JIS Midday News February 8, 2023
Manually Written Traffic Tickets to be phased out by end of year, Met Service improving forecasting ability with technology, and TEF seeking booth holders for coffee festival.
Manually Written Traffic Tickets to be phased out by end of year, Met Service improving forecasting ability with technology, and TEF seeking booth holders for coffee festival.
Child Restraint Law being relaxed for PPV operators, NHF to increase spending on preventative care programmes and Downtown Kingston Cultural District Project to be Expanded
Grade 4 PEP results to be made available online, Restorative Justice Week launched, and Downtown Kingston Cultural District Project to be expanded.
New Road Traffic Act and Regulations to be Amended, Sierra Leone Opens First Consular office in Jamaica, and NHF partnering with Jamaica Cancer Society to offer free prostate screenings.
Minister of Education and Youth condemns Killing of 9-year-old student, NEPM Reports Zero Backlog in Garbage Collection, and Island Traffic Authority Now a Statutory Body.
Prime Minister commits to supporting redevelopment of Haiti, ZOSO’s extended for 60 days in 7 communities; and Transport Ministry tackling illegal sale of driver’s licenses.
New Road Traffic Act Takes Effect Today, Third Supplementary Estimates Tabled; and Plans in place to resolve animal neglect issue at UC Rusal facility.
Child friendly Centre in Portland offering support to young victims, Jamaica to be represented at Regional Water Dialogues in Chile and Voting extended for Global Jamaica Diaspora Council and Youth Council Elections.
New five-year development programme launched for Jamaica; Cari-Med Group to recruit Bernard Lodge residents for New Distribution Centre; and Churches encouraged to help expand Jamaica’s Reggae Gospel industry.
BOJ preparing operations systems to adopt new Twin Peaks regulatory model, National Diaspora Policy to be rolled out in new fiscal year; and 59 units completed under Indigent housing Programme.
Prime Minister calls for patience with the work on Southern Highway Improvement Project; Island Traffic Authority ramping up driver education programmes; and Education Ministry providing PEP support to schools.
PM says economic rebound is reason for future optimism, SERHA ICT and other services impacted by Cyberattack and Ministry of Education and Youth Condemns Teacher’s Death Threats against Student.
Multibillion-Dollar Shipyard Project Launched, Constitutional Reform Amendments To Be Transparent; and RADA adds livestock officers to extension services.
Health Ministry to update secondary care model for health facilities, Judiciary addressing traffic ticket concerns; and RADA Announces project to improve livestock production.
Prime Minister instructs Ministers to disclose relationships between Government organizations and SSL; Government seeking to increase mandatory minimum sentences for murder; and RADA offers online training for farmers.
Government to implement a unified financial sector regulator, Work Underway on Hopewell Police Station and RADA to acquire sprayer drones.