The Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) kicked off phase two of its customer engagement programme with a sensitisation session, titled ‘In the Zone’, on Friday, March 10. The programme will feature several interactive educational sessions aimed at improving stakeholder engagement and heightening awareness about the efficient operation of special economic zones (SEZs) in Jamaica. Friday’s virtual session focused on...

When she’s not out in the field tending to her animals or in front of a classroom full of eager students, National Farm Queen for 2022, Sutanya Ellington, can be found advocating for the equitable advancement of women in agriculture. Since taking the coveted crown last summer at the Denbigh Agricultural Industrial Food Show, the Manchester native has built a...

Vice-Chairman of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), Dr. Lucien Jones, is asserting that greater integration of technology on the nation’s roads may assist in reducing speeding, preventing accidents and deaths. He says this includes the installation of cameras which will detect speeding, enforce speed limits, and reduce traffic collisions and injuries. Speaking with JIS News, Dr. Jones notes that...

Vice-Chairman of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), Dr. Lucien Jones, is asserting that greater integration of technology on the nation’s roads may assist in reducing speeding, preventing accidents and deaths. He says this includes the installation of cameras which will detect speeding, enforce speed limits, and reduce traffic collisions and injuries. Speaking with JIS News, Dr. Jones notes that...

Eighteen-year-old Alexcia Grant of Brown’s Town in St Ann, has always had a love affair with art. Her mother discovered her talent at just two years old, when the toddler drew a picture of them going to the supermarket, and Alexcia has not stopped drawing since, with her work adorning every corner of the family home. While she had raw...

One familiar face at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is that of 15-year-old Carl Blake, who is receiving free lifesaving treatment. Accompanied by his mother, Elizabeth Nembhard, the youngster journeys to the facility three times weekly for dialysis care, an expensive treatment that filters the blood and removes unwanted waste when the kidneys fail. Carl gets the...

Proud father Dwayne Colquhoun, who is among the first to benefit from the Government’s paternity leave provision, is encouraging more dads to take advantage of the opportunity to bond with their newborns while offering support to the mother. “As the child’s father, you want to experience the different stages of their development… the first coo, laugh, the changes in how...

Polo has been identified as a catalyst that can potentially drive Jamaica’s quest to tap into the multibillion-dollar high-end global tourism sports market. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says to fully capitalise on the opportunities available in sports tourism, his Ministry, through the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), has been working alongside Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia...

The dining experience for persons transiting Jamaica’s biggest tourist gateway, the Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay, is being touted to become an unforgettable one with the pending opening of the world’s first Bob Marley-branded restaurant, dubbed ‘Bob Marley – One Love’. An elated Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, tells JIS News that travellers globally have been awaiting the...