Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Central, Rhoda Moy Crawford, says the Williamsfield leg of the East/West South Coast Highway is now 81 per cent complete. “When completed, travel time to Mandeville will be significantly reduced,” Ms. Crawford said. She was making her contribution to the 2022/23 State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives, on September 20....

Citizens are being encouraged to participate in the Jamaica Children and Youth Health and Well-being Survey (CHEWS-JA), which is currently being conducted across the island. The survey, which began late August is expected to be completed by November 2022. It aims to collect information on the health, educational, and life experiences of young people ages 13-24 years. The CHEWS-JA is...

Student Nurse, Kenesha Simms (centre), holds a package containing medical supplies donated to member institutions of the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), during a ceremony at Excelsior Community College in Kingston on Tuesday (September 20). She is joined by (from left) Director of Citizen Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Jamaica, Gerald Fontain; Executive Director, CCCJ,...

The Government is targetting payments to some workers engaged under the annual Christmas work programme through the LYNK® digital wallet. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Hon. Nigel Clarke, said the intention is to undertake the digital payments as a pilot this year to encourage greater take-up of JAM-DEX, which is the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). National...

Administrators of the Lynk digital payment wallet are assuring that the platform has built-in mechanisms to protect users from fraud and theft. The wallet, an app that can be downloaded on mobile devices, facilitates transactions involving the Bank of Jamaica’s (BOJ) Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) – ‘JAM-DEX’. Chief Product Officer for Lynk, John Matthew Sinclair, told JIS News that...

The Human Employment and Resource Training/National Service Training Agency (HEART/NSTA) Trust says it has programmes designed for persons who are already working in their area of skill, but lack the requisite certification. Director/Principal, HEART College of Beauty Services, Kaydia King Newman, told JIS News that the entity is pleased to offer programmes tailored for these individuals. “If you already have...

The National Water Commission (NWC), in conjunction with Rural Water Supply Limited, has laid pipes to recommission the use of the tank at Dolphin Head Mountain in Hanover Western. “This tank has been out of use for several years. It is with a sense of pride that I can now report that the communities of Middlesex, Greenland, Dias, Cacoon, Riverside,...