More Jamaicans are being encouraged to report illegal dumping and littering through the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) mobile application. Community Relations Manager of the Authority, Kimberley Blair, has commended individuals who have used the platform to help to clean up Jamaica. She was speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held recently at the agency’s headquarters...

Real estate dealers and developers who have not yet completed the requisite continuing professional development (CPD) courses for licensing can do so, starting June 13. The sessions are the Common Issues in the Real Estate Industry, which will take place on June 13, the Real Estate (Dealer and Developers) Act is scheduled for June 14, while the Terrorism Prevention Act...

A disciplinary subcommittee of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) Board is being established to carry out an investigation and take appropriate action, following the decision by World Athletics not to ratify a world record achieved recently by a quartet of Jamaica’s young athletes. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, made the announcement during her contribution to...

Jamaicans in the diaspora will be able to participate in the Jamaica 60 Diaspora Conference through satellite hubs hosted by the overseas missions. State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell, who addressed a JIS Think Tank on June 7, said that four hubs have already been identified in Miami, New York,...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) is reporting a significant increase in the number of birth certificates that are now being processed with the names of both parents. In an interview with JIS News, the entity’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Charlton McFarlane, said that of the total number of births registered over a one-year period, 80 per cent of them include...

The preparation of materials for upload to the Jamaica Laws website is in progress. This was disclosed by Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, during her contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 7. “The Law Revision Secretariat has completed and delivered revised laws for three legislative years, 2016, 2017...

The Jamaica Development Bank (Repeal) Act 2022, was passed in the House of Representatives on June 7. The Bill repeals the Act and provides for the transfer of all assets of the Jamaica Development Bank to the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Limited, in exchange for the issuance of shares in the DBJ to the Accountant General. This legislation also...