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KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has given an assurance that talks will be held with producers of energy drinks, to clarify Government's position on a Special Consumption Tax (SCT) on the product. “I am confident that that new redefinition will make the playing field balanced, based on the  utterances I have...

KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) is a well conceived plan, in terms of its objectives. Speaking at Wednesday’s (September 21) Post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Mr. Vaz said this has been affirmed through surveys, which have been conducted among citizens, indicating that the...

KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has assured that the relocation of the operations of the Point Hill Post Office in St. Catherine to the nearby community of Lluidas Vale is a temporary measure. Speaking at today's (Sept. 14) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister Vaz informed that preparations are being...

KINGSTON — The 91-year-old mother of the Prime Minister, Mrs Enid Golding, died this morning (Wednesday, September 14) at the St Joseph’s Hospital in Kingston. Mrs. Golding, an outstanding   educator and community builder and a graduate of both the Shortwood Teachers’ College and London University, died peacefully at approximately 2 a.m. The Prime Minister, the Hon Bruce Golding, who has been in Trinidad and...

KINGSTON — The Mount Olivet Boys' Home was abuzz with activity recently, when the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) hosted a career day at the Manchester-based home. On hand were representatives of a number of organisations and agencies, and experts in a range of fields, who engaged the boys in discussion on various career paths, with some incorporating video clips of...

KINGSTON — Family, friends, well-wishers and former colleagues turned out in their numbers to bid farewell to former Minister of Tourism and renowned journalist, Eric Anthony Abrahams, at an official funeral service at the St. Andrew Parish Church, Half-Way-Tree, on Wednesday August 17. The mourners included the wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Lady Allen, Prime Minister,...

KINGSTON — The Jamaica Information Service (JIS), in association with FunHouse Productions, invites patrons to a benefit performance of the romantic comedy, “Stop Dat Train”, on Saturday August 13, at the Pantry Playhouse, Dumfries Road in New Kingston. The performance is in aid of the Mount Olivet Boys' Home in Manchester, and will start at 8 p.m. "Stop Dat Train",...

MANDEVILLE — Beneficiaries of the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) in St. Elizabeth are lauding the initiative for making them proud land owners. The Government programme helps Jamaicans obtain certificates of title for property they occupy. "Nothing has brought me greater satisfaction to date than to receive the title for my father, who died in 1962," said Glasceta Honeyghan...

KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says that the shutdown of the scrap metal industry is in the best interest of the country at this time. Mr. Vaz said the Government stands by its decision, as the industry was "doing more harm than good …the fact of the matter is that we...

KINGSTON — The Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) will be extending operations to St. Catherine and Clarendon as it seeks to improve on service delivery and satisfy the needs of clients. As at August 3 and August 10, the agency will be offering passport services out of the Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) offices in Portmore and May Pen, respectively....

KINGSTON — The Culture, Health, Arts, Sport and Education (CHASE) Fund has donated over $200 million to the development of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Mona, over the past eight years. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CHASE Fund, W. Billy Heaven, says that to date the agency has...

KINGSTON — Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission, Cordell Green, says it is imperative that children become digitally literate, so that they can shape their own media content. "Digital literacy is about empowering our children to understand that media is not just something that they access, that they just go on You Tube or TV or the radio, but that...