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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the House of Representatives on December 13.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the House of Representatives on December 13.

Motion Approved for Establishment of Women’s Parliamentary Bicameral Caucus

Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, December 13, approved a Motion for the establishment of the first Women’s Parliamentary Bicameral Caucus. The group will comprise a sessional Select Committee sitting jointly with a similarly established Committee of the...
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz.
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz.

Gov’t Looking to Finalise Data Protection Act Regulations
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (second left) receives the Rural Agricultural Development Authority’s (RADA) ISO 9001:2015 certificate during a hand over ceremony at RADA’s head office in Kingston on December 13. Making the presentation is Manager, National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ), Navenia Ford (left). Sharing the moment are State Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Franklin Witter (second right) and RADA’s Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Winston Simpson.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (second left) receives the Rural Agricultural Development Authority’s (RADA) ISO 9001:2015 certificate during a hand over ceremony at RADA’s head office in Kingston on December 13. Making the presentation is Manager, National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ), Navenia Ford (left). Sharing the moment are State Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Franklin Witter (second right) and RADA’s Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Winston Simpson.

RADA is Now ISO 9001:2015 Certified
Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’ on the number of complaints handled by the agency as well as the sum secured on behalf of aggrieved consumers between April and November 2022.
Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’ on the number of complaints handled by the agency as well as the sum secured on behalf of aggrieved consumers between April and November 2022.

CAC Secures $31.7 Million on. Behalf of Aggrieved Consumers
Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, addresses the House of Representatives on December 6.
Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, addresses the House of Representatives on December 6.

Emergency Regulations Provisions Clarified

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), hands over the key to a new one bedroom house to new home owner, Rayon Moore (left) in Rock Hall, St. Andrew on Tuesday (Dec.13). Sharing the moment is Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (right); and Chairperson for the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), Judith Robb Walters (partially hidden, second right). Mr. Moore is one of the latest beneficiaries under the NSHP, conceptualised by the Prime Minister, which aims to improve the housing condition of the country
Housing

PHOTOS: PM Holness Hands Over New House in Rock Hall

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), hands over the key to a new one bedroom house to new home owner, Rayon Moore (left) in Rock Hall, St. Andrew on Tuesday (Dec.13). Sharing the moment is Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (right); and Chairperson for the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), Judith...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the House of Representatives on December 13.
Health & Wellness

More Benefits, Including PSA Test, Added to NHF Card

More than 371,000 Jamaicans will have access to expanded benefits, following changes to the national programmes administered by the National Health Fund (NHF). The changes, including the addition of the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test to the NHF Card Programme, are estimated to cost approximately $516.59 million per annum and are scheduled to become effective by the end of February...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre); Chief Education Officer (Acting) in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe (right) and President-elect, Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Leighton Johnson, look at the Civics Curriculum for various grades, which has been reintroduced in the National Standards Curriculum. The launch of the programme was held at the Ministry in Kingston on Tuesday (December 13).
Education

Civics Reintroduced in Schools

Civics Education, which encourages good citizenship, greater respect for cultural integrity, nation-building, among other things, has been reintroduced to the National Standards Curriculum at all levels. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, in addressing the official launch ceremony on Tuesday (December 13), said the reintroduction of civics comes out of deep concern at the levels of incivility and...
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(FILE) Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), displays a copy of his newly printed national identification card, as he toured the Enrolment and Card Personalisation Centre located at the Jamaica Post Central Sorting Office in Kingston on Tuesday (December 13). Looking on (from left) are Programme Director of the National Identification System (NIDS), Dr. Warren Vernon, and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green.
NIDS

Gov’t Close to NIDS National Rollout

The Government is close to islandwide rollout of the National Identification System (NIDS). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement as he officially launched the NIDS Technical Pilot at Jamaica Post Central Sorting Office in Kingston, on Tuesday (December 13). The Card Personalisation Centre, situated at that location, was also opened. NIDS, an electronic form of identification,...
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Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor, Delroy Williams, addresses the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) monthly meeting on December 13 at the entity’s downtown Kingston headquarters.
Local Government

KSAMC Introduces Building Application Query Portal

Corporate Area residents can access information on proposed development projects within their communities through the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation’s (KSAMC’s) building application query portal. The disclosure was made by Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, during the KSAMC’s monthly meeting on December 13 at the entity’s downtown Kingston headquarters. Mr. Williams said that the initiative is part...
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The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) ‘Crafting for Christmas’ fair flyer.
Tourism

TPDCo Hosts ‘Crafting for Christmas’ Fair December 16

Persons in search of authentic Jamaican-made gift items for Christmas are being invited to attend the free Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) ‘Crafting for Christmas’ fair, on Friday, December 16 at Devon House, beginning at 11:00 a.m. Craft Coordinator at TPDCo, Sheryll Lewis, told JIS News that the fair will feature 68 producers of locally made items in the categories...
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