Senior Education Officer in charge of Guidance and Counselling, Antoinette Brooks, says the Ministry of Education continues to provide intervention support for the administrators of schools, to assist them to better manage challenges involving students displaying indifferent and negative behaviour. Included in the support, she noted, are activities coordinated by the School Safety and Security Division; programmes administered through the...

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) Act has been amended to enhance transparency and investor confidence within the electricity sector. The Bill, which was piloted by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, was passed in the House of Representatives on October 13. In his address, Mr. Paulwell noted that investors have repeatedly expressed concern as it relates...

Operators of Private Bonded Warehouses are hereby advised that in keeping with the new provisions under Section 6 of the Customs (Amendment) Act 2014, effective immediately, duties will be levied at the rate of duty prevailing at the time the goods are being removed from the warehouse and not at the time the goods are entered for warehousing, as was...

The annual wreath laying ceremony, to honour those who fought for freedom and nationhood, will begin celebrations for National Heroes Day this year. The ceremony, usually held in the afternoon, which will get underway at 7:50 am on October 19 at National Heroes Park. Government officials will pay homage to Jamaicans, who have received the nation’s highest honour, the Order...

Several groups in the health sector are hailing the National Health Fund (NHF), for copping the top award in the 2015 Public Sector Customer Service Competition (PSCSC). At the awards ceremony held recently in Kingston, the agency walked away with the coveted Prime Minister’s trophy for being the Best Customer Service Entity – Multiple Locations. The NHF also received the...

The ‘Get the Guns’ campaign, launched just over three weeks ago, continues to reap results in the seizure of illegal firearms. Commissioner of Police, Dr. Carl Williams, reports that law enforcement officers have seized 68 illegal guns and some 800 rounds of assorted ammunition from communities all across Jamaica. Speaking at the handover of nine boats by the United States...

Only four months after securing Jamaica’s first ever historic listing to UNESCO’s prestigious World Heritage List, with the Blue and John Crow Mountains, the Government of Jamaica is set to begin the process of safeguarding the island’s Reggae music. The Ministry of Youth and Culture is embracing the collective experiences of its Latin American counterpart, Argentina which successfully inscribed its...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, has hailed the ‘Eat Jamaican’ campaign for helping to reduce  the country’s food import bill. “If we did not have the ‘Eat Jamaican’ campaign, our food bill could be US$1.5 billion. The campaign has managed to save Jamaica US$500 million,” Senator Grant said. The President was speaking at the celebration...