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Much Support For JIS Heritage Poster Competition

The inaugural Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Heritage Poster Competition  has been received with enthusiasm by students across Jamaica. “We are satisfied with the number and quality of the entries received from our students,” said Director of Production, Enthrose Campbell, who...
Director of the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home, Sonia Lowe (left) and Assistant Director, Dionne Harriott, address the Home’s annual prize giving ceremony held at the Home, recently. The Jamaica Information (JIS) and the YB Afraid Foundation have adopted the Home and they make regular visits there to share gifts and time with the boys.
Director of the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home, Sonia Lowe (left) and Assistant Director, Dionne Harriott, address the Home’s annual prize giving ceremony held at the Home, recently. The Jamaica Information (JIS) and the YB Afraid Foundation have adopted the Home and they make regular visits there to share gifts and time with the boys.

Special Relationship Between JIS and Mount Olivet Boys’ Home
Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (centre), gives her remarks at a press briefing held at Jamaica House today (December 17), with members of the National Council of the Partnership for Jamaica. Listening (from left) are: Ambassador Patricia Durrant, Donna Parchment Brown, and Rev. Lenworth Anglin, Members of the Partnership’s Governance Committee; President, Private Sector Organization of Jamaica, Chris Zacca; Representative of the Confederation of Trade Union, Oneil Grant; and Representative of the Civil Society Group, Bishop Joseph Ade Gold.
Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (centre), gives her remarks at a press briefing held at Jamaica House today (December 17), with members of the National Council of the Partnership for Jamaica. Listening (from left) are: Ambassador Patricia Durrant, Donna Parchment Brown, and Rev. Lenworth Anglin, Members of the Partnership’s Governance Committee; President, Private Sector Organization of Jamaica, Chris Zacca; Representative of the Confederation of Trade Union, Oneil Grant; and Representative of the Civil Society Group, Bishop Joseph Ade Gold.

Partnership for Jamaica Membership Commits to Agreement
Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (centre), gives her remarks at a press briefing held at Jamaica House today (December 17), with members of the National Council of the Partnership for Jamaica. Listening (from left) are: Ambassador Patricia Durrant, Donna Parchment Brown, and Rev. Lenworth Anglin, Members of the Partnership’s Governance Committee; President, Private Sector Organization of Jamaica, Chris Zacca; Representative of the Confederation of Trade Union, Oneil Grant; and Representative of the Civil Society Group, Bishop Joseph Ade Gold.
Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (centre), gives her remarks at a press briefing held at Jamaica House today (December 17), with members of the National Council of the Partnership for Jamaica. Listening (from left) are: Ambassador Patricia Durrant, Donna Parchment Brown, and Rev. Lenworth Anglin, Members of the Partnership’s Governance Committee; President, Private Sector Organization of Jamaica, Chris Zacca; Representative of the Confederation of Trade Union, Oneil Grant; and Representative of the Civil Society Group, Bishop Joseph Ade Gold.

Partnership for Jamaica Membership Commits to Agreement
Grade 4 students of Chetolah Park Primary School (from left), Jamelia-Lyn Gregory, Eve Philburn and Patrice Forrester are intrigued as they read ‘Jamaican Folk Customs & Beliefs’, a publication recently presented to them, along with seven other books and heritage posters, by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS).
Grade 4 students of Chetolah Park Primary School (from left), Jamelia-Lyn Gregory, Eve Philburn and Patrice Forrester are intrigued as they read ‘Jamaican Folk Customs & Beliefs’, a publication recently presented to them, along with seven other books and heritage posters, by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS).

JIS Donates Books to Inner-City Primary Schools and State-Run Homes

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Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer.
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Information Minister Regrets Accident Involving RJR Team

Minister with   Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, has expressed regret at the accident  involving six  persons  from the RJR Communications  Group, which occurred today (November 30), on Highway 2000. She has  conveyed  sympathies to those involved  and wishes a speedy recovery  for the persons who were injured. It is reported that the RJR team was proceeding eastward...
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Old Naval Hospital to be Rehabilitated

Rehabilitation work, costing $88.29 million, is to begin on the Old Naval Hospital in Port Royal, shortly. Making the disclosure at a Jamaica House Press Briefing, on November 26, Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, said Cabinet has approved repair work to the roof, structure and bathroom facilities at the hospital, under a contract awarded to...
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Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer.
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304-Bed Dormitory to be Built at Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre

A new 304-bed dormitory is to be constructed at the Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre, in Catherine, at a cost of $194.8 million, following Cabinet’s approval of the works. This was disclosed by Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, at a Jamaica House Press Briefing, on November 26. She informed that under the contract, a two...
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Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right), in discussion with Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson, during a Jamaica House Press Briefing, today (November 26), at which an update was provided on the Government’s $500 million national health emergency vector control clean-up campaign.
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50 Projects Approved Under National CHIK-V Prevention Campaign

Fifty projects have been approved since the October commencement of the Government’s national campaign to reduce the spread of the Chikungunya virus (Chick-V), across the island. The Approvals Sub-committee under the programme, has approved 39 projects for Members of Parliament (MPs) and 11 for Parish Councils. This was disclosed at a Jamaica House Press Briefing, today (November 26), at which...
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Gov’t Reviewing Laws To Protect Women And Girls

Several laws are currently being reviewed as the Government intensifies its drive to protect the nation's women and girls and eliminate acts of violence against them. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, in a speech read by Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, at a church service held on Sunday (Nov. 23) at...
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Mandatory eFiling of All Employers Annual Return (S02) to be implemented next year

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) wishes to advise ALL employers that effective January 1, 2015, they will be required to electronically file their Employers Annual Return (S02) online via the Tax Portal www.jamaicatax.gov.jm. This means that all S02 returns filed as of the New Year are to be e-filed, as such returns filed manually will not be accepted. This new requirement...
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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), watches as Senior Corporate Relations Manager, Digicel, Trisha Williams-Singh, demonstrates a feature on one of four computers donated by Digicel, at the official opening of the Treadways Internet café on September 27, which is located on the grounds of the Treadways Gospel Assembly in St. Catherine. Also observing (from left) are: Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe; Pastor of the church, Elder Courtney Lynn; and Civil Servant of the Year 2013-14, Enthrose Campbell. The Treadways Internet café is one of the four projects undertaken by Miss Campbell.
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Treadways Internet Café Making An Impact

The recently opened Treadways Internet café is already making a difference in the lives of residents of the rural St. Catherine community who, before now, had to travel outside the area to access the information superhighway. Speaking with JIS News, Pastor of the Treadways Gospel Assembly, which hosts the café, Elder Courtney Lyn, said the initiative is “a wonderful investment in...
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