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Students of Central Branch All Age School, Kerri Ann McLeod (right) and Abeygail Scarlette (left), reading pamphlets distributed by the Child Development Agency (CDA) during its Child Protection Sensitization Walk on May 1 in Torrington Park and its environs in Kingston.

CDA Intensifies Community Intervention Programme

The Child Development Agency (CDA) has intensified its Community Intervention Programme, in its resolve to safeguard the nation’s children. On May 1, the start of Child Month, the agency staged its Child Protection Sensitization Walk in Torrington Park and its...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks, outlines assistance provided to members in an interview with JIS News.

JCPD Disburses $7 Million to Assist Members

Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith (2nd right); and Chief Financial Officer of Cabletron Network Systems Limited, Richard Perry (2nd left), sign a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) for the airing of Ananda Alerts by the cable provider. The signing took place on April 30, at the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD) in Savanna-la-Mar. Looking on are Parish Coordinator for Disaster Preparedness at the Westmoreland Parish Council, Hilma Tate (left); and Custos of Westmoreland, Hon. The Very Reverend Canon Hartley Perrin.

Westmoreland Cable Company to Air Ananda Alerts

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, addressing a post Sectoral Debate press briefing, held today (April 30), at the Office of the Prime Minister.

Security Minister Confident DNA Bill Will Withstand Any Challenge

Minister with responsibility for the Public Service, Hon. Horace Dalley (second left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the EduCom Co-Operative Credit Union office at 10 Oxford Terrace on April 30. He is assisted by Mr. C. Leopold Nesbeth (left), President of EduCom Co-Operative Credit Union. Others (from right) are: Mr. Elvis King, Chief Executive Officer of EduCom and Mr. Derrick Tulloch, President of the Jamaica Co-Operative Credit Union League (JCCUL). EduCom is a merger of the AAMM and UWI (Mona) Credit Unions.

BoJ to Engage JCCUL on Credit Union Regulations

11 years ago Culture

The Ministry of Youth and Culture’s participation in the Caribbean Region Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting and Youth Leaders Forum in Antigua and Barbuda

The first Caribbean Region - Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting was held in St John’s, Antigua, from Tuesday 28 to Thursday 30 April 2015 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. The Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna, headed the delegation from Jamaica, and spoke at the Youth Leaders Forum on the topic of “Youth Mainstreaming.” The strengthening of...

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, speaking at the the recent launch of the Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP), in Rose Town, South St. Andrew, funded by the World Bank, through the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).

11 years ago Community

Rose Town Community Upbeat about ICDP

Members of the Rose Town community, in South St. Andrew, as well as other stakeholders are upbeat about the Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP), funded by the World Bank, through the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). The project has as its main objectives the elimination of mosquito breeding sites; improvement to public safety; greater access to basic infrastructure, such as...

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016Transport

Tougher Road Laws a Step Closer

The Government is a step closer to implementing more stringent regulations to govern the use of the nation’s roads. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, said a Joint Select Committee of Parliament, looking at the new Road Traffic Act, has completed its deliberations. He was making his contribution to the 2015/16 Sectoral...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (left), converses with Colonel Desmond Edwards of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), who will oversee and coordinate the merger of the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption (MOCA) Task Force and the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Occasion was a press conference at the Police Officers’ Club in St. Andrew on Monday, August 4, to announce the merger.

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016National Security and Peace

MOCA to Be Statutory Agency

Cabinet has issued drafting instructions for legislation to establish the Major Organised Crime and Anti Corruption Agency (MOCA) as a statutory body, independent of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). “MOCA currently operates as a joint staff agency with members from the JCF as well as civilians,” Minister of National Security Hon. Peter Bunting said, during his contribution to the 2015/16...

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Peter Bunting. (FILE)

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016National Security and Peace

National Security Minister Tables DNA Bill

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, tabled the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Evidence Act, 2015, in the House of Representatives on April 29. “This legislation will provide for the keeping, maintaining, and operating of a consolidated forensic DNA databank, to be known as the National DNA Register, for the purposes of forensic investigation and human identification,” Mr. Bunting said. The...

11 years ago EducationTechnology

300 Delegates For Int’l Stem And TVET Conference In Montego Bay

Over 300 delegates from the Caribbean and the wider global community are expected to assemble in Montego Bay next month, for the second International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). The event, under the theme: ‘STEM Education in TVET: Imperative to National and Regional Development’, is scheduled for May 13...

Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), is updated on safety measures instituted on the student accommodation expansion project, being undertaken at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, by Deputy Principal, Professor Ishenkumba Kahwa (right), during a tour of the development on April 28. The project involves the construction and delivery of 1,580 additional rooms by the firm - 138 Student Living Limited - at a cost of $1.3 billon, over the next three years. The tour formed part of the Ministry’s activities for this year’s observance of World Day for Safety and Health at Work. At centre is Principal Project Consultant, Director and shareholder of 138 Student Living Limited, Kingsley Thomas.

11 years ago Agriculture

OSHA Expected To Be Approved By Parliament This Fiscal Year

Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, says significant groundwork has been completed towards legislating the proposed Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). The Bill is expected to be approved in Parliament by the end of the 2015/16 fiscal year. Passage is pivotal in the administration’s move to streamline laws, protocols, and regulations governing occupational health and safety...