Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn on Friday (November 18) toured Seprod’s Milk and Dairy Production Plant in St. Catherine, as part of activities to mark World Antimicrobial Resistance Week. World Antimicrobial Resistance Week is being observed from November 18 -24, under the sub-theme ‘Antimicrobial Resistance Environmental Health and Trade:...

Civil Service Week 2022 will be observed from November 20 to 26 under the theme: ‘The Public Sector: Forging Ahead with Determination’. The celebration is geared towards highlighting the worth and work of outstanding Civil Servants who have given excellent service to Central Government and to the country. Director, Corporate Communication and Public Relations Branch, Ministry of Finance and the...

Jamaica’s foreign exchange market remains relatively stable, partly reflecting actions by the Central Bank in response to higher than targeted inflation. According to Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles, the foreign exchange rate for fiscal year 2022/23, to November 11, depreciated by 0.5 per cent. This was significantly slower than the 6.7 per cent depreciation recorded over the corresponding...

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says the economy is still projected to grow in the range of 2.5 to 4.5 per cent for fiscal year 2022/23. This, following an 8.2 per cent outturn recorded in 2021/22, Governor, Richard Byles, has said. Speaking during the BOJ’s semi-virtual quarterly media briefing on Friday (November 18), Mr. Byles said Jamaica’s economy continues to...

A national consensus is needed on the protection of the environment, says Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan. “What it means is that we need a wide cross section of allies in the environmental fight. We need people in civil society, we need students, we need members of the...

Three outstanding public sector workers have been chosen Civil Servants of the Year for 2022/2023. They are Health Records Technician and Acting Customer Care Officer at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Simone Turton (Technical Support); Customer Service Officer, Administrator General’s Department, Oliver Morris (Middle Management); and Chief Public Health Inspector and Acting Parish Manager at the Ministry of...

Approximately 113,300 students have, to date, been located and re-engaged in schools, under the Ministry of Education and Youth’s ‘Yard to Yard, Find the Child’ initiative.    Acting Director for the Ministry’s Safety and Security in Schools Unit, Richard Troupe, made the disclosure in an interview with JIS News.  He said the data is supported by weekly attendance reports provided by...