The Cabinet, yesterday (January 12), completed its three-day Retreat where issues related to the preparations for the 2018/19 Budget, national security and public sector wage negotiations were discussed. Budget The...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has launched its National Disaster Risk Management Volunteer Programme, designed to strengthen community and parish-level stakeholder response to catastrophes. The initiative...

A 15-million gallon water treatment facility is to be constructed on the Rio Cobre at Content, near Dam Head, in St. Catherine, under a private/public partnership (PPP), involving the National...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is encouraging Jamaicans living in deep rural communities to explore using tanks and catchment facilities to store potable water for domestic use. “It is not...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is set to lead the Cabinet into a three-day Retreat beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, January 10. Prime Minister Holness and members of his Cabinet will discuss several...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is encouraging shoppers seeking redress to contact the agency with their receipts. Speaking with JIS News, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CAC, Dolsie Allen,...

The Real Estate Board will be offering training in terrorism-prevention reporting requirements in January as part of its Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme. It is one of two new mandatory...

Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, yesterday (December 26), signed the condolence book opened at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) in honour of the Agency’s late...