Jamaica is on track to open its first National Shelter for victims of domestic abuse in August. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has informed that work has resumed on two of the three shelters that the Government is planning to open across the island. She was making her presentation in the 2020/2021 Sectoral Debate in...

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport will be implementing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the University of the West Indies Open Campus for the anti-sexual harassment training of managers and other workers in the public and private sectors. Research will also be conducted on Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence, says Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport,...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says $40 million has been approved by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service for a special support package for creative and athletic practitioners who have been adversely affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “This is good news for our sectors. The greatest assistance that we can provide to...

Day-care centres will be allowed to reopen for an initial two-week period, beginning Tuesday (July 21) as the Government continues to ease restrictions that were imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). This was announced by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, in a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 14)....

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, has called on member countries to maintain public health safeguards that have proven to be effective in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19), even while awaiting the development of a vaccine. She noted that since the onset of the pandemic, countries have put a number of measures in place to contain...

Residents in Yallahs, St. Thomas, and surrounding communities are to benefit from the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) walk-through/drive-through initiative on Thursday, July 16. Regional Director of the CPFSA, South East Region, Robert Williams, said that beginning at 10:00 a.m. a convoy of motor vehicles will travel through communities such as West Albion, Heartease, Springfield, and Friendship Pen...

More than 6,000 Jamaicans from vulnerable communities across the island have received birth certificates through the Operation Certification Programme, which began in 2017. The initiative is being implemented through a partnership between the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the Registrar General’s Department (RGD). Funded by the World Bank, the programme, which is now in its final stage, has spearheaded...