The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) has suspended printing of the first free birth certificates and limited the maximum number of copies persons can apply and pay for, effective Monday, September 19. The suspension, which is expected to last until Friday, September 30, results from supply chain logistical challenges sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic. This has affected the production and shipment...

Volunteers from the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) joined hands with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to clean up Shipwreck Beach, on International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICCD), September 17. “Each year the agency tends to receive overwhelming interest from the public to participate and this year was no different. We are very pleased with the turn out [and] very...

Farmers of the Needham Pen Farmers Association in St. Thomas are now more equipped to operate their farms as viable businesses, after receiving key knowledge and training in this regard. Under a partnership between the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and Commonwealth of Learning, 24 farmers successfully completed an eight-week ‘Farming as a Business’ training programme earlier this year. Twenty...

Director General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, presents a gift to Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Chen Daojiang during a courtesy call paid on her at the offices of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica on September 14.

Residents of Western Park in Clarendon now have free internet access, courtesy of the Universal Service Fund (USF). The wi-fi service was launched in the community on Friday (September 16) by USF’s Chief Executive Officer, Daniel Dawes. He urged the residents to make the best use of the facility, noting that its establishment forms part of Government’s efforts to provide...

Jamaicans are being invited to showcase their tilapia cooking skills, for a chance to win cash and prizes. The ‘Many Moods of Tilapia’ cooking competition by the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), which was launched today (September 19), at the Farmers’ Training Centre, in St. Catherine, is seeking to find the best tilapia-based recipes that portray the popular fish’s versatility. “Tilapia...

Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (back row right); Councillor for the Denbigh Division of Clarendon, Joel Williams (back row centre) and Councillor, May Pen North Division, Tanya Lee Williams (back row left) along with community members and other stakeholders unveil the Western Park community Wi-Fi sign during a ceremony held in Clarendon on September 16.