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...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) is to host a Company Fitness Tour, aimed at  exposing employees to information on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The event, which will be held on Tuesday (September 15), at JIS’ head office in Kingston, is being held in partnership with the Jamaica Fitness Association (Jamfit). “I think it is so important for (workers)...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller is commending Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Ms. Onika Miller, who will be leaving that post and the public service as of October 1.  The Prime Minister says Ms. Miller has made an important and outstanding contribution to the development of Jamaica through administrative leadership in the...