The Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD) will resume normal opening hours effective Thursday October 1, 2015. The public may access the Department 9:00 am to 4:30 pm Mondays to Thursdays and 9:00 am to 3:30 pm on Fridays. The return to normal opening hours follows an earlier change to staff hours which resulted from a malfunctioning air conditioning unit....

Founder of the Jamaica Customer Service Association (JaCSA), Ilsa DuVerney, is underscoring the importance of customer service as a contributor to nation development. “It is that tool that is going to differentiate us and assist the country as a whole to raise service standards so that we can take this globe by force,” she said. Ms. DuVerney was speaking at...

First time entrant in the 2014/15 Public Sector Customer Service Competition (PSCSC), Firearm licensing Authority (FLA), has been short-listed for two highly competitive categories. The Authority has being shortlisted for the most improved customer service entity and most creative/innovative entity. Acting Director of the Application and Certification Department at the FLA, Letline Allen, told JIS News that the stakeholders are...

As Jamaica marks the 27th anniversary of Hurricane Gilbert which devastated the island on September 12, 1988, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) believes that the country has become more versed in disaster risk management. Acting Director of Information and Training at ODPEM, Cheryl Nichols, says in the ensuing years since Gilbert, the government has sought to...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says the government remains committed to ensuring that education and training form a major part of Jamaica’s development agenda, as the nation pushes for national progress. Speaking at the launch of the 2015/16 school year at the Fidel Castro Campus of the Anchovy High School in Montpelier, St. James on September 11,...

Former President of Venezuela, the late Hugo Chávez, was remembered as a great friend of Jamaica at a Regional Summit held in Montego Bay on September 5 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the PetroCaribe Agreement. Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, said the late President is still revered by the Jamaican people. Addressing a large contingent of Venezuelan...

As Jamaica marks the 27th anniversary of Hurricane Gilbert which devastated the island on September 12, 1988, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) believes that the country has become more versed in disaster risk management. Acting Director of Information and Training at ODPEM, Cheryl Nichols, says in the ensuing years since Gilbert, the government has sought to...