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Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke today called on the nation to protect its children, to stop committing violence against them, and to settle disputes without attacking them. Speaking against the background of the recent incidents of child murders during the past week, Mrs. Clarke said the issue of violence against children was great cause for concern. "I want to mobilize the...

The House of Representatives last week approved a Resolution calling for the establishment of a joint selection committee to conduct a review of the Corruption Prevention Act and the operations of the Corruption Prevention Commission. Debating the resolution, which was brought before the House by Opposition Leader, Bruce Golding last year, National Security Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips said there was...

The Office of the Public Defender is reporting that for the period 2000 to 2005, some 4,433 cases were closed, out of a total of 4,985 cases received. Serious about ensuring transparency in the public sector, the Office of the Public Defender is proud of its 89 per cent efficiency rate as it seeks recourse for citizens who have been...

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Kern Spencer has said the 23 per cent decline in homicide rates in January of this year when compared to the same period last year signified that inroads are being made in the fight to reduce crime and violence. Senator Spencer who was making his contribution to the State of the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson was among a group of distinguished past students of Rutgers University, Camden Centre campus in New Jersey, who were honoured by the institution on March 4. The batch of 16 alumni, 4 women and 12 men, were recognized for their demonstrated excellence in their chosen personal and professional endeavour, such as Law,...

The construction phase of the second of three flagship irrigation projects to be implemented under the National Irrigation Development Programme (NIDP), was officially launched in Seven Rivers, St. James on Friday, (March 3). This phase of the Project is slated for completion in nine months at a cost of some $23.7 million. The first flagship irrigation project under the NIDP...

Twenty farmers who are members of the Elim Community Friendly Society in North East St. Elizabeth, have benefited from an agricultural support project funded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI), at a cost of $497,000. Speaking at the official handing over of equipment to the farmers on March 3 at Elim,...

Peace Day will be observed tomorrow (March 7), and as part of its activities, the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) and Peace and Love in Society (PALS) will host a Peace Day concert at the August Town Primary School. August Town Primary, like many other schools, is a member of the PALS programme and the Community Security and Justice Programme (CSJP),...

Prime Minister, P.J. Patterson yesterday (March 3) handed out documents of ownership to the first batch of 68 persons who have benefited from the National Housing Trust's (NHT) development of some 664 service lots for workers of the Frome Sugar Factory in the parish of Westmoreland. The presentations were made at an official ceremony, which was held at the development...

Vice President of Operations of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Desmond Brunton has said that the Bank would continue to lend its technical and financial support to Jamaica as it sought to help to improve the status of the most vulnerable, by increasing economic opportunities through capacity building. Mr. Brunton was addressing the launch of the construction phase of the...

Jamaica's Acting Consul General in Toronto, Dale Jones has reiterated that a sound Early Childhood education was the most solid foundation for social and economic advancement. Mr. Jones was speaking recently at a reception held at the Jamaican Consulate General for seven Jamaican Early Childhood educators who were wrapping up a two-week study tour with Toronto-based George Brown College. "In...

In about four weeks, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson will demit office as head of government and hand over the reigns of leadership to Local Government, Community Development and Sport Minister, Portia Simpson Miller. As Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman tells JIS News, the transition process to Mrs. Simpson Miller becoming the nation's seventh and first female Prime Minister, will firstly...