Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has said that the approved amendments to the Domestic Violence Act will be tabled in Parliament early next year. She was speaking at a virtual Round Table on Domestic Violence, convened by Spotlight Initiative to commemorate the start of the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence. Ms Grange...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Positive Pathways Initiative has awarded 14 grants, valued at a total of J$21 million combined, to community organisations that will support more than 500 parents, caregivers, and youth. The organisations will be responsible for implementing programmes that will assist in the prevention of youth crime and violence. They are located across the...

Residents of St. Catherine are set to benefit from a counselling and mentorship programme instituted by Custos of the parish, Hon. Inylin Golding, and facilitated by Justices of the Peace (JPs). The community support programme will be held every Thursday for four hours, at the 15 East Street offices of the Custos, in Old Harbour. The Custos said it is...

   

In keeping with the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) mandate to provide adequate care and protection for children in State care, more than 100 managers and senior members of staff assigned to residential childcare facilities will participate in virtual sensitisation training sessions up to December 2021. This was disclosed by Monitoring Officer in the Southern Region of the...

State Minister, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis, converses with Minister of State for Health and Wellness and Member of Parliament, St. Andrew West Rural, Juliet Cuthbert- Flynn, during a tour of the Lawrence Tavern Division, recently. Lawrence Tavern is one of five communities selected for upgrading under the $650-Million Rural Development Programme.

The Mount Ogle to Lawrence Tavern roadway in West Rural St. Andrew, which has several breakaways, is scheduled for rehabilitation by the National Works Agency (NWA). This was disclosed by Member of Parliament (MP) for the area and Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, who informed that the NWA visited the site and...