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Dr. Pauline Russell-Brown of PEY and Associates shares research findings of a study on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. The findings were presented at the National Health Research Conference in November 2017.

Children, Adolescents and Youth Need Information to Guide Their Decisions

Children, adolescents and youth need a continuum of age-appropriate information on health, well-being, gender, relationships, sexuality and reproductive health to guide their decisions going into adulthood. This is one of the findings of research conducted on adolescent sexual and reproductive...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), shares in conversation with Project Director, Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), Elsa Marks-Willis (left); and Public Assistance Director at the Ministry, Fancie Adman (centre). Occasion was the recent launch of the Ministry’s ‘School Days Count’ initiative in Port Maria, St. Mary.

Educators Endorse ‘School Days Count’ Initiative

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green.

Gov’t Looking to Raise Profile of Jamaica Day

Aviation Safety Inspector of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Jerome A. Davis, addresses the Jamaica Film Commission’s Open Day at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, Western Jamaica Campus in Montego Bay on Thursday, February 22.

JCAA Advises Drone Users to Apply for Permits

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe (left), explains aspects of the Culture Passport to students of the Munro College, who visited the Ministry’s booth during Jamaica Day activities at the St. Elizabeth-based institution on Friday (February 23).

25,000 Culture Passports Being Distributed to Schools

8 years ago Budget 2018/2019Foreign Affairs

Gov’t to Spend $12 Billion on Road Infrastructure Works

The Government will be spending $12 billion to improve road infrastructure across the island in the upcoming fiscal year under the Major Infrastructure for Development Programme (MIDP). The funds have been provided in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Among the projects is the widening of Hagley Park Road in Kingston to four lanes. Improvements...

8 years ago Budget 2018/2019Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentWorks / Construction

Work to Continue on Shore Project

Work will continue on the Palisadoes Shore and Road Project in the next fiscal year, with additional budgetary support of $5 million. The money has been set aside in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure and will be used to undertake the continued monitoring of mangroves under the environmental sub-project. The overall project aims to protect the integrity and viability of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

PM Holness Attends CARICOM Inter-sessional in Haiti

Prime Minister Andrew Holness left the island this morning to attend the 29th Inter-sessional meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Port-au-Prince Haiti. Prime Minister Holness will lead Jamaica’s position on several matters key to regional integration including the full implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), Disaster Management, Climate Change...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.

8 years ago JusticeSenate

Justices of the Peace Bill Passed in the Senate

Stricter rules are coming for how the country’s Justices of the Peace (JPs) operate, following the passage of the Justices of the Peace Act, 2018 in the Upper House on Friday (February 23). The Bill, which was passed with five amendments, is aimed at strengthening the regime governing the functions of JPs. It provides for codifying the selection, appointment, discipline,...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), accepts the 2017 Caribbean Tourism Minister of the Year award from Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of Caribbean Journal, Alexander Britell (left), and Vice President and Managing Editor of the Journal, Guy Britton, at a reception held at the Terra Nova Hotel, in St. Andrew on February 24.

8 years ago Tourism

Jamaica Records Increased Visitor Arrivals for the First Two Months of 2018

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett is reporting that Jamaica recorded increased visitor arrivals to the island, for the first two months of the year. “We ended January at 12 per cent over last year, and February is still going ahead of last year,” the Minister said, while speaking at a cocktail reception held at the Terra Nova Hotel on...

Peak hour traffic in the corporate area.

8 years ago National Security and PeaceTransport

Police to Maintain Presence Along Major Thoroughfares

Commanding Officer of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Traffic and Highway Division, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Calvin Allen says that his team will be maintaining a presence along major thoroughfares in the corporate area, in order to ease the flow of traffic. SSP Allen told a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew North that the division...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left) interacts with students at the Denham Town Primary School in West Kingston during their Jamaica Day celebrations on February 23.

8 years ago Education

Jamaica Day Still Relevant

As the nation celebrated the 16th staging of Jamaica Day, at least one West Kingston educator believes in its continued relevance as a source of reinforcing the country’s heritage for future generations. Principal of the Denham Town Primary School, Eugenie Brown believes the day’s significance, as well as its accompanying activities must be celebrated continuously. “We want the children coming...