Since assuming his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) in February 2020, Charlton McFarlane has been on a mission to make the agency “Digitally Bold”. He tells JIS News that shortly after taking up the post, “The COVID-19 pandemic came and I realised that unless we transition to digital services and take a digital...

Students at Providence Heights Infant School in St James are arguably the youngest ‘recruits’ in the growing number of persons making an effort to protect the environment by properly disposing of plastic waste from their space. A Native American proverb, “We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children”, is the linchpin that is...

Leading the process of change is a passion for Maria Thompson Walters, who heads the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU). As such, it is no surprise that she puts her all into ensuring that the TIU achieves its mandate of implementing projects to achieve a modern public service that is efficient and effective and delivers high-quality services. She tells JIS News...

Jamaica's sport tourism industry took centre stage at the Sandals 27th Annual Baxter Canadian Golf Tournament, hosted in the scenic setting of the Sandals Golf Upton Estate Country Club in St. Ann, on October 27 and 28. The event, which featured top-level travel agents, advisors, tour operators and airline partners from Canada, proved to be a celebration of Jamaica's prowess...

Jamaicans are being advised to take extra precautions when it comes to lightning, as it can result in the loss of lives as well as destroy properties and livelihoods. Speaking with JIS News, Head of the Weather Branch at the Meteorological Service of Jamaica (Met Service), Rohan Brown, says that of all the meteorological hazards, lightening “is the least appreciated”,...

Immediate Past President of the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), O’Neil Grant, who was awarded the Order of Distinction, Officer Class (OD), on National Heroes Day (October 16), deems it an honour to be recognised by his country. Mr. Grant acknowledges that representing public-sector workers is no easy feat but contends that “it is never expected that such an honour...

For National Badge of Honour recipient Claudette Genas, the humanitarian she is today is as a result of the community she has around her and the type of mentorship she received during her upbringing. Hailing from the community of Roehampton in St. James, Mrs. Genas says she had a “supportive community”, particularly the church, which would go as far as...

The Bible verse ‘I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me’ not only holds the most significance for Beulett Carol Hunter but reflects the approach she has taken in more than four decades of working in Youth Development and Education. For her service, she was presented with the Badge of Honour for Meritorious Service for advancing Uniformed Youth...

One hundred and fifty-eight years ago, Baptist Deacon, Paul Bogle, led a march from Stony Gut to the Morant Bay courthouse in St. Thomas, to protest the living conditions of the people. Just before those events of October 11, 1865, the National Hero had taken on the more than 40km journey by foot from Stony Gut to Spanish Town to...