Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Daryl Vaz, has announced the Enterprise Team that will lead the Bernard Lodge Master Plan. Minister Vaz named the team during the Post Cabinet Press Briefing on Wednesday, December 5, at Jamaica House. Members are: Mr Joseph Shoucair, (Chairman) Attorney- at- Law and Chairman of SCJ Holdings Limited;...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has directed the Petrojam Board to seek legal advice and prepare to recover funds that were possibly misused at the oil company. The directive came as the Prime Minister yesterday (December 10) outlined decisive action arising from the Auditor General (AG) report into Petrojam which was tabled in Parliament last Tuesday, December 4. Speaking at the...

Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes, says that Commonwealth judges are helping in the development of the Caribbean Courts, through facilitating the training of regional judiciaries. Speaking at the launch of the Judicial Conduct and Ethics ‘Train the Trainer’ workshop, held recently at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters, the Chief Justice said the training not only focused on...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says digitising the public sector will allow for more modern and efficient systems. “What we have dubbed e-government transformational work, in tandem with enhanced human resource capacity, will serve to create a digital government as we transition to a digital society,” he said. Dr. Chang, who represented Prime Minister, the Most Hon....

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Government remains committed to protecting the human rights of Jamaican citizens. “Jamaica’s commitment to human rights promotion and protection has not waned. Currently, we are State party to seven of the nine core international human rights treaties,” she said. The Minister’s remarks came in a...

Retired Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Novelette Grant, says there is a link between domestic violence and crime in Jamaica. “As a country, we need to recognise that domestic violence is the underbelly of general crime and violence, especially gang violence in Jamaica. We are not making that link,” she said. Ms. Grant was speaking at a recent public forum,...

Executive Director of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Stephen Wedderburn, is calling on suppliers of pesticides to comply with the regulations governing proper labelling, to prevent poisoning from improper use and handling of these chemicals. Mr. Wedderburn, who was speaking at the recent Pesticides Control Authority (PCA) annual awards dinner at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston, said...