The Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) will host a four-day workshop on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Emergency Preparedness and Response at the Tropics View Hotel, Hatfield, in Mandeville, Manchester, beginning on Tuesday, September 17. More than 50 stakeholders drawn from various community-based organisations, non-governmental organisations and ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) are expected to attend the event. A similar event,...

Proper private arrangements are to be made with reputable service providers for the disposal of commercial garbage. This was stated by Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby. during the recent meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), held in the Marcus Garvey Council Chamber, downtown Kingston. “While the KSAMC is in support of businesses and their importance...

Sixty first responders from various entities benefited from a four-day workshop aimed at addressing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in emergency situations. The workshop, which ended on Friday (September 13), was organised by the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean....

The Government is putting in place a robust health system that can effectively respond to emerging and re-emerging infectious health threats, says Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. He noted that infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and Mpox can put significant pressure on the public health sector. “With the new and re-emerging infectious diseases and the...

At the recently concluded Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) Business Conference, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Y Smart Data introduced its curated address database for the island of Jamaica, highlighting the benefits for the insurance industry. In a presentation titled "Mapping the Future: Harnessing Location Intelligence for the Insurance Industry," Y Smart Data’s CEO, Ray – St....

Coffee farmers in the Buff Bay Valley area of Portland have received fertilisers and herbicides from the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) to assist in Hurricane Beryl recovery efforts. Approximately 200 bags of herbicides and the first 150 of 220 bags of fertilisers were handed over on Wednesday (September 11) at the Church of God of Prophecy in Bangor...

Fifty-six Attorneys-at-law, legal aid and justice service providers from the Ministry of Justice, on Thursday (September 12) graduated from a six-week training course in Jamaican Sign Language and Deaf Culture. The ceremony, which was held at Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester, was for the first level in a customised sign language course developed by the Jamaica Association for the...