Several roads in Clarendon North Central are slated to be rehabilitated under the National Works Agency (NWA) Maintenance of Secondary Roads Programme. Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, who spoke to JIS News following a tour of the area on Wednesday (February 16), said that the NWA will be conducting an...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, on Thursday (February 17) launched Global Tourism Resilience Day during EXPO2020 Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Day, which is the brainchild of Mr. Bartlett, will be observed annually on February 17. The observance forms part of the thrust to heighten global tourism stakeholder awareness and actions towards strengthening the industry’s capacity to...

The Government has earmarked $2.2 billion to improve cybersecurity initiatives and purchase telecommunications equipment for the security forces. Details of the provision are outlined in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, in the House of Representatives, recently. The project seeks to facilitate the security force’s enhanced use...

The Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine now boasts a new Biological Control Laboratory, which will strengthen the island’s pest control measures, while helping to protect the environment. Acting Principal Research Director for the Research and Development Division in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Sherwood, told JIS News that the lab will focus on the use of biological...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that 10 to 12 Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centres (GTRCMC) will be established around the world by the middle of the year. He made the disclosure at a recent function at the GTRCMC located at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. The Minister informed that the expansion of the GTRCMC...

Minister of Education and Youth, the Hon. Fayval Williams (second right) and State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (right), listen to a comment from Executive Director, Food for The Poor Jamaica, Kivette Silvera (second left). Occasion was a ceremony for the handover of 50 tablets and data cards to the...

The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) in Westmoreland will be hosting a symposium to inspire men in the parish to better fulfil their roles as fathers and to become positive role models for youth and adults. The event, which is dubbed ‘Big Man Thing’, will be held at New Market Oval in Savanna-la-Mar on Friday, February 18, in partnership...