JIS News

Firearms amnesty to begin this weekend; Kingston Public Hospital to be overhauled; and Govt to increase annual allocation for constituency beautification.

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Tropical Storm Ian causes 889 million dollars in road damage; Funds earmarked for rural and secondary road repairs island-wide; Country in the midst of the flu season.

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Murders down in areas targeted under Operation Relentless II, Business confidence high among private sector and Parliamentarian calls for Mandatory Traffic School for reckless drivers.

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Jamaica’s transition to a Republic expected to take time, DBJ Patent Grant facility now available for inventors and entrepreneurs and Construction to begin soon on Balaclava Fire Station in St. Elizabeth.

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Flash flooding likely in low-lying areas of eastern and south central parishes, EXIM Bank launches new loan facility for MSMEs, and Education Ministry revamping process for establishing school boards.

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Eight new fire stations to be built along South coast, Children under 12 now accessing free medical care at University Hospital of the West Indies and Tropical Storm watch still in effect for the island

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Farmers urged to increase focus on improving soil nutrition, Finance Minister welcomes return of British International Investment in the region and more than 500 fires reported last year in St. Elizabeth.

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Government and Public Sector unions close to finalizing agreement on compensation restructure, Manufacturing sector to be expanded, and New Care Facility for National HIV Programme

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Constitutional Reform Agenda far advanced, BOJ working to increase take up of Central Bank Digital Currency, JAM-DEX and parents urged to install fire safeguards at home.

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Jamaica gets first batch of Monkeypox vaccines, New fire station opens in Yallahs, St. Thomas, and Agriculture Minister commends Food and Agriculture Organization for support of agri-sector.

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Jamaica and the United Kingdom to strengthen bilateral relations, local farmers to receive technical support under FAO initiative; and BPO Sector on upward Growth Trajectory.

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North Clarendon residents receiving improved water supplies; lands earmarked for first STEAM Academy and Sport added to growing areas of cooperation between Jamaica and the Republic of Chile.

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Government welcomes multi-million-dollar investment by Huawei; Phased upgrades planned for Greenwich Town Sewage Site; and agencies under the Ministry of Industry Investment and Commerce to be repurposed.

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Fairfield to Point road thoroughfare in St. James to be repaired, Agriculture Ministry to promote Grow Smart, Eat Smart initiatives in schools and Jamaica Fire Brigade improving service delivery to persons with disabilities.

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Jamaica and Cuba to extend medical partnership, Tourism Ministry launches database of certified professionals and EPOC expects first supplementary estimates in December.

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