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Director of Communications, Consumer Affairs Commission, Latoya Halstead, speaks at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’ in Kingston.
Director of Communications, Consumer Affairs Commission, Latoya Halstead, speaks at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’ in Kingston.

Consumers Advised Not to Accept Cash Register Tapes as Receipts

As consumers continue to shop during the Yuletide season, the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is advising shoppers not to accept poorly documented cash register tapes as substitutes for receipts from vendors. Cash register tapes vary from store to store but...
Regional Dietitian for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Rosalee Brown.
Regional Dietitian for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Rosalee Brown.

How to Have A Merry, Healthy Holiday Season
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), greets Sales Associate, Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), Monique Thorpe, during an appreciation ceremony for the NMIA team on Tuesday (December 20) at the NMIA in Kingston.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), greets Sales Associate, Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), Monique Thorpe, during an appreciation ceremony for the NMIA team on Tuesday (December 20) at the NMIA in Kingston.

More Than 1.4 Million Visitors Expected for Winter Season
Pauline Forbes (seated) is all smiles as she sits in the new wheelchair she received from the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) and Food For the Poor Jamaica, today (December 20). Surrounding her are (from left) RGD Parish Officer for Kingston, Tamar Blake; Geriatric Nurse, Georgia Currie-Taylor; her husband, Hubert Forbes; Chief Executive Officer of the RGD, Charlton McFarlane and Marketing and Planning Manager at the RGD, Nicole Whyte.
Pauline Forbes (seated) is all smiles as she sits in the new wheelchair she received from the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) and Food For the Poor Jamaica, today (December 20). Surrounding her are (from left) RGD Parish Officer for Kingston, Tamar Blake; Geriatric Nurse, Georgia Currie-Taylor; her husband, Hubert Forbes; Chief Executive Officer of the RGD, Charlton McFarlane and Marketing and Planning Manager at the RGD, Nicole Whyte.

80-Year-Old Receives New Wheelchair from RGD and Food for the Poor
General Manager, Strategic Services Division, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Christopher Brown.
General Manager, Strategic Services Division, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Christopher Brown.

DBJ Extends Ignite IV Application Deadline

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Agricultural Assistant at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Kingston and St. Andrew, Mark Harvey (left) and Acting Parish Manager, Kingston and St. Andrew RADA, Errard Stephenson (right), present locally grown food to the Maxfield Park Children’s Home on Tuesday (December 20). Accepting the donation are (from left) Maxfield Park Children’s Home’s Assistant Manager, Nellisa Asphall; Manager, Renae Tuckett-Palmer and Child Care Coordinator, Richard Lawrence.
Agriculture

Farmers Donate Locally Grown Food to Maxfield Park Children’s Home

Creative meals from locally grown ground provisions, vegetables and fruit are sure to be served at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in Kingston this Christmas for its approximately 80 residents. On Tuesday (December 20), farmers’ groups within the Kingston and St. Andrew branch of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) presented the facility with an abundance of produce, fresh from...
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Sisters, Jacinth (left) and Carla Johnson (right) show off the keys to their new homes in Seville Heights, St Ann, that were officially handed over to them by Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness, on Monday (December 19), under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP).
Housing

Sisters in St. Ann Receive Houses to Make Way for Garvey’s Museum

Sisters, Jacinth and Carla Johnson were overcome with emotion when they received the keys to their new houses in Seville Heights, St. Ann, from Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, just in time for Christmas. Mr. Holness officially handed over the two-bedroom units to the sisters, following a ceremony on Monday, December 19. The houses, each constructed at a...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness.
National Security and PeacePrime Minister

Gov’t Offering Rewards for Information on Crimes Being Planned During Christmas

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced a $50 million incentive fund to offer rewards for information leading to the arrest of persons planning organised crime and gang violence, particularly over the Christmas holiday season. Speaking during a ceremony on Monday (December 19) to handover two units in Seville Heights, St. Ann, under the New Social Housing Programme...
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Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles (right, foreground), delivers a monetary policy statement during a recent meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, at Gordon House. With him are Senior Deputy Governor, Dr. Wayne Robinson (left, foreground), and (from left, background) Deputy Governors, Dr. Jide Lewis and Robert Stennett.
Finance & Public Service

BOJ Using Three-Pronged Approach to Address High Domestic Inflation

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has continued to use a three-pronged approach to address high domestic inflation, since October 2021. This was disclosed by Governor, Richard Byles, while delivering a monetary policy statement during a recent meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, at Gordon House. These include gradual increases in the Bank’s policy interest rate...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (second left), shakes the hand of Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Masaya Fujiwara, at the recent handover of medical equipment from the Japanese Government, at the National Chest Hospital in St. Andrew. Applauding (from left) are Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell, and Deputy Representative of the United Nations Children
Foreign Affairs

Outgoing Japanese Ambassador Hailed as Great Friend of Jamaica

Outgoing Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency, Masaya Fujiwara, has been hailed as a “great friend” of Jamaica who ensured that critical support was given during the height of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In an interview with JIS News at the recent handover of medical equipment from the Japanese Government at the National Chest Hospital in St. Andrew, Minister...
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