United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, Denise Antonio, is encouraging the Government to consider establishing a national knowledge-sharing and empowerment network on peace, crime prevention and citizen safety and security for youth organisations. “The network will serve to systematise best practices in youth-led community-based crime-prevention methods and provide mentorship, resources, crime prevention micro-grant funding and other opportunities to youth-led...

The Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change will be hosting its annual stakeholders’ forum towards preparation for the upcoming United Nations 26th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP26). This will be done in  partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). “The virtual event will be held on Wednesday, September 29, starting at 9 a.m....

Students now have until Monday (October 11) to apply for the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) Jump Start Scholarship. The entity has extended the deadline for applications from the previous date of September 30 to accommodate students who will be receiving their Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) results next month, SLB Executive Director, Nickeisha Walsh, told JIS NEWS. “These scholarships are...

Cabinet has approved the award of six contracts, valued $1.19 billion, to three firms to provide private security services for the HEART/NSTA Trust and e-Gov Jamaica Limited, over the next three years. Details were provided by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, during last week’s post-Cabinet digital media briefing. Mrs. Williams said Vanguard Security Limited, Allied Protection...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), along with Executive Director, Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Deborah Chen, does the hand-heart sign while participating in the Heart Foundation of Jamaica’s illumination of the Usain Bolt statue for World Heart Day, at Statue Park, National Stadium, on September 24.

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has rolled out yet another of its convenient service features with the introduction of a Tax Compliance Certificate (TCC) Auto-Approval process. The new service feature which is available via the Tax Authority’s Revenue Administration Information System (RAIS), allows TCC applicants to make their applications online and receive automatic approval, in a further step of making doing...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness will be resuming its extended clinic hours for the treatment of persons with HIV as well as to integrate care of the patients to reduce stigma. Acting Director of the Treatment, Care and Support Component of the HIV/STI Unit at the Ministry, Dr. Rebekah Hoilett Duncan, told JIS News that due to the Coronavirus...