The Government has tabled the Second Supplementary Estimates, which show that the Administration is proposing to spend an additional $7.966 billion for this fiscal year. The document was tabled in the House on January 21 by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. The Estimates reveal that the Budget has been increased from $851.104 billion...

Hundreds of Jamaicans, including leaders of Government, its agencies and the private sector, joined hands for the 40th consecutive year and prayed for the upliftment of the nation, at the annual National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB), held on Thursday (January 16), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, in New Kingston. It was also a time for reverence and to call on...

The Government is taking steps to craft legislation to impose harsher sanctions for the owners of dogs that attack, injure and or cause the death of a person. This follows Cabinet’s approval for a proposed reform to the Dogs (Liability of Injuries By) Act, by repealing and replacing it with a new law that will provide for criminal and civil...

Cabinet will be holding a three-day retreat from Thursday, January 16 to Saturday, January 18 as the Government continues to prepare for the 2020/21 Budget. Minister with oversight for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, made the disclosure during today’s (January 15) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He said Cabinet Ministers will discuss the various programmes and plans...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has condemned the recent acts of violence against women. “I join with my fellow Jamaicans to express outrage that there are misguided persons who believe that the lives of our women can be arbitrarily snatched away just like that,” she said. “These killings re-enforce the need for more sensitisation on...

The Legal Aid Council is reminding parents and guardians that no child should go before the court without legal representation, including children deemed uncontrollable. “Although a child being uncontrollable is not a criminal offence, we provide a lawyer to intervene, because if a child comes before the court as uncontrollable, a judge may send that child to a juvenile correctional...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has ratified the conferment of the Keys to the City of Kingston on Miss World 2019, Toni-Ann Singh. The resolution was passed at today’s (January 14) meeting of the Corporation in downtown Kingston. Miss Singh was presented with the keys during a cultural tribute, held in her honour at Emancipation Park in...