Workers’ Week is being celebrated May 15 to 23 under the theme "Repositioning Jamaica's Labour Market – Post COVID". Divisional Director for Industrial Relations and Allied Services in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) Gillian Corrodus, said the theme reflects on the history of labour relations in Jamaica, examines the impact of the pandemic and generates conversations and...

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service will debut a new online series on Wednesday (May 18), dubbed ‘Coffee and Conversations’. The series will allow members of staff at the Ministry to tell their stories of triumphs and adversities. Manager of Public Relations at the Ministry, Shakiel Rochester Shorter, told JIS News that the initiative, conceptualised by the Corporate...

 

President of the Republic of India, His Excellency, the Hon. Ram Nath Kovind, says Jamaica has expressed interest in hosting an Indian Institute of Technology. He noted that under its 2020 national education policy, India is planning to start new institutes of technology abroad. “The national education policy has also opened up specialised technical courses in premier Indian colleges and...

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is reporting that despite the challenges of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the production of chicken meat, eggs, and domestic food crops increased in 2021 when compared to the corresponding period in 2020. Portfolio Minister, Pearnel Charles Jr., provided an update while making his contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives...

Ninety-five per cent of the construction of emergency fibre and microwave backbone under Phase 1 of the National Broadband Initiative is now complete. The initiative aims to have every household and community connected to the Internet by 2025. Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon Daryl Vaz, said that “with this backbone along with the government wide area network, we’ll...