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Executive Director, Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Maria Thompson Walters.

Service Level Agreement Rate Of 95 Per Cent For HR Shared Services

The Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU) is reporting a 95 per cent Service Level Agreement (SLA) rate since the commencement of the pilot for Human Resource (HR) Shared Services in March 2021. Human Resource services are provided through the MyHR+ Shared...

Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Godfrey Dyer. (Contributed Photo)

Tourism Stakeholders Pleased With Performance Of Resilient Corridors

COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre) engaged on conversation with winners in the Low - Cost Housing Design competition virtual award ceremony held on Tuesday (November 23). Others pictured from left are: Fitzroy McIntosh; Roni-Kaye McLaren and Suzette Adams–Rickards representing Matandara Clarke Architects; and Zane Finnikin.

Affordable Housing Solutions A Priority For Government

Governor-General His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), presents newly installed Custos of St. Catherine Hon. Icylin M. Golding with the Grand Commission, at an installation ceremony held today, Tuesday (November 23), at the National Police College of Jamaica, in Twickenham Park, in the parish.

New Custos For St Catherine Installed

Holland America’s Nieuw Statendam will be making stops in Ocho Rios and Port Royal this week.

4 years ago Tourism

Holland America Cruise Vessel To Visit Ocho Rios And Port Royal

One of Holland America’s newest vessels, the Nieuw Statendam, will be making two stops in Jamaica this week – Ocho Rios on Wednesday (November 24) and Port Royal on Thursday (November 25). The ship, which departed Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Sunday (November 21), is on a seven-night Caribbean cruise, which will also include stops in Nassau and Half...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne. (JIS File Photo)

4 years ago Labour

JPC Actively Engaged In Building Awareness About Productivity

The Government, through the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC), is actively developing a policy framework to build better awareness about productivity at the individual, enterprise and national levels. This was stated by Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, during the recent staging of the Centre’s virtual productivity workshop. “This approach will allow schools...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (second right), in conversation with (from left) National Coordinator, Governor General

4 years ago Youth

PHOTOS: Robert Nesta Morgan Accepts Call To Action Document

Pastor of the Constant Spring Road Church of God, Reverend Winston George Lewis, speaks at a church service held at the Constant Spring Road Church of God, in Kingston, on November 21, to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (IDEVAW).

4 years ago Gender Affairs

Men And Boys Must Be Retrained To Respect And Protect Women And Girls – Pastor

Pastor of the Constant Spring Road Church of God, Reverend Winston George Lewis, has emphasised that men and boys must be retrained to respect and protect women and girls. “If we are going to have safer spaces for our women and girls, there must be a retraining of our men and boys in a general way. Retrain them how to...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the NCBJ Certificate Handover Ceremony that was held at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica headquarters in Kingston recently.

4 years ago Industry

Minister Shaw Calls On Companies To Aim For Quality Certification

The National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ) has approved six companies for certification. The six are the Scientific Research Council – Food Pilot Plant; Newport-Fersan (Jamaica) Limited; IGL Limited; Caribbean Depot; the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited – System Protection and Control Department and Ket’s Organic Gourmet Farm. The NCBJ is the body responsible for ISO 9001:2015 Certification, Hazard Analysis...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), is accompanied by members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force during a tour of Westmoreland on November 18.

4 years ago National Security and Peace

PM Says SOEs Provide For Better Use Of Resources To Fight Crime

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the States of Public Emergency (SOEs) provide for a better use of resources to fight crime. “What the SOE does is to give us the ability to have the police force and the military deployed. People will say 'well, you can deploy the police and the military generally'. The difference with the...

4 years ago Information

PSA | Nonfunctioning traffic lights at Spanish Town Road/Weymouth Drive and Spanish Town Road/Penwood Road Kingston

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising the public that traffic signals at two critical intersections in Kingston are currently out of operation. The affected locations are the intersections of Spanish Town Road/Weymouth Drive and Spanish Town Road/Penwood Road. Manager, Communication and Customer Service at the NWA Stephen Shaw, says the outage is due to traffic signal cables and underground...