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Acting Director of the Restorative Justice Unit, Ministry of Justice, Roydon Hall, outlines Restorative Justice Week activities at a recent JIS Think Tank.
Acting Director of the Restorative Justice Unit, Ministry of Justice, Roydon Hall, outlines Restorative Justice Week activities at a recent JIS Think Tank.

Churches Encouraged to Promote Restorative Justice

Manager of the Kingston Restorative Justice Centre, Roydon Hall, is appealing to churches to promote restorative justice. “Nationally, I am appealing to the church to promote restorative justice, because we are taking the same messages of the church islandwide,” Mr....
We Transform programme director in the Ministry of Justice, Ella Ghartey
We Transform programme director in the Ministry of Justice, Ella Ghartey

More Research Into Youth and Crime Urged
Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (2nd left), engages with ((from left): new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sancia Bennett Templer; Executive Director of the National Integrity Action (NIA), Professor Trevor Munroe; and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Grace-Ann Stewart McFarlane, at the quarterly press briefing held at the Ministry
Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (2nd left), engages with ((from left): new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sancia Bennett Templer; Executive Director of the National Integrity Action (NIA), Professor Trevor Munroe; and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Grace-Ann Stewart McFarlane, at the quarterly press briefing held at the Ministry's Constant Spring Road headquarters on Friday (February 15).

Justice Ministry and NIA Enter New Phase of Partnership
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), shares in the presentation of a cheque valued at approximately $10 million (US$85,094.00) for the renovation of the Western Hospitality Institute in Negril. Others from (second left) are Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki; Chairman, Western Hospitality Institute, Dr. Cecil Cornwall; Representative, Joint Committee of Tertiary Education, Yvonne Clarke; and Principal, Western Hospitality Institute, Jahraski Young. The presentation ceremony was held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Wednesday (February 13).
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), shares in the presentation of a cheque valued at approximately $10 million (US$85,094.00) for the renovation of the Western Hospitality Institute in Negril. Others from (second left) are Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki; Chairman, Western Hospitality Institute, Dr. Cecil Cornwall; Representative, Joint Committee of Tertiary Education, Yvonne Clarke; and Principal, Western Hospitality Institute, Jahraski Young. The presentation ceremony was held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Wednesday (February 13).

Japan Provides $10-Million Grant to Western Hospitality Institute
Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen. (FILE)
Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen. (FILE)

Government to Leverage New Opportunities in Partner Countries to Support Trade

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Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public ServiceHealth & Wellness

Project to Reduce HIV Prevalence Among At-Risk Groups Gets $638 Million

A sum of $638 million has been set aside in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure for the HIV Prevalence in Most-at-Risk Population Reduced Project. The funds will go towards increasing safer sex practices; strengthening care, counselling and treatment services; and addressing stigma and discrimination among vulnerable and high-risk groups, including men who have sex with men (MSM) and female sex...
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Budget 2019/2020Transport

$500,000 Allocated for Transport Repository

The Government has set aside $500,000 to develop a national repository in the Ministry of Transport and Mining. The trifold repository will comprise the Transport Statistics Database, Transport Research Databank, and the Geographic Information System (GIS) database. Funding for the undertaking has been made available in the 2019/2020 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives on...
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Health & Wellness

$869 Million Allocated to Programme to Reduce Child Mortality

The Government has set aside $869 million in the 2019/2020 Budget for the improvement of health facilities to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health. This is outlined in the Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Under the Programme for Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), funded by the Government and the European Union (EU), High...
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Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point while providing an update on the Government’s Public Sector Transformation Project, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston recently.
Finance & Public Service

27 Trained Under Public Sector Transformation Project

Twenty-seven personnel have already been trained under a programme of upskilling, which forms part of the Public Sector Transformation Project (PSTP). The training, organised by the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), targeted officers in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), and Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said...
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Orthopaedic Surgeon at the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital, Dr. Cary Fletcher, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (February 12).
Health & WellnessTransport

Surgeon Highlights Need for Bikers to Wear Lower-Limb Protective Gear

Orthopaedic surgeon at the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital, Dr. Cary Fletcher, is highlighting the need for motorbike riders and pillion passengers to wear lower-limb protective gear. Some common protective equipment, worn by competitive and recreational bikers, include specially made pants with built-in kneecap protectors, boots to safeguard the legs, knee braces and guards, armoured shorts and pants, among others....
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Budget 2019/2020Environment

Government Commits to Maintaining Stable Macroeconomic Environment

The Government remains committed to ongoing policy and programme implementation, aimed at maintaining Jamaica’s stable macroeconomic environment, thereby facilitating the requisite growth for sustainable and inclusive development. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, says the indicators of several measures initiated have, to date, spurred vibrancy in the economy and optimism among key stakeholders. He was delivering the...
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Budget 2019/2020Housing

Gov’t to Improve Access to Homeownership

More contributors of the National Housing Trust (NHT) are to benefit from measures by the Government to increase access to homeownership. This was disclosed by Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, while delivering the Throne Speech to open the new session of Parliament in Gordon House on Thursday (February 14) under the theme ‘In Partnership towards the...
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