Thirty social workers from the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) are benefiting from training aimed at equipping them to provide psychosocial support to more than 6,500 at-risk children who are wards of the State. The training in clinical social work is a collaborative effort involving the CPFSA, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), and The Mico University College and...

Anchovy High School in St. James is assisting families of students affected financially by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), through a donation of $250,000 worth of food items from the institution’s Past Students’ Association. President of the Association, Albert Ferguson, handed over the food items to Principal, Lavern Stewart, at the school on June 2. Speaking with JIS News, Mr. Ferguson...

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday (June 2), approved the Fiscal Administration and Audit (Suspension of Fiscal Target Requirements) Order, 2020, to suspend Jamaica’s fiscal rules until March 2021 as a result of the economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said the fiscal rules were given the...

The Mines and Geology Division of the Ministry of Transport and Mining has collected $826.8 million in royalties, which is payable to the Government for all the country’s minerals and quarry materials sold or disposed of otherwise. Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, who made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate in the House...

As the Government scales up activities to bring more Jamaicans home within the next two weeks, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, is reminding persons that they need to apply for re-entry through the JamCOVID app. She said that once persons have applied, they will be sent an email advising them to complete...

The Ministries of Health and Wellness and Local Government and Community Development are working on plans for the effective management of shelters and the protection of the vulnerable population during the hurricane season. Among the objectives is to ensure that social distancing is maintained in order to prevent an outbreak of the coronavirus (COVD-19). “As we live with COVID-19 going...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, has disclosed that a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus will be converted into a mobile supermarket to serve elderly and disabled persons at their homes. Making his contribution to the 2020/2021 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 2, the Minister said the initiative is a partnership between Stocks...