The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is reporting that the entire island is now covered by at least one Provisional Development Order. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, said this is a significant improvement from the status in 2017 “where coverage was limited to 40 per cent of the country”....

The Government is calling on Jamaican architects to submit creative, original, resilient and low-cost housing designs, through the Low Cost Housing Design Competition, which can be used as a model for the nation’s social housing programme. The competition was launched virtually on Friday (May 7) by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. It forms part of the social housing...

Members of the Senate today (May 7) paid tribute to the late Ambassador, Hon. Anthony Johnson, who died on April 28 at the age of 82. Ambassador Johnson was a former Jamaica Labour Party Member of Parliament, Senator, diplomat, economist, lecturer and Ambassador to the United States. He was also High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, non-resident Ambassador to the...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is encouraging householders to cooperate with the officers who are out in the field gathering data for the pilot of the 2022 Population and Housing Census. Data collection got underway on April 19 and usually lasts for approximately eight weeks. Director General of STATIN, Carol Coy, told JIS News that a significant portion of...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz, on Friday (May 7), officially commissioned into service, Jamaica’s first public electric vehicle charging facility at the Boot Service Station in Drax Hall, St. Ann. The charging station was installed by the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS), and is aimed at encouraging more Jamaicans to make the shift to electric vehicles...

Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Rear Admiral Peter Brady, has been re-appointed to the Board of Governors of the World Maritime University (WMU). The appointment is for two terms expiring February 28, 2024. Chancellor of the university, Kitack Lim, who is also Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), advised Admiral Brady of his re-appointment...

President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Clifton Reader, says that more workers in the tourism industry are indicating a willingness to take the coronavirus (COVD-19) vaccine. Addressing an online forum on Friday  (May 7),  Mr. Reader said that many persons, who had indicated that they would not take the vaccine or were undecided, had changed their mind...