The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is in dialogue with stakeholders in the poultry industry, with a view towards implementing strategies to reduce the level of increase that is passed on to consumers. Making a statement in the House of Representatives on January 25, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., said the Ministry is exploring several practical solutions within the...

The MyHR+ Shared Service Centre is expanding it suite of services to include talent acquisition. This refers to the process employers use for recruiting, tracking and interviewing job candidates. Executive Director, Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Maria Thompson Walters, told JIS News that a career portal has been developed, which will allow persons to...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) member countries are being encouraged to take steps to facilitate the safe return to school for children who have been adversely impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, notes that by promoting mask wearing, physical distancing and ensuring adequate ventilation, countries can safely reopen schools, adding that “high vaccination rates among children...

Forty-seven wards of the State, who excelled in their external exams, will be recognised by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) during a ceremony on Friday (January 28). Chairperson for the CPFSA’s Events Planning Committee/Director, Financial Management and Accounting Services, Michelle McIntosh Harvey, told JIS News that wards who sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certification (CSEC) and Caribbean...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, says the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) has given exemplary and well-recognised service to the economy. “The JSE has been the meeting place of investors with capital, and [budding] entrepreneurs… with great ideas. We have recorded some sterling successes [with] a well-structured, properly regulated and well-run Jamaica Stock Exchange, especially...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says over the coming months the Government will be looking to remove more of the measures that have been instituted to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission. “Barring any extreme change in circumstances, our approach will be to gradually scale back restrictive measures once we get out of the fourth wave that we are...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Government is determined to defeat crime, and disrupt the activities of well-resourced persons who are bent on causing mayhem in communities. Speaking at a prayer breakfast held at his New Kingston offices on Wednesday (January 26) under the theme ‘United for a Safer Jamaica,’ the Minister noted that the society...