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Chairman of the Digicel Foundation, Jean Lowrie-Chin, displays a grant document, during a ceremony for the award of grant support to community groups, held recently at the entity’s head office, downtown Kingston.
Chairman of the Digicel Foundation, Jean Lowrie-Chin, displays a grant document, during a ceremony for the award of grant support to community groups, held recently at the entity’s head office, downtown Kingston.

14 Entities Awarded Grants for Community Development Projects

Fourteen organisations have been awarded grants totalling $28 million by the Digicel Foundation to undertake community development projects. The support, under the Foundation’s Community Development grants programme, is part of the entity’s 18th anniversary celebrations. Speaking to JIS News at...
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, greets Dominican Republic Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Angie Martinez Tejera, at a press briefing held today (November 11), at the offices of the Jamaica Tourist Board in Kingston, to announce the commencement of Arajet Airline’s Non-Stop Service between the Dominican Republic and Jamaica.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, greets Dominican Republic Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Angie Martinez Tejera, at a press briefing held today (November 11), at the offices of the Jamaica Tourist Board in Kingston, to announce the commencement of Arajet Airline’s Non-Stop Service between the Dominican Republic and Jamaica.

Arajet Launches Inaugural Flight From Santo Domingo to Kingston on Nov. 14
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Frontier Airlines, Barry Biffle (second right), displays an image of the Hummingbird that will adorn the tail of one of its aircraft, during a ceremony to announce a new partnership with destination Jamaica, held at Sandals Montego Bay, St James, on Thursday (November 10). He is joined by (from left) Regional Director, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Odette Dyer; Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, and Frontier Airlines Flight Attendant, Kadesha Smith.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Frontier Airlines, Barry Biffle (second right), displays an image of the Hummingbird that will adorn the tail of one of its aircraft, during a ceremony to announce a new partnership with destination Jamaica, held at Sandals Montego Bay, St James, on Thursday (November 10). He is joined by (from left) Regional Director, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Odette Dyer; Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, and Frontier Airlines Flight Attendant, Kadesha Smith.

Frontier Airlines to Feature National Bird on Aircraft

Jamaica Pays Tribute to Veterans On Remembrance Day

State Minister Says New Law Will Be Effective in Reducing Road Traffic Deaths

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National Security

Wreaths Laid in Montego Bay for Fallen Soldiers

Some 20 retired veterans of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) affiliated with the Montego Bay branch of the Jamaica Legion and officials of the city laid floral tributes on Friday (November 11) in memory of soldiers who fought in the two World Wars. The Remembrance and Wreath-Laying Ceremony was held at the St. James Parish Church in the Second City. The...
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left) and Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, tour the Frontier Property for the construction of the Port Maria Police Station in St. Mary, on November 9. At centre is Chief Executive Officer, St. Mary Municipal Corporation, Ethlyn Douglas.
National Security

Minister Chang Tours Frontier Property

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left) and Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, tour the Frontier Property for the construction of the Port Maria Police Station in St. Mary, on November 9. At centre is Chief Executive Officer, St. Mary Municipal Corporation, Ethlyn Douglas.
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National Security

Murders Trending Down in Westmoreland

Head of the Westmoreland Police Division, Senior Superintendent Wayne Joseph, says murders in the parish are trending down, since the implementation of Operation Relentless II in September. Addressing the monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation in Savanna-la-Mar on November 10, Superintendent Joseph said the initiative began in the capital and “we will be going, eventually, right across the parish”....
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Housing

Six Housing Units Handed Over in Clarendon And St. Catherine Under NSHP

Six new homes were handed over to residents in sections of Clarendon and St. Catherine on Thursday (November 10) under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Located in Kellits, Clarendon and Cotton Piece, Forte Street, Gordon Pen and Brunswick Avenue, St. Catherine, the units bring the number of houses now delivered under the programme to 110. During a ceremony for...
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Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Says Jamaica Deeply Concerned About Crisis in Haiti

Jamaica remains deeply concerned over the crisis in Haiti, particularly the deteriorating humanitarian and security situation. This was stated by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, while making her contribution to the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate, recently. Mrs. Johnson Smith said the stranglehold by gangs on the ports and...
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Acting Director, Safety and Security Unit, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Richard Troupe, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.
Youth

Youngsters Urged to ‘Leggo Di Gang… Lift Up Jamaica’

‘Leggo Di Gang… Lift Up Jamaica’ is the theme for the Ministry of Education and Youth’s Anti-Gang Week 2022 from November 13 to 19. Acting Director of the Safety and Security Unit in the Ministry, Richard Troupe, told JIS News that the week is “significant and timely” given recent incidents of violence in schools. “We, at the Ministry, know that...
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Secretary for Settlements, Public Utilities and Rural Development in the Tobago House of Assembly, Ian Pollard, looks at a ‘before and after’ display showing the transformation of the living conditions of a recipient under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Occasion was the handover of the two-bedroom unit in Kellits, Clarendon, on Thursday (November 10). Mr. Pollard leads a team from Trinidad, which is observing the programme with a view to adopting the initiative.
Housing

Tobago Looking to Adopt New Social Housing Programme

Government representatives from Tobago are currently in the island to observe Jamaica’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), with a view to adopting the initiative. Secretary for Settlements, Public Utilities and Rural Development in the Tobago House of Assembly, Ian Pollard and Social Intervention Officer, Jimmy Sylvester, who have been in the island since last Friday (November 4), attended the ceremony....
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