Another 150 Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) buses are to see improvement in performance through the continued implementation of an oil-filtration system. Cabinet has approved the award of a $251.55-million contract for the supply of the Elhydro Kleenoil Bypass Filtration System to the State-run bus company. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, who made the disclosure...

An offender management policy is to be developed for the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, at Wednesday’s (December 9) virtual post-Cabinet press briefing from Jamaica House. She said that development of the policy, which was approved by Cabinet, is necessary, as the DCS’ offender management system, which...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) Third Annual Digital Field Services Conference ends today (December 3). The conference, held under the theme ‘Back to Basics’, exposed heads of units and regional directors across the CPFSA’s four regions to the various interventions offered by the agency to improve service delivery. Breakout sessions have been held over the two-day period,...

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...