A Joint Select Committee of Parliament is to be re-convened no later than June, in an effort to have the Data Protection Bill approved in this financial year. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on May 17, Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, said that having gone through public consultations, the Committee will now look back at...

Approximately 160,000 additional jobs are expected to be created during the production stage of a newly patented nutraceutical being championed by the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST). The product, Zon Teasan, which was a plant researched through collaboration with the NCST, Northern Caribbean University and a number of other international tertiary institutions, will be launched on June 24...

The Youth and Adolescent Division in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, in partnership with the Safety and Security Unit, will train youth leaders across the island to be a part of the National Safety and Security Ambassadors Programme. This is part of the Ministry’s Safety and Security initiative to create safe zones in schools and their surrounding communities....

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, says the continued budgetary support provided to Jamaica is a signal of trust in the country’s economic progress. “Budget support is a particular modality that a country has to qualify for, and it is not granted to everybody because it has to be based on sound financial management,...

Executive Director of the Public Investment Management Secretariat (PIMSEC), Douglas Levermore, says that planning remains crucial in implementing sound public investment projects. He was speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ held today (April 17) at the agency’s Kingston head office. “At its core, a sound public investment project relies heavily on planning and preparation in order to be successful. Planning,...

Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), Dr. Angella Mattis, is reporting that the Bright Journey Medical Mission team has completed almost 200 cataract surgeries in the first week and a half of the mission. The 50-member team from China, comprising ophthalmologists, nurses, and technical support staff, which arrived in the island on March 27,...

The National Land Agency (NLA) has launched a queue management system and an Online Surveyor Search Request Service (OSSRS), which are aimed at enhancing customer service delivery. The queue management service, dubbed ‘Qme’ is in place at the Land Titles Division. It is aimed at reducing wait time, better enabling customers to plan their day. The service is being implemented...