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Director of Corruption Prevention, Stakeholder Engagement and Anti-Corruption Strategy at the Integrity Commission, Ryan Evans (third right), met with the Executive Leadership Team of the Jamaica Information Service ( JIS) on Tuesday (November 8) as part of efforts to sensitise the Agency about the work of the Commission. The meeting was held at the Agency’s headquarters at 58A Half-Way Tree Road, St. Andrew. The JIS team members (from left) are Director of Human Resources, David Knight; Director of Research, Print and Production, Celia Lindsay; Manager of Finance, Glenford West; Acting Chief Executive Officer, Enthrose Campbell; Manager for Public Relations and Marketing, Andrea Braham; and Director of Corporate Services, Errol Gardner. The Integrity Commission is tasked with enforcing Jamaica’s anti-corruption laws. The entity is responsible for receiving, recording and examining all statutory declarations.

PHOTOS: JIS Leadership Sensitised About Work of Integrity Commission

Prime Minister, the Most Hon, Andrew Holness (left), engages with Straddle Carrier Operator, Samuel Black (centre) and Electrical Engineer, Cherrissa Allen, during the ribbon cutting for the new Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) straddle fleet, valued at more than US$20 million, at the container port on Thursday (November 3).

Jamaica’s Public-Private Partnership Policy Robust – PM

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, responds to questions posed by journalists during today’s (Nov. 2) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

Government Has Full Confidence in Dr. Tufton – Information Minister

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address during the official opening ceremony for the Yallahs Fire Station in St. Thomas on Wednesday (October 26).

Eight New Fire Stations to be Built on Jamaica’s South Coast

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan,
addresses Wednesday’s (October 26) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. — Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, addresses Wednesday’s (October 26) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

Government Commits to Improve Operations of HAJ

3 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

RGD Customers Feted

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) recently hosted an appreciation day to express gratitude to its customers for their continued business over the years. Despite Customer Appreciation Day being celebrated nationally in May, the RGD took the time to stage the event to recognise persons and organisations that have been utilising the agency’s services at its 10 locations islandwide. Customers received...

3 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Damage to Road Network by Tropical Storm Ian at $889 Million

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has said that the total cost resulting from damage to the road network by Tropical Storm Ian is $889 million. Speaking in the House of Representatives on November 1, the Prime Minister noted that the cost to reopen the affected works and improve the drivability is estimated at $359 million, and the cost...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), and Minister of Local Government and Rural Development (third right), officially open the new Yallahs Fire Station in St. Thomas on Wednesday (October 26). Joining them (from left) are Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; Member of Parliament, St. Thomas Western, James Robertson; Jamaica Fire Brigade Commissioner, Stewart Beckford; and Mayor of Morant Bay, Councillor Michael Hue.

3 years ago CommunityOffice of the Prime Minister

New Fire Station Opened in Yallahs, St. Thomas

Yallahs and surrounding districts in St. Thomas now have the benefit of a new fire station, which was built in the community at the cost of approximately $162.6 million. The facility was officially opened by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Wednesday (October 26). The two-storey building comprises office space, a small conference room, male and female dormitories,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a signing ceremony for a $163.5-million-dollar contract for phase three of the Fairfield to Point Road Rehabilitation Project in St. James, on Monday (October 24) at Jamaica House.

3 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Gov’t Taking Strategic Steps to Effecting Road Repairs Across Jamaica

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is taking strategic steps to undertake road repairs across Jamaica. “What your Government has been doing, above everything else and for which we cannot be, in any way, reasonably criticised, is… managing the economy, growing the economy, increasing our revenue collection [and] protecting our revenue, so that we have more...

3 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentOffice of the Prime MinisterTourism

$163.5-Million Contract Signed for Rehabilitation of Friendship to Hurlock Road

A $163.5-million contract has been signed for the rehabilitation of the 1.8-kilometre stretch of roadway from Friendship to Hurlock in St. James, under phase three of the Fairfield to Point road improvement project. The contract stems from a partnership between the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) and the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, through the Maintenance of Secondary Roads...

Chief Executive Officer of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Charlton McFarlane.

3 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Positive Feedback from PICA’s Access Jamaica Initiative

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) has received positive feedback from the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) Access Jamaica initiative in the United Kingdom (UK). The initiative, which offered services provided locally to persons in the Jamaican diaspora, was carried out in Birmingham and London from October 3 to 8. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the RGD, Charlton McFarlane, told...

Minister Without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (second right), makes a point to President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ), Allison Peart (right), during the Kenneth Chung Memorial Accounting Scholarship Award ceremony held on Friday (Oct. 21) at the ICAJ in Kingston. Looking on (from left) are: Past President, ICAJ and executor of the scholarship programme, Dennis Chung, and 2022 scholarship recipient, Delphina Hanson, who is a graduate student at the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM), University of the West Indies (UWI).

3 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Positive Actions Can Create Momentum of Change in Society – Minister Morgan

The positive actions of citizens can drive the momentum of change needed for the transformation of the Jamaican society, says Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan. “It is individuals acting in a positive way that causes change, and it is that continuance of positive actions that causes a momentum...