The Cabinet, yesterday (January 12), completed its three-day Retreat where issues related to the preparations for the 2018/19 Budget, national security and public sector wage negotiations were discussed. Budget The Cabinet discussed the present economic reform programme and examined plans and projections for the 2018/19 fiscal year to be tabled in the estimates of expenditure. Crime Prime Minister Andrew Holness...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is encouraging Jamaicans living in deep rural communities to explore using tanks and catchment facilities to store potable water for domestic use. “It is not economically viable for the NWC to provide an efficient service and to generate a surplus that could be adequately reinvested if we take on some of these remote [and hard-to-reach]...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is set to lead the Cabinet into a three-day Retreat beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, January 10. Prime Minister Holness and members of his Cabinet will discuss several important national matters including the ongoing public sector wage negotiations, issues of national security and safety, economic growth, as well as plans for the 2018/2019 Budget. The Retreat is scheduled...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is encouraging shoppers seeking redress to contact the agency with their receipts. Speaking with JIS News, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CAC, Dolsie Allen, said consumers should use their knowledge wisely and be vigilant when conducting any transaction, in the event that they will need to seek compensation. She added that the agency has...

The Real Estate Board will be offering training in terrorism-prevention reporting requirements in January as part of its Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme. It is one of two new mandatory CPD courses for real estate dealers and salesmen, and follows the recent passage of the Terrorism Prevention (Designated Reporting Entity) Real Estate Dealers Order Resolution, requiring practitioners to report financial...

Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, yesterday (December 26), signed the condolence book opened at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) in honour of the Agency’s late Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ian Boyne. The veteran journalist passed away on Monday, December 18 following a period of illness. Mrs. Holness said Mr. Boyne was the epitome and...

Merry Christmas! This is a time for family, and for us in Jamaica it’s also a time for friends, food and festivities. It is indeed the most wonderful time of the year. For many Jamaicans, Christmas is not merely a holiday; it is a holy and sacred celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, the saviour and redeemer of the...

A condolence book was opened today (December 21) for late veteran journalist and Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ian Boyne, at the agency’s headquarters located at 58a Half-Way Tree Road, Kingston. The book will be available for signing by members of the public from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm on weekdays. Mr. Boyne passed...

General Manager, Caribbean Country Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones, says the National Identification System (NIDS) will lay the foundation for Jamaica to become a digital economy. The digital economy is the worldwide network of economic activities, commercial transactions and professional interactions that are enabled by information and communications technology (ICT). The Government is emphasising the creation of a...