Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks (fourth right) shakes hands with Deputy Assistant Secretary in Charge of the Western Hemisphere, United States Department of Homeland Security, David L. Cloe, at the Embassy of Jamaica on Wednesday (August 24), following the first in a series of meetings with the Ambassador and members of her staff in relation to a...

Thirty -two duplex housing units have been handed over to proud new homeowners under the National Housing Trust (NHT) Community Renewal Programme (CRP). Beneficiaries received the keys to their new homes located at Majesty Gardens, Phase 1A, St, Andrew. The units were handed over during a ceremony on Wednesday (August 24) on the site of the new housing development. Of...

Administering Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) to someone who is experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, gives a four-minute window to allow advanced care to reach the patient. This was the message from Director of Emergency Cardiac Care at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) Dr. Hugh Mark Wong, as he addressed a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (August 23). Dr. Wong was speaking...

The review and approval of public procurement submissions from ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) can now be done in fewer than two weeks and supplier registrations in less than a week. This follows the achievement of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) of becoming the 24th public entity in Jamaica to earn the Quality Standard, ISO 9001:2015. The Standard will see...

Several government social and welfare programmes are being targeted for support through upcoming digital payment solutions being offered by Lynk. As Jamaica’s first fully digital wallet, Lynk is targeting public subsistence payment programmes, such as the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), and initiatives like the Christmas Work Programme, to bring ease to the process of disbursement, collection...

The Ministry of Education and Youth has allocated $210 million for critical repairs to schools across the island. In making the disclosure, portfolio Minister, Hon Fayval Williams, informed that each of the seven regions within the Ministry has received $30 million for the infrastructural upgrades. The Minister was speaking at the 58th annual conference of the Jamaica Teachers' Association at...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC), Hon. Everald Warmington, officially broke ground for the Falmouth to Springvale road rehabilitation project in Trelawny, on Wednesday (August 24). The project is being implemented by the National Works Agency (NWA), under its Maintenance of Secondary Roads Programme, at a cost of more than $800 million. Phase...