Jamaica is leading the charge to significantly improve the Caribbean’s response in tackling existing and emerging cybersecurity threats through the development of skills in this area. The country is now undertaking a Strategic Cybersecurity Training Needs Assessment, which will serve to identify the cybersecurity knowledge and skills required to deliver and sustain strategic responses to combat malicious cyber activities across...

With the new Covid-19 restrictions imposed by the Government of Jamaica from August 22-24 and August 29-31, 2021, the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) will be making adjustments to its guaranteed service times.   The Agency will be increasing its processing times as follows:   Services Adjusted Processing Time Annual Returns 10 Days Change Documents 10 Days New Company Incorporation...

The Judiciary of Jamaica wishes to advise that the Western Regional Gun Court will resume hearing matters at the St. James Parish Court today, Friday, August 20, 2021), while the St. James Parish Court will resume operations on Monday, August 23, 2021 under STRICT adherence to the COVID-19 protocols. Acting Director of Client Services, Communications and Information at the Court...

The Bog Walk Gorge in St. Catherine is now reopened to vehicular traffic, following the passage of Tropical Storm Grace which prompted its closure, after the Rio Cobre overflowed its banks. Elsewhere in the parish, as well as in Clarendon, National Works Agency (NWA) teams work to clear other roadways that were made impassable by the storm. Manager of Communication...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that some key intersections in the parishes of Kingston, St. Andrew and St. Catherine are now without the service of traffic signals. Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw says that the traffic light network in these parishes was impacted by the wind and rain associated with the passage of...

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) partnered with the British High Commission and has signed a Service Level Agreement (SLA). The CEO, Mr. Charlton McFarlane welcomed the representatives Mrs. Lesley Nicol, Immigration Liaison Manager, and Marcus Manning, Immigration Liaison Officer, from the British High Commission, Kingston to the Service Level Agreement signing of the Online Verification Service at the Head Office,...

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) is imploring parents to reach out to the entity for support to improve their parenting skills. “We want parents to get in touch with us,” Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NPSC, Kaysia Kerr, told JIS News. “We're out in the community; we have a very sophisticated network at this point and we're doing...