Copyright and Related Rights Manager at the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Vivian Rose, is urging Creatives across Jamaica to improve their understanding of copyright and related rights to protect their valuable intellectual creations. During a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, he advised that while copyright protection is automatic upon the creation of a work, knowledge is the...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) is promoting cybersecurity practices that safeguard users from online threats. To date, the agency has not experienced any significant digital breaches. In a recent virtual cybersecurity session hosted by the agency, keynote speaker, Director of Cyber Security, Symptai Consulting Limited, Rory Ebanks, credited this achievement to the agency’s ongoing security sessions to maintain this record...

Consumers are being assured that there will be an adequate supply of chicken meat for the upcoming Christmas season. This, according to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, who says the poultry sub-sector is rebounding from the fallout experienced in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl’s passage, just south of Jamaica on July 3. He advised that the...

The Senate, on Friday (October 25), approved a motion to formulate the Elderly Care and Protection Act, to safeguard Jamaica’s senior citizens. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, advised that during the next sitting of the Upper House, he will propose the appointment of a Special Select Committee to consider the motion. The committee will...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has explained how ‘family life’ is accommodated in the island’s correctional facilities. The DCS has developed programmes that seek to mirror activities done normally in society, to aid the rehabilitation process of inmates. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Head of the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, Superintendent Ivan Randall, indicated that family...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is now ramping up activities to repair sections of the North Coast Highway in Hanover; through the Relief Emergency Assistance and Community Help (REACH) programme. These repairs will be carried out over the course of the next two weeks. Community Relations Officer for the NWA’s Western Region, Janel Ricketts, says that the project is valued...

Chief Fiscal Economist in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Terron Francis, says the Government is holding talks with the World Bank regarding the development of another disaster risk financing instrument for Jamaica. This, he points out, is to aid in mitigating the impact of natural disasters on the national budget. “We are currently in discussion with the...