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Sugar Stakeholders Urged to Work with Government to Secure Viable Future for Industry

Minister with responsibility for Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is calling on stakeholders in the sugar industry to work with the Government to identify solutions to current weaknesses and impediments, in order to promote a thriving sector that can...

Members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) participate in the presentation of colours parade held at the Polo Field, Up Park Camp on November 25. During the ceremony, the JDF retired three sets of Battalion Colours and presented five sets of Formation Colours in a spectacular ceremony. This year’s parade was the biggest in the history of the JDF and signalled the Force’s continued commitment to transformation.

PHOTOS: JDF Presentation of Colours Parade

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), greets Executive Chairman of BluShip Cargo and Freight Limited, Daren Miller, during the entity’s 2021 Corporate Linkages on the Trade in Cultural Goods semi-virtual media briefing, at the AC Marriott Kingston Hotel, on Thursday (November 25). Mr. Shaw was the keynote speaker.

Film Industry Earns US$236 Million

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

PICA Launches E-Learning Platform for Staff Development

Acting Director-General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson, speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank.

Building Resilience in Agriculture Critical to Economic Prosperity

Opposition Senator, Donna Scott Mottley, speaks in the Senate

5 years ago Cabinet

Senate Approves Amendment to Regulations to Set New Legal Aid Fees

The Senate today (November 26) approved the Legal Aid Amendment Regulations 2021. The regulations set out new legal aid fees to be paid to attorneys in criminal trials, among other things. Piloting the motion, Government Senator, Ransford Braham, said it is designed to increase the fees that are paid to attorneys who have agreed to do legal-aid assignments in relation...

Chairman of the Police Civilian Oversight Authority (PCOA), Jacqueline Hinkson (left), presents Inspector Paul Cummings of the Bull Bay Police Station with the Police Civilian Oversight Authority (PCOA) Transforming Our Police Service (TOPS) award for Top Station in Area Four, during the 2021 awards ceremony held at the Office of the Police Commissioner, St. Andrew, on November 25.

5 years ago CommunityJustice

Bull Bay Station Tops Police Service Competition

The Bull Bay Police Station in the Kingston Eastern police division has copped the coveted Top Station award in the 2021 Police Civilian Oversight Authority (PCOA) ‘Transforming Our Police Service’ (TOPS) Competition. The awards ceremony was held on November 25 at the Office of the Police Commissioner in St. Andrew. Bull Bay topped 30 other police stations in five divisions...

President of the Senate, Hon Tom Tavares-Finson, disappointed with the outcome of the vote to extend the States of Emergency in seven police divisions. Two resolutions were moved for extension of the SOEs but they failed to get the required two-thirds majority for approval.

5 years ago Justice

SOEs to End This Weekend

The States of Public Emergency (SOEs) now in place in seven police divisions across the island will expire on Saturday (27 November). This, after two resolutions to extend the SOEs until February 12, 2022, failed to get the required number of votes in the Senate, following a marathon sitting on Thursday (November 25). The resolutions are the Emergency Powers (Parishes...

5 years ago Finance & Public Service

Pandemic Has Accelerated Integration Of Technology – Finance Minister

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the integration of technology in people’s working lives, says Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. “In a way, it has pushed us to find enhanced ways to continue to deliver public services to Jamaicans,” the Minister noted. In his speech read by Minister of State in the Ministry, Marsha...

Minister of Education, Youth, and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams.

5 years ago EducationTechnology

School Leaders Urged To Make Greater Use Of Technology

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, has called on school leaders to make greater use of technology in order to ensure that students are not left behind amid the rapid technological changes. “Undoubtedly, some societies with more resources than we have will be ahead of us, but we must ensure our students are exposed to these new...

Medical Officer of Health, St. Elizabeth Health Services, Dr. Tonia Dawkins-Beharie.

5 years ago COVID-19 VaccinationHealth & Wellness

St. Elizabeth Health Services Looking To Increase 20.5 Per Cent Vaccination Coverage

Medical Officer of Health, St. Elizabeth Health Services, Dr. Tonia Dawkins-Beharie, says steps are being taken to ramp up vaccination coverage in the parish. She told JIS News that more than 20.5 per cent of residents have been vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19), and while the figure ranks St. Elizabeth among the parishes with the highest vaccination coverage “we still have...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, who also has responsibility for Agriculture and Fisheries, addresses an ‘Eat Jamaican Day’ event on Thursday (November 25).

5 years ago Agriculture

RADA Distributing Seeds And Pesticides To Farmers Impacted By Tropical Storm Grace

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) has commenced the distribution of seeds and pesticides to farmers who were seriously impacted by the passage of Tropical Storm Grace in August. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, who also has responsibility for Agriculture and Fisheries, made the disclosure at an ‘Eat Jamaican Day’ event held on Thursday (November 25)....