Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says increased management will be given to the island’s more than 300 protected areas. Making his contribution to the 2021/2022 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 4, he outlined that a new Protected Areas Policy for Jamaica will shortly replace the 1997 policy, to...

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) disposed of more than 1,200 cases across the various circuit and gun courts islandwide during the last fiscal year. This was disclosed by Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, who said this adds to the Office’s “excellent track record of delivering effective and just prosecutions in criminal proceedings”. “Over the past...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, wants to see the expungement of the criminal records of more ex-offenders who have long given up on a life of crime and are now upstanding citizens. Expungement involves the formal removal of a conviction from an individual’s criminal/police record after a specific period of time has elapsed and after certain requirements have been...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says the National Spatial Data Management Branch (NSDMB) has provided critical support in the fight against COVID-19, through the use of geospatial technologies. “The Branch assisted in developing a Jamaica COVID-19 dashboard in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness, mapping COVID-19 cases across the island....

Jamaica’s commitment to the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), which  specifies climate actions, policies, and measures that governments commit to implementing in response to climate change, has increased by more than 60 per cent, when compared to the first one. This announcement was made by the Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., during his...

The Government is continuing to provide nutritional support for students who are on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), even with the closure of schools due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, said that Cabinet has given approval for the advance of $752.9 million from the 2021/2022 approved estimates...

The Government is working to revise and modernise several pieces of legislation during the 2021/22 fiscal year. This was disclosed by Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, during his contribution to the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 4. “I am working assiduously on these legislation and all the Ministries are being contacted almost on a...