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Custos of St. Andrew, Hon. Ian Forbes, speaks during an interview with JIS News
Custos of St. Andrew, Hon. Ian Forbes, speaks during an interview with JIS News

Public Reminded Not To Make Payments To Justices Of The Peace

Custos of St. Andrew, Ian Forbes, is reminding members of the public that the services provided by Justices of the Peace (JPs) are free, and as such, they should not be offered any payment. He also implored persons not to...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the global launch of the ninth biennial Diaspora conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Downtown Kingston, on May 6.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the global launch of the ninth biennial Diaspora conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Downtown Kingston, on May 6.

PM Reiterates Strong Support For Senator Johnson Smith
Branch Manager for Testing and Industrial Services within the Metrology and Testing Division at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Richard Lawrence, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.
Branch Manager for Testing and Industrial Services within the Metrology and Testing Division at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Richard Lawrence, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

BSJ Continues To Support The Construction Industry
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), cuts the ribbon at the handover of a two-bedroom unit under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), in Hermitage, St. Andrew, on May 6. Also taking part (from left) are Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Eastern, Hon. Fayval Williams; beneficiary of the unit, Johana Paul, and Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Audrey Sewell.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), cuts the ribbon at the handover of a two-bedroom unit under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), in Hermitage, St. Andrew, on May 6. Also taking part (from left) are Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Eastern, Hon. Fayval Williams; beneficiary of the unit, Johana Paul, and Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Audrey Sewell.

NSHP Units Being Delivered At Lower Costs
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Hon. Christopher Tufton making his contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives recently.
Health & Wellness

Health Ministry Takes Action To Remove Trans Fats From Local Foods

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is taking steps to eliminate unhealthy industrial trans fats from the local diet and has started the process to determine how much of the foods consumed by Jamaicans contain the ingredient. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said the key findings of a study, conducted by the National Health Fund (NHF) and the...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (third right), presents a Chromebook to Seaforth High School student, Sasheika Henry (third left). Occasion was a ceremony for the hand over of 1100 Chromebooks donated by Google to benefit students in St. Thomas, held on Friday (May 6), at the St. Thomas Technical High School. Sharing the moment (from left) are: Director at the St. Thomas Renaissance Foundation, Janet Harrison-Cousins; Director of the Mathematics Honours College porgramme in the parish, Beverley Hyatt; President of the St. Thomas Renaissance Foundation, Professor Malton Edwards; and Director of the Foundation, Christine Watson.
EducationTechnology

Google Donates 1100 Chromebooks To St. Thomas Schools

A total of 1100 Chromebooks, valuing $27million, are to be distributed to students across the parish of St. Thomas, courtesy of American multinational technology company, Google. The donation was secured by the St. Thomas Renaissance Foundation for its Mathematics Honours College programme in the parish. The devices were handed over during a ceremony at the St. Thomas Technical High School...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses recent confrontations between the security forces and residents of Denham Town, during a ceremony for the hand over of a housing unit under the social housing programme in August Town, St. Andrew, on Friday (May 6).
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Gov’t Committed To Ensuring Security Forces Respect Citizens’ Rights – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is committed to ensuring that the security forces respect the rights of citizens in communities where Zones of Special Operations (ZOSO) have been implemented. The Prime Minister said that the ZOSOs are structured as peace-building operations, where the security forces safeguard communities, while showing the “highest respect and regard for...
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rime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (seated second left); Minister Without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Hon. Floyd Green (seated left); Chief Executive Officer of Fujitsu Caribbean and Latin America, Mervyn Eyre (seated second right), and Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell (seated right), sign a contract for the digitisation of public records under the National Identification System (NIDS), at the OPM on Friday (May 6). Observing in the background (standing from left) are: Chief Executive Officer of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Charlton McFarlane; Modernization of State Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Benjamin Roseth; and Programme Director for NIDS, Dr. Warren Vernon.
NIDSPrime Minister

Contract Signed For Digitisation Of Records At RGD

Approximately two million records at the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) relating to birth, marriage, death, and adoption, created from 1930, are to be digitised under the National Identification System (NIDS). A contract was signed with Fujitsu Limited at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) on Friday (May 6) to facilitate the process. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness,...
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GovNet Project Manager in the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Luke Jackson.
Technology

Contracts Signed For GovNet Buildout

Three major contracts have been signed to advance the buildout of GovNet, the broadband network for the public sector. GovNet’s Project Manager in the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Luke Jackson, told JIS News that the contracts, which were signed recently, are for fibre-optic expansion with the National Works Agency (NWA), at a cost of US$895,996.80; for active network equipment with...
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Principal of the Jonathan Grant High School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Dr. O’Neil Ankle (left), presents the Principal’s Award – Form Teacher of the Term – to teacher at the school, Krisan Thomas, on May 2.
Education

Staff At Jonathan Grant High Honoured

Several staff members at the Jonathan Grant High School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, have been honoured for exemplary service and dedication to education delivery. Principal of the school, Dr. O’Neil Ankle, told JIS News that the awards scheme has been going on for eight of the 10 years that he has been Principal at the institution, as they had...
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