Voters’ List was published as scheduled with a total of 1,932,083 electors. An additional 19,422 persons were added to the List and are now eligible to vote in future elections. Voter ID Cards for electors added to the November 30, 2020 Voters’ List are scheduled to become available by mid-December and should be collected by electors at the Electoral Office...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) will host its annual Field Services Conference from December 2-3. More than 200 of the agency’s field officers assigned to the Regions across the island are expected to participate in the two-day virtual conference. Alternate Care Services Director, CPFSA, Eunice Scott Shaw, told JIS News that the conference will be held under...

More than 3,000 Jamaicans will benefit from assistance to access birth certificates under a partnership between the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the Registrar General’s Department (RGD). The support falls under the Integrated Community Development Project – 11 (ICDP – 11), which is being implemented by JSIF through funding from the World Bank. Some 6,000 undocumented Jamaicans were able...

Cabinet has given approval for the divestment of the assets of Silver Sands Estates Limited (SSEL) in Trelawny. “This will be done by the transfer of the real estate assets of SSEL to the Silver Sands Cottage Owners Association (SSCOA),” said Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, during a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on November 25. “This...

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract to Northgate Public Services for the establishment of a Station Records Management System for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), in the amount of US$587,814. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, during a post-Cabinet press briefing, held virtually on November 25. She also informed that Cabinet...

Cabinet has given approval for the variation of a contract in the amount of $111.8 million to M&M Jamaica Limited for the rehabilitation programme at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St. James. The contract is for emergency works on the 10th floor and roof repairs. “The adjusted contract amount is now $208.1 million,” said Minister of Education, Youth and Information,...

Cabinet has given approval for the introduction of premium service packages and attendant fees by the Registrar General’s Department (RGD). The packages are for the processing of same-day and next-day service for birth, death and marriage certificates where applicable. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the disclosure during a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (November...

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has launched a Jingle Competition aimed at raising awareness about the entity’s existing Guaranteed Standards. These are quality of service standards to which utility companies are held accountable. Deputy Director General at the OUR, Cheryl Lewis, said the competition, dubbed the GS Jingle Competition, forms part of the entity’s mandate of protecting consumers. “The...

Twenty-year-year-old Iyesha Garwood of Deanery Road, Vineyard Town, Kingston 3 has been missing since Saturday, November 14. She is of brown complexion, medium build and about 172centimetres (5 feet 8 inches) tall. Reports from the Vineyard Town Police are that about 9:00 a.m., Garwood was last seen at home. Her mode of dress at the time she went missing is...