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Minister Grange Commends Industry Stakeholders For Dedication To Reggae Music
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has lauded the reggae fraternity for the continued dedication to the music in spite of the challenges caused by the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. She praised practitioners for...
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Children’s Homes That Need To Be Licensed Have Three Months To Complete Process
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, says children's homes that need to be licensed, now have three months to complete the process. Speaking at an educational awards ceremony for top students in State care on January 29, at the Terra Nova Hotel, in St. Andrew, Mr. Morgan said the facilities must be...
Gov’t Committed To Establishing Special Needs Facilities In Every Parish
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, says the Government is committed to establishing special needs facilities in every parish to serve children with various types of developmental disabilities. He said that the number of children registered with the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP) has grown from 1,450 in 2016 to over 3,000 currently,...
Private Companies Commended for Seeking Supplies of COVID-19 Vaccines for Staff
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has praised private sector entities taking steps to get their staff vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19). “I was informed that many private sector companies are seeking to ensure that they can get supplies of COVID-19 vaccines for their staff,” he said. The Prime Minister said this demonstrates that they are “not just waiting...
PAHO Says Prequalified COVID-19 Manufacturers Could Increase by End of February
Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, says the number of prequalified vaccine manufacturers under the World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility could increase by the end of February. Speaking during PAHO’s coronavirus (COVID-19) digital briefing on January 27, Dr. Barbosa said while agreements have been brokered with “many producers” under...
Jamaicans Encouraged to Use Restorative Justice to Resolve Conflicts
Jamaicans are being encouraged to consider the use of Restorative Justice (RJ) as a method for resolving conflicts. Restorative Justice is a type of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) method, focused on achieving conflict resolution through the use of conferences. Coordinator of the Justice Ministry’s Restorative Justice Programme, Andriene Lindsay, told JIS News that a core concept of the process is...
Landlords and Tenants Encouraged to use Dispute Resolution Services of RAB
Landlords and tenants are being encouraged to utilise the dispute resolution services of the Rent Assessment Board (RAB) within the Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change. “The purpose of the RAB is to serve as an unbiased party in settling disputes between tenants and landlords as guided by the Rent Restriction Act. I want to encourage landlords...
