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The opening of restorative justice centres in four pilot project communities, where the initiative was started three years ago, will highlight activities marking Restorative Justice Week, January 29 to February 4. Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, said the centres will be opened at Tower Hill, Kingston; Spanish Town, St. Catherine; May Pen, Clarendon; and Granville, St. James....

Justice Minister, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, says Justices of the Peace (JPs) are ideally suited to assist in the government’s efforts to implement pro-active and holistic approaches to solving conflicts within communities, such as the restorative justice initiative. Speaking at the Manchester Lay Magistrates Association’s half yearly meeting at the Golf View Hotel, Mandeville, on January 19; Senator Golding...

Young person's will soon be able to access the services of Youth Information Centres (YIC) and National Youth Service (NYS) training facilities under one roof, when two such facilities are built in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, and May Pen, Clarendon. This follows the signing of contracts for Rogers Land Development Limited to undertake the works, during a ceremony at the...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the Government is committed to a healthy and stable population, through the repositioning of primary health care. "There is going to be a shift in priority, there is going to be a shift in relation to primary health care (which will) become the strategic focus in this Ministry,” the Minister declared. "We...

Jamaica's effort at solving crime and reducing the number of unsolved cases has been boosted with the donation of equipment valued at US$250,000 by the United States (US), to the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Forensic Science Laboratory. This was disclosed by Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, during a tour of the facility located at 2½ Hope Boulevard, in...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the government will introduce a new policy of universal free health care at primary care facilities, but assured that it has no intention to deny access to vulnerable patients at the secondary and tertiary levels.    "It is a shift from what now obtains, which is universal free primary, secondary and tertiary...

The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce celebrates the life of one of Jamaica’s most accomplished sons, who passed away on January 20, 2012, a day after his 95th birthday. Notwithstanding the fact that he was born in Panama, our Nation’s history is all the richer through the contributions that he made in the name of his adopted country. Many will remember...

Ambassador Dudley J Thompson, OJ, QC, the ‘Burning Spear’, was the advocate extraordinaire, an intellectual, Rhode Scholar, War hero, statesman and raconteur of the highest order.  Dudley Thompson was simply the best, in whatever field he chose to serve. His contribution to the building of Jamaica as a nation – to its constitution, its jurisprudence, its diplomacy, its political system,...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has expressed deep sadness at the passing of Ambassador the Hon. Dudley Joseph Thompson, OJ, QC Ambassador Thompson died this morning (Jan.20) one day after his 95th birthday. “I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of the Hon. Dudley Thompson, an outstanding Jamaican politician, diplomat and statesman, and a personal and...

Tribute to the Hon Dudley J. Thompson  Ambassador of Jamaica By THE MOST HON. P. J. PATTERSON, ON, OCC, PC, QC FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA Ambassador Dudley J Thompson, OJ, QC, the ‘Burning Spear’, was the advocate extraordinaire, an intellectual, Rhode Scholar, War hero, statesman and raconteur of the highest order.  Dudley Thompson was simply the best, in whatever...

Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington says he is fully satisfied with the work of the Forensic Science Laboratory in Kingston. Speaking with reporters, after an introductory tour of the facility along with the National Security Minister, Hon Peter Bunting, Commissioner Ellington said he was “thoroughly impressed” with the quality of work done at the Lab and the staff’s commitment to...

Sanctions should be imposed for deliberate breaches of fiscal responsibility resulting from ministerial action. Minister of Finance, Planning and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, made the call during his first major presentation since being appointed to the ministry in the new administration.  Addressing investors at the Mayberry Investment Forum in Kingston on Wednesday (January 18), the Minister...