The new shelters for the homeless being constructed in Trelawny and St. Ann are near completion, says Secretary of the Board of Supervision under the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Treka Lewis. “Trelawny is almost complete. We are about 85 per cent complete and just fixtures, doors and windows are left to go in. St. Ann is about...

Jamaican farm workers on the Seasonal Agricultural Workers programme in Canada have been “highly cooperative” with the team of fact-finders who are currently in the North American country. President of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU), Helene Davis-Whyte, who chairs the team, told JIS News: “There’s hardly any worker who has not expressed joy, so to speak, to see...

Thirty housing units in Phase one of the Roseneath Park development in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, were handed over to proud new homeowners during a ceremony Wednesday (October 12). The units form part of a total of 140 detached two-bedroom units to be purchased by the National Housing Trust (NHT) from Roseneath Developers Limited under the guaranteed purchase programme (GPP)....

The first National Identification System (NIDS) enrolment centre has been completed and is expected to be handed over this week. It is located at the Central Sorting Office in Kingston and will be the first site to roll out the NIDS Pilot Programme at the end of the year. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon....

The ban imposed by the Broadcasting Commission on illicit content is not intended to restrain rights to freedom of speech but promote decency and moral standards. Minister Without Portfolio with responsibility for Information in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Robert Morgan, said that the Government has a responsibility for the “spaces that we control… to set the standard...

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) wishing to take their businesses online can now benefit from funding through the National Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of Jamaica’s ‘EXIM E-commerce Funder’. The $100-million loan fund, which is a partnership between the EXIM Bank and the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA), was launched in September to help businesses improve their digital footprint in...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) continues to accept applications for the third cohort of the Technology Advancement Programme (TAP), with hopes of impacting 300 unattached youth across Jamaica. Interested persons have up to October 23 to secure a placement in the year-long Information and Communications Technology (ICT) training initiative. Applications and qualification documents must be submitted online through the USF’s...