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Chief Technical Director in the Office of the Prime Minister, Jacqueline Lynch-Stewart, addresses the National Identification System (NIDS) Town Hall Meeting, held at the University of the West Indies, Mona, recently.
Chief Technical Director in the Office of the Prime Minister, Jacqueline Lynch-Stewart, addresses the National Identification System (NIDS) Town Hall Meeting, held at the University of the West Indies, Mona, recently.

Persons Doing Business in Jamaica Will Be Required to Register with NIDS

Members of the diaspora and non-Jamaicans who wish to do business in the country for six months or more, will be required to register under the new National Identification System (NIDS). According to Chief Technical Director in the Office of...
Programme Director for the National Identification System (NIDS), Warren Vernon, responds to a question at a NIDS town hall meeting held recently at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. Project Director, Office of the Prime Minister, Denzil Plummer; and Chief Technical Director, Jacqueline Lynch-Stewart, also addressed the session.
Programme Director for the National Identification System (NIDS), Warren Vernon, responds to a question at a NIDS town hall meeting held recently at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. Project Director, Office of the Prime Minister, Denzil Plummer; and Chief Technical Director, Jacqueline Lynch-Stewart, also addressed the session.

NIDS to Make Doing Business Easier
Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry. (FILE)
Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry. (FILE)

Clarendon Municipal Corporation Launches Second Youth in Business Project
Chief Technical Director in the Office of the Prime Minister, Jacqueline Lynch-Stewart, addresses a National Identification System (NIDS) town hall meeting at the University of the West Indies, Mona, on Tuesday (January 30).
Chief Technical Director in the Office of the Prime Minister, Jacqueline Lynch-Stewart, addresses a National Identification System (NIDS) town hall meeting at the University of the West Indies, Mona, on Tuesday (January 30).

NIDS Will Address Problems of Undocumented Youth
Commissioner of Corrections, Ina Hunter, addresses a town hall meeting in Portland Cottage, Clarendon, recently as a part of the agency’s social intervention in the area.
Commissioner of Corrections, Ina Hunter, addresses a town hall meeting in Portland Cottage, Clarendon, recently as a part of the agency’s social intervention in the area.

Probation Aftercare Services Carries Out Intervention in Portland Cottage

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National SecurityOffice of the Prime Minister

Government Committed to Dismantling the Ecosystem of Crime – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reassured stakeholders of the Government’s commitment to restoring public safety and the rule of law order while dismantling the ecosystem of crime in the parish of St. James and the wider Jamaica. The Prime Minister, who yesterday (Saturday, January 28) visited the parish now under a State of Public Emergency, met with stakeholders to get...
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President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.
Office of the Prime MinisterWater

NWC Tackles Water Loss in Rural Parishes

The National Water Commission (NWC) will be placing increased focus on rural parishes as it intensifies activities to reduce non-revenue water (NRW) loss. “We are looking at other areas where the NRW is significantly greater than Kingston,” said President of the Commission, Mark Barnett, at a recent JIS Think Tank. “In Kingston, it’s about 60 per cent. Clarendon and St....
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Director General at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry.
Office of the Prime MinisterVision 2030

2018 Extended Migration Profile Launched

The Government has launched the 2018 Extended Migration Profile of Jamaica, which can be used to inform policy development and planning. This is Jamaica’s second publication of a migration profile, which is essentially a pertinent body of research that will allow for the monitoring and evaluation of migration and development policy, and the socio-economic impact on Jamaica. It was launched...
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Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Omar Sweeney. (FILE)
Office of the Prime Minister

JSIF Urges Increased Partnership with Service Clubs

Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director, Omar Sweeney, is encouraging more service clubs to support community development projects such as those being implemented by the agency. He said their input in this regard is important to JSIF’s work, noting that “everything that we have done has come through partnerships”. “Those partnerships include government agencies and ministries, the private sector,...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point during a meeting with trade union leaders representing public sector workers at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston on January 17.
Office of the Prime Minister

Creative Solutions Can Be Brought into the Mix – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he appreciates and acknowledges the sacrifice public sector workers have made and is asking for consideration and understanding. The Prime Minister called a special meeting this morning (January 17) with union representatives to discuss the ongoing wage negotiations. The meeting was held at the Banquet Hall, Jamaica House. Mr Holness said the meeting is in...
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Jamaica Social Investment Fund Managing Director, Omar Sweeney, addresses the Kiwanis Club of Barbican’s third anniversary meeting at the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission’s offices on Hagley Park Road in Kingston on Tuesday (January 16).
Office of the Prime Minister

JSIF ISO Certification Upgraded

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF’s) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) environmental management certification has been upgraded from ISO 14001:2004 to ISO 14001:2015. This was disclosed by JSIF’s Managing Director, Omar Sweeney, who said this will, among other things, allow the entity and, by extension, Jamaica to access increased financing from international funding partners to undertake projects designed to safeguard...
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A section of the Mona Reservoir in Kingston.
Office of the Prime Minister

NWC to Embark on Renewable Energy Pilot

To modernise operations of the National Water Commission (NWC), the entity is seeking to install a five-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic system at the Mona Reservoir in Kingston. This was noted by President of the NWC, Mark Barnett, at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on January 11. The President said the move is aimed at improving the economic viability and...
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