Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that all office parties related to the Government or its agencies and departments are prohibited, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. He made the announcement during the sitting of the House of Representatives on December 15. The Prime Minister informed that the Cabinet Secretary has written to all Permanent Secretaries, who will...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, on Tuesday (December 15) tabled the National Identification and Registration Act, 2020, which makes provisions for a voluntary and secure National Identification System (NIDS) for Jamaica. The legislation has been referred to a Joint Select Committee of Parliament for detailed review. Speaking in the House of Representatives, Prime Minster Holness said the identification...

Graphic Artist of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ramon Nichols, has emerged the winner of the Shared Corporate Services Jamaica (SCSJ) logo design competition. The winning logo will be used online, in print, and on merchandise for the SCSJ, which is expected to come on stream in January 2021. The competition, organised by the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU) was open...

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...