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The inaugural National Disability Friendly Awards Gala, which will celebrate disabled persons and recognise the contribution of individuals and organisations to the community, will be held on November 19 at the Wyndham Kingston hotel. The event, under the theme: ‘Jamaica: Removing Barriers… Creating Access', is being organised by the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) in collaboration with the...

Former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson, is urging both the Government and the Opposition to work together to ensure that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is the nation's final Appellate court. Mr. Patterson said it is no longer a matter of meaningful legal disputation that the decision of the Privy Council does not prescribe the necessity of...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has committed to bringing the Tobacco Control Act to Parliament early in the next financial year. The legislation, which is in the drafting stages, seeks to protect citizens from the harmful effects of tobacco, including the banning of smoking in public and workplaces. “I am committed, as Minister, to bring by the first...

Former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson, is appealing to Parliamentarians to abandon adversarial politics and replace it with a consensual system, which embraces the best ideas regardless of the political quarters from which they originate. "We have to make a seismic shift in our political culture," Mr. Patterson said in Gordon House on Tuesday, where a joint sitting...

Thirty-four Jamaicans, many of whom began from humble beginnings, and have worked tirelessly in the interest of their communities and the lives of others, were  recognised  at the Governor-General’s Achievement Awards (GGAA) pinning ceremony, held  at King’s House, on  November 13. Fourteen persons, aged 35 and older, received Achievement Awards, while the others received Youth Award for Excellence and Award...

Several Members of both Houses of Parliament on Tuesday (November 13) paid tribute to former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson for his role in shaping Jamaica’s post-Independence Parliamentary landscape. Mr. Patterson served as the nation’s sixth Prime Minister from March 30, 1992 to March 30, 2006. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, described the former leader...

Licenced bars and similar establishments will soon be able to legally remain open for longer hours as a result of amendments, which are to be made to the Spirit Licencing Act. Making the announcement on Wednesday at the Jamaica House press briefing, at the Office of the Prime Minister, Justice Minister, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, explained that, “for some...

Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, is reporting that the country's gross international reserves currently stand at just under US$2 billion. Speaking at the institution’s quarterly briefing, at the BoJ auditorium, downtown Kingston, on November  14, Mr. Wynter  informed that up to November  13,  total reserves stood at US$1.98 billion, representing approximately 14.1 weeks of projected goods and service...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke, is reminding persons staging entertainment activities within the Corporate Area that they require an amusement licence from the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC). Addressing a press conference prior to the start of the KSAC’s monthly meeting at its Church Street chambers in downtown Kingston on November 13, Mayor Brown Burke said these...

Child abuse, incest and trafficking of children, will be the topics for discussion at a public education forum slated for next Friday (November 23) at Emancipation Park, New Kingston. The event, scheduled to be held from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., is being organised by the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) in collaboration with charity organisation, Be Inspired International, under...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the Government is in the process of implementing a national branding programme, to effectively communicate and reinforce the true essence of what it means to be Jamaican. The Prime Minister, in a tribute to Tony Award winning actor and African-American entertainer and producer, Harry Belafonte, at a reception held recently in...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angella Brown Burke, is encouraging all vendors to take the necessary steps to register with the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) and to display their identification cards at all times. This, she said, is very important as the KSAC will be taking the necessary steps to ensure that vending takes place in a safe and...