The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is appealing to residents in gated communities to facilitate interviewers when they come to conduct the 2021 Reproductive Health Survey (RHS). The survey is being conducted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) on behalf of the NFPB. “I would like to appeal, especially to persons within gated communities, to facilitate our interviewers. We...

The Jamaica Customs Agency has embarked on the second phase of its Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Programme with the recent launch of the exporter component of the programme. The AEO Programme is a supply chain security programme that deals with implementing security measures along the supply chain in international trade, with a focus on containerised shipments in particular. The programme...

Family and friends of victims of crime are being encouraged to help the healing process by providing support. In addition to the physical effects of crime, which can permanently change the way a person lives, in some cases the psychological trauma can be equally or even more damaging. Understanding what victims go through after an incident is one of the...

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service has announced that the Financial Services Commission (FSC} will now have a new board member, with the appointment of Langston Sibblies. Mr. Sibblies, QC, is the former Deputy Managing Director and General Counsel of the Cayman Island Monetary Authority (CIMA) and has been an attorney-at-law for more than 40 years. He has...

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service has announced that former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), John Robinson, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC). Mr. Robinson is a career economist and banker with experience in the financial sector spanning more than three decades, 36 of which were spent at...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 837 72,824 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 479 41,293 Males 358 31,528 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 25 days to 99 years 1 day to 108 years         PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 45 3,722 Hanover 42 2,428 Kingston & St. Andrew 126 18,419 Manchester...

The Victim Services Division says victim blaming can affect the wider society by crippling a victim’s ability to report a crime. Victim blaming involves holding the victim of a crime completely or partially at fault for the wrongdoing of the offender. Programme Manager at the Victim Services Division, Dionne Dawn Binns, speaking in a recent interview with JIS News, said...