Motor Vehicles, Spanish Town Examination Depot, Shane Miller (standing, centre) engages students at Jonathan Grant High School in St. Catherine during a recent road code test administered by the Road Safety Unit and the Island Traffic Authority (ITA). The test is a requirement for the granting of a learner’s permit.
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PHOTOS: Jonathan Grant Students Take Road Code Test

Inspector of Motor Vehicles, Spanish Town Examination Depot, Shane Miller (standing, centre) engages students at Jonathan Grant High School in St. Catherine during a recent road code test administered by the Road Safety Unit and the Island Traffic Authority (ITA). The test is a requirement for the granting of a learner’s permit.
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Students of the Constant Spring Primary and Infant School listen as Principal Director, Meteorological (Met) Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson (right), talks about the importance of climate, weather and water on International Day of Forests, which was celebrated on Tuesday (March 21). With him is Head of the Met Service’s Climate Branch, Jackie Spence-Hemmings (second right).
Weather

Poster Competition Launched for World Met Day

The Meteorological (Met) Service of Jamaica has launched a poster competition to mark this year’s observance of World Meteorological Day, which is commemorated annually on March 23. The competition is based on this year’s theme – ‘The Future of Weather, Climate, and Water Across Generations’. Head of the Met Service’s Climate Branch, Jackie Spence-Hemmings, told JIS News that the competition...
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Divisional Chief for Financial Markets Infrastructure at the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Dr. Novelette Panton.
Finance & Public Service

Hundreds of Small Business Operators on Board with JAM-DEX

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is reporting that hundreds of small-business operators have registered with its digital currency, ‘JAM-DEX’, while a pilot project involving Government payment was successfully done. According to Divisional Chief for Financial Markets Infrastructure at the Central Bank, Dr. Novelette Panton, as at the 18th of February, 90 small merchants and 4,500 micro merchants were with the...
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