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Executive Director, Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake

More Young Jamaicans Being Trained And Certified As Farmers

More young Jamaicans are being trained and certified as youth famers through the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, in partnership with HEART/NSTA Trust. In an interview with JIS News, Executive Director, Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake, said the programme was developed...

Deputy Commissioner of the Revenue Appeals Division, Andrea Kelly.

Revenue Appeals Division To Launch Web Portal This Year

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams

Support For Teachers And PEP Students

Deputy Director of Elections, with responsibility for Field Operations, Earl Simpson, speaks at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

No Cut-Off Date For Renewal Of Voter ID Cards

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), and Minister of Transport and Mining and Member of Parliament for Manchester North Eastern, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), participate in the handover of tablets to students of Christiana High School by First Heritage Co-operative Credit Union (FHC), at the entity’s Manchester Branch office on Friday (January 21). Branch Manager, Sharna Hutchinson Scott (second left), hands over a device to Michaelia Blackwood.

PHOTOS: FHC Donates Tablets To Christiana High School Students

Minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (left), has a look at his personal record at the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) during a recent tour of the St. Catherine-based agency. Also pictured are Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Tameka Clough (centre), and Chief Executive Officer, Charlton McFarlane (right).

4 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Bedside Registration of Births Programme To Be Expanded

Minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) bedside registration programme will be expanded. He said 60 computers will shortly be donated to the agency for the programme. An application system is being developed for a mid-year rollout that will enable personnel at the RGD, when they visit hospitals,...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaks at the recent official opening and naming ceremony of the new headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, located at 2 Port Royal Street, downtown Kingston.

4 years ago Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Ministry Celebrates Jamaica 60

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade will be celebrating Jamaica’s 60th anniversary of Independence with a slew of activities throughout the year to mark the milestone. Dubbed ‘MFAFT@60 – Reigniting a Nation: Global Excellence, Our Mission’, the celebration will also recognise the establishment of the Foreign Ministry in 1962. “Our intention is to use existing and new opportunities...

The new kitchen being constructed at the Hanover Infirmary in Lucea at a cost of approximately $12 million.

4 years ago Local Government

Work Advanced On New Kitchen At Hanover Infirmary

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says work on a new kitchen at the Hanover Infirmary in Lucea is almost 75 per cent completed. The kitchen, being constructed at a cost of approximately $12 million, will replace the old facility, which was closed by the Public Health Department. Mr. McKenzie, who toured the project site on...

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.

4 years ago COVID-19 VaccinationHealth & Wellness

PAHO Sets Goal Of 70 Per Cent Vaccination Rate By Mid-2022

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is looking to facilitate the vaccination of at least 70 per cent of the collective population of Latin American and Caribbean member countries against the coronavirus (COVID-19) by mid-2022. Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, who notes that more than 60 per cent of people in these states have been fully immunised, says PAHO’s Revolving Fund...

4 years ago Finance & Public Service

Saturday Business for Select Tax Offices

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding the public that it will open select Tax Offices this Saturday January 29, 2022, and every last Saturday of the month for the remainder of the 2021/22 financial year, subject to any announcements by the government on Covid containment measures. The following Tax Offices will operate this Saturday between the hours of 10:00 am...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, addresses the recent sitting of the Senate.

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Senate Approves Order To Tackle Money Laundering

The Senate recently approved the Proceeds of Crime (Designated Non-Financial Institution) (Trust and Corporate Services Providers) Order, 2022. The Order provides for the designation of Trust and Corporate Services Providers as Designated Non-Financial Institutions. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, who brought the Order before the Senate, said the...

First responders provide assistance to an individual at the scene of an emergency, during an earthquake and fire-simulation exercise at the Sovereign Village, Portmore recently. The drill, which was a partnership between the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and the Portmore Municipal Corporation, formed part of activities to increase community awareness, readiness and response to an earthquake and its potential hazards. Earthquake Awareness Week, which ran from January 16 to 22, was observed under the theme ‘Re-engineering Earthquake Response Practices During COVID-19’.

4 years ago Local Government

PHOTOS: Earthquake And Fire-Simulation Exercise

First responders provide assistance to an individual at the scene of an emergency, during an earthquake and fire-simulation exercise at the Sovereign Village, Portmore recently. The drill, which was a partnership between the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and the Portmore Municipal Corporation, formed part of activities to increase community awareness, readiness and response to an earthquake...