Chief Executive Officer, Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter (left) receives a portrait of himself from Director General, Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Division, Cabinet Office, Veniece Pottinger-Scott in recognition of his participation in National Customer Service Week activities last October.’ The presentation was made on Tuesday (January 25) at PICA’s corporate offices in Kingston.

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), participates in the handover of tablets to students of Chatsworth Primary and Infant School in Maroon Town, St. James, by First Heritage Co-operative (FHC) Credit Union, at the entity’s Montego Bay Branch office on Thursday, January 27. Joining the Minister is FHC Branch Manager, Marcia Bailey (back row, left); Chatsworth Primary’s...

President of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association (JCEA), Norman Grant, says the Association is engaged in several processes that should increase the export of coffee over the next five years. “We have engaged the new Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, and out of a coffee workshop [with the] Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) we have developed a plan to...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says that research and development is among his strategic priorities to ensure a resilient and sustainable sector. “One of my focal points, priority areas will be to enhance the research and development capacity within agriculture and fisheries. Looking at strategies to boost production and productivity, our natural assets and putting that...

Prime Minister Urges all Stakeholders to Exercise Patience in the Pandemic Recovery Process Prime Minister Andrew Holness says it is essential that all stakeholders exercise patience as countries begin to recover from the pandemic. Speaking this afternoon (January 27, 2022) at the Ribbon Cutting and Grand Re-Opening of the New, Re-Imagined Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort, and Offshore Island in...

Control measures against the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the island’s prisons have been strengthened, with the Ministry of National Security handing over 500 self-testing kits. Speaking at the ceremony, held today (January 27), Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, said along with adhering to the prevention and control measures, the kits will play a big...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, is to engage with financial institutions regarding recent increases in banking fees. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, made the disclosure in an interview on Nationwide News Network on Thursday (January 27). “He is about to embark...