The National Neighbourhood Watch (NNWM) is being rebranded, with a view to revamping its operations and image within communities islandwide. President, Dr. Asha Mwendo, told JIS News that the organisation, which traditionally assumes responsibility for formulating and executing safety and security operations in formal communities, has, over the years, digressed from these core engagements. “Essentially, the Watches have become appendages...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, is leading a delegation of local public and private-sector interests on a business mission to Georgetown, Guyana. The mission, from October 2 to October 7, will include scheduled engagements with relevant government entities, senior government officials and business-to-business (B2B) meetings to explore opportunities with approximately 45 targeted potential...

A local delegation, led by Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, is in Montréal, Canada, where Jamaica is seeking election to Part III of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council. The team includes Director General, Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Nari Williams-Singh; and the Ministry’s Chief Technical Director, Dr. Janine Dawkins, Senior Director of Transport Policy, Tanya...

As the Jamaica Nurses Group of New York (JNGNY) celebrates 60 years, the organisation is being hailed for its outstanding legacy of positively impacting healthcare in New York, Jamaica and the wider diaspora. Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, in paying tribute to the group said that “from as far back as the Crimean war, when...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre), hands over two boxes of face masks to Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (left), at the Ministry’s Marcus Garvey Drive facility in St. Andrew, recently. Looking on at right is Permanent Secretary in the Labour and Social Security Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden....

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (left), joins Nigeria’s Deputy High Commissioner to Jamaica, Johnson Badenole, and Ambassador of Chile to Jamaica, Her Excellency Constanza Figueroa Sepulveda, in cutting a cake to mark Nigeria’s 62nd Anniversary of Independence. Occasion was a luncheon held on October 1 at Millsborough Close...

The Ministry of Education and Youth will provide psychosocial support for students at Kingston Technical High School following the fatal stabbing of a pupil at the institution recently. Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, said that the intervention will involve collaboration with various agencies. She noted that officers from the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) have already...