The National Housing Trust (NHT) is prudently managed, with strong internal mechanisms in place to protect the resources of its contributors, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. Speaking in Beckford Kraal, Clarendon, on Friday (February 2) where he handed over a two-bedroom house to a family under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), the Prime Minister assured that...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, delivers a message during Sunday’s (February 4) church service to commence the observance of Career Development Awareness Week under the theme: ‘Expanding Our Horizon: Respecting the Journey through Career Development’. The service was held at Emanuel Apostolic Church in Kingston.    

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, has hailed the IKONWORK job recruitment platform as a game changer for the local labour market. She noted that the online portal, which uses advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to connect jobseekers to the head-hunting community, will be particularly attractive to today’s technology savvy...

Arrangements are in place to allow public-sector workers who are National Housing Trust (NHT) mortgagors to receive contribution refunds in cash during the current application period. Assistant General Manager for Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Dwayne Berbick, says refunds would previously have been credited to individuals’ mortgage accounts. “If the mortgagors prefer not to take it as cash in hand...

The Earthquake Unit (EQU) is appealing to members of the public to desist from stealing and destroying seismic monitoring equipment installed at its stations across the island. Speaking in a recent interview with JIS News, Network Manager/Engineer at the Unit, Paul Williams, said that over the years, several of its broadband and accelerograph stations have suffered theft and vandalism, albeit...

Employees are being encouraged to be responsible in making disclosures of improper conduct within their respective organisations to the Integrity Commission (IC) or to a Prescribed Person. “It is important that you make the disclosure if it is that you want to maintain a very fair, a very open, transparent and a very ethical environment to work in,” Manager of...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, interacts with prospective HEART/NSTA Trust student, Michael Thomas, who is hearing-impaired, during the agency’s recruitment drive at Eltham Park Primary School in St. Catherine on January 28.