Four health facilities will benefit from the proceeds of the Jamaica Civil Service Association’s (JSCA) Centenary Charity Grand Prix 5K Run/Walk. The four-stage series forms part of the events marking 100 years of service by the public-sector union. The beneficiaries are the St. Ann’s Bay Health Department in the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA); Whitehouse Health Centre in the...

Residents of Steer Town in St. Ann benefited from free legal services, consultation and information, which were provided by several government agencies during a Justice Fair hosted in the community by the Legal Aid Council on March 22. Council representatives say the fair formed a crucial part of the entity’s social-intervention strategies for volatile communities, through the provision of vital...

President and Founder of Elliot Farmers Community Enterprise in St. Mary, Marvalee Tomlinson Russell, is on a mission to transform and empower unemployed women living in the Parish, through training in greenhouse farming. Mrs. Tomlinson Russell, believes agriculture is one of the best solutions for women living in rural areas to achieve independence. “We started this initiative to help women....

Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Douglas Saunders, is optimistic about the outcomes anticipated under the Public Sector Transformation Programme (PSTP), now underway. Ambassador Saunders, who is Head of the Civil Service, believes the attendant engagements being embarked on by the Administration, through the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), will yield significant and tangible results that should redound to Jamaica’s benefit over the medium...

Director of the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Kenute Hare, says the new Road Safety Act better empowers the Island Traffic Authority in ensuring safety on the roadways in order to reduce injuries and deaths from crashes. He tells JIS News that the Authority will be able to suspend the driver’s licence of persons for...

Several business leaders are of the view that Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, acquitted himself well in his maiden presentations in the just concluded 2019/20 Budget Debate. The Minister delivered the opening and closing presentations in the two-week long Debate in the House of Representatives, from March 7 to 20, during which he outlined...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has collaborated with the University Of Technology Jamaica (UTech) on an initiative to guide households in selecting healthier food options. The dietary advice that was piloted in 2015 with the CAC and UTech’s College of Health Sciences, is incorporated into the Agency’s existing website enquiry tool. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank recently, Director of...

The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) is seeking to boost the local cosmetics industry, by capitalising on potential investment opportunities and leading trade missions to existing and potential overseas markets. Sales and Promotions Manager for Manufacturing, Energy and Mining at JAMPRO, Berletta Henlon- Forrester tells JIS News that studies undertaken by the Agency, show that the cosmetics industry is a lucrative...

Internationally, March 22 is celebrated as ‘World Water Day’, and this year the Government will begin to upgrade a water supply system in Font Hill, St. Thomas, to commemorate the day. The theme for World Water Day 2019 is ‘Leaving No One Behind’, and the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, through the National Water Commission (NWC) and the...