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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, is warning that the Government will not tolerate the ill-treatment of children in state care, noting that persons found quality of such conduct will be immediately dismissed. “These things are not going to go unnoticed. And we have started to audit the children’s homes, and if you are abusing the children, you...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising the public that the Portmore Toll Road has re-opened. Businesses in New Port West are clear to resume normal operations with immediate effect.   Contact- Delmares White, Director Information and Training, ODPEM; dwhite@odpem.org.jm; Tel: 906-9674-5

Cabinet has set up an Inter-ministerial Committee to consider the report of the United States Department of State on trafficking in persons 2012, which downgraded Jamaica from Tier 2 to a Tier 2 watch list. Making the announcement on June 27 at the Jamaica House press briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister, Minister with responsibility for Information,...

As the Government continues efforts to beef up the resources of the fire service, Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, has met with a representative of the Organization of American States (OAS) to discuss the procurement of units and equipment. Mr. Arscott made the disclosure as he addressed the Jamaica House press briefing on June 27,...

Opposition Spokesperson on Housing, Water and Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Horace Chang, is calling for increased efforts to reforest watershed areas in Negril. Speaking during his contribution to the 2012/13 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 26, Dr. Chang said the replanting could be done under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP). “Agro forestry can be...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, has assured that the affairs of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) are being tidied up, with new control guidelines issued for the agency’s accounting practices. “As we go forward, we will continue to tighten up the system, to put more checks and balances there, and a sub-committee of...

The Ananda Alert system is to be moved from the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development to the Ministry of Youth and Culture. Making the disclosure at on June 27 Jamaica House press briefing, Local Government Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott, informed that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to effect the transfer, has already been signed. He said the system...

The Ministry of Education is taking action to get schools to reduce the long list of expensive textbooks distributed to students for the new school year. Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has said the Ministry is preparing a list of required texts for schools in September, to cover each subject area and for each grade, which will...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) wishes to advise the public that the Jamaican Infrastructure Operator Limited (JIO) has reported that an unnamed gaseous substance is pervading from the port. The ODPEM is strongly advising that motorist avoid this area in order to prevent substance inhalation. Emergency responders, the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), the National Environmental Planning...

Had it not been for his decision to make use of training offered at the Workforce Education and Development (IWED) Omar Letford would not be the proud income-earner he is today. Armed with certification in Supervisory Management from the institute, the young man, previously unemployed and unskilled, has been transformed into a productive goal-oriented citizen. He said the training offered...

Three additional classrooms have been constructed at the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), at a cost of approximately $5.5 million. The classrooms have been donated by logistics shipping firm, Kingston Logistics Centre Limited (KLC), which utilised refurbished, modified used cargo containers to build them. There are now 16 classrooms serving the just over 1,000 students enrolled at the institution.    The...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is encouraging persons to practise proper budgeting and good money management, as they make their purchases. “It is very difficult to make choices during a constraint economy or where there is not enough funds to acquire everything you need at once…so, it is important that you make very knowledgeable choices and manage your money wisely,”...