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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A. J. Nicholson on Sept. 25 signed two treaties at the United Nations. They are: the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biodiversity; and Amendment to Article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the...

The Office of the Children's Registry (OCR) says it has received a number of entries from young people all over the island for its Jingle Competition and the Child Ambassadors Programme. Both initiatives are aimed at getting children more involved in the fight against child abuse. The closing date for submissions is Friday (September 28). "We have gotten a number...

A  Bill to establish the National Parenting Support Commission was passed by the House of Representatives on September 25. Under the National Parenting Support Commission Act 2012, members of the Commission will have the responsibility of overseeing the implementation and operation of the National Parenting Policy. The policy defines effective parenting from a Jamaican perspective and sets out the Government's...

Edwin Allen High School student, Sammar Reid, is singing high praises for the Alvin Day Scholarship programme. He tells JIS News that if it was not for the financial assistance he received through the programme in 2010, he would not be where he is today. Sammar recently attained nine subjects in the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC), with five distinctions....

The Jamaica Exporters' Association (JEA) has partnered with accounting and consulting firm, UHY Dawgen, to assist export ready companies to put their businesses on a sustainable growth path. JEA President, Vitus Evans, said the project dubbed: 'Jamaica 50 Ideas for Sustainable Earnings,' is in keeping with the organisation's objectives to increase employment, develop new businesses and form key linkages. "Under...

Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, said that all well-thinking Jamaicans must stand up against brutality, especially when it is directed at women and children. She was speaking yesterday morning (September 26) in the wake of the brutal attack on five females in Irwin, St. James. The victims, ages eight, 14, 16, 23 and 28, were attacked in their...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has praised the Hydel Group of Schools for the invaluable contribution it has made to the country's educational landscape. "Hydel follows a tradition, a history that has made the Jamaican education system proud," Minister Thwaites said, as he addressed the Hydel Group of Schools' 20th Anniversary Thanksgiving Ceremony, held on the school...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is moving to further enhance production in nine key crops and sectors, as part of short term efforts to counter the challenges associated with rising global food prices that could have serious implications for Jamaica. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke, says the crops and sectors identified include: Irish potato, onion, yam, honey, small ruminants,...

Prime Minister, The Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, will deliver Jamaica's policy statement to the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) tomorrow (Sept. 27). She will speak at approximately 10:30 am local time. Yesterday (Sept. 25) the Prime Minister joined other world leaders at the opening of the UNGA at the UN Headquarters in New York, United...

Health Minister, Hon.  Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the Ministry is currently fine-tuning a gift policy, which will assist in streamlining and standardising donations in the health field. In his message, read by Jamaica's Honorary Consul to Atlanta, Vin Martin, at the Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Foundation annual fund-raising banquet, held at the Marriott Hotel in Atlanta on September 22, the...

A report on the implementation of a rural school bus system is to be submitted to Transport, Works and Housing Minister, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies in a matter of weeks. This was disclosed by Chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Reverend Garnett Roper, during a recent interview with JIS News. The Chairman said a committee was recently...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has condemned the rape of five females ages 8 to 28 in Irwin, St James last night. The five were taken from their home and raped repeatedly in an open lot. The eight year old girl had to undergo emergency surgery. The Prime Minister says this kind of savagery against our women and girls is...