Latest

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the recent sitting of the House of Representatives at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.

Ticketing System For COVID-19 Breaches Will Be Ready Soon

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that the ticketing system for breaches of the coronavirus (COVID-19) guidelines will be ready soon. Mr. Holness, who was responding to questions during the recent sitting of the House of Representatives, said...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (sixth right) is flanked by young people at the Youth Month tree-planting ceremony on Wednesday (November 25) at Boulevard Baptist Church in Kingston. locked by young people from the Boulevard Baptist Church.

Youth Encouraged To Get Involved In National Tree-Planting Programme

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), presents Sergeant Allan Morgan from the Cedar Valley Police Station in St. Thomas with the Police Civilian Oversight Authority (PCOA) Award for Top Customer Service Station in Area 5, yesterday (November 25), at the Office of the Commissioner in St. Andrew.

Modern Legislation Coming To Deal With Possession Of Illegal Firearms

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams. (File Photo)

109 Schools Inspected And Rated Satisfactory For Phased Reopening In 2021

Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

PAHO Says Work Under Way For Tender Process For Supply Of Vaccines

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

5 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

National COVID-19 Vaccine Coordinating Committee To Be Established

A National Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccine Coordinating Committee is to be established shortly, says Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. He said the committee will “involve members of different stakeholder groups to begin to put in place plans for distributing the vaccine once it is available”. Dr. Tufton made the announcement while responding to questions regarding COVID...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (JIS File Photo).

5 years ago Climate Change

Jamaicans Encouraged To Take Climate Change Seriously

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is appealing for citizens to take climate change more seriously and support the Government’s mitigation efforts. “Climate change is a challenge that requires a whole-of-society approach. Public, private and civil society actors must play a serious role to attain the future we want for our country –...

(Seated from left) Senior Manager for Social Development, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Mona Sue-Ho; General Manager, Finance, JSIF, Orville Hill; and Chief Executive Officer, Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Charlton McFarlane, sign a contract for the second phase of the birth certification initiative under the Integrated Community Development Project – 11 (ICDP-11). The signing ceremony took place on Wednesday (November 25) at the offices of JSIF in Kingston. Witnessing the signing (from left, background) are Programmes Officer, JSIF, Dawn Alison; Senior Social Officer, JSIF, Shunelle Nevers; and Assistant to the Executive Director, RGD, Novia Adlam.

5 years ago Information

More Than 3,000 Persons To Receive Birth Certificates Under ICDP 11

More than 3,000 Jamaicans will benefit from assistance to access birth certificates under a partnership between the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the Registrar General’s Department (RGD). The support falls under the Integrated Community Development Project – 11 (ICDP – 11), which is being implemented by JSIF through funding from the World Bank. Some 6,000 undocumented Jamaicans were able...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green.

5 years ago Agriculture

Increase In Arrests Of Praedial Larcenists

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, is reporting an increase in the arrests of praedial larcenists this year, stemming from new approaches implemented by the Government to tackle farm theft. “Since January [to October], we have had 69 arrests compared to 39 arrests for the same period last year. So there is almost a 100 per cent increase...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), displays signed implementing partnership agreement between the Ministry (Bureau of Gender Affairs) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston, on Wednesday (November 25). The agreement forms part of local efforts to eradicate violence against women and girls. With the Minister (from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe; Gender Based Violence Specialist, UNFPA, Elga Salvador; Minister Counsellor/Deputy Head of the European Delegation, Frederik Ekfeldt; and Principal Director, Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn Robinson. Occasion was the observance of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) to mark the launch of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.

5 years ago Gender Affairs

Gender Ministry Signs Agreement With UNFPA To Tackle Violence Against Women And Girls

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has signed an implementing partnership agreement with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as part of local efforts to eradicate violence against women and girls. This has been done through the Bureau of Gender Affairs, under the European Union (EU)-funded Spotlight Initiative. The Spotlight Initiative is a global, multi-year partnership between the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, emphasises a point as she addresses the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 24).

5 years ago Gender Affairs

Jamaica Must Recommit To Ending Domestic Abuse – Minister Grange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says Jamaica must renew its commitment to ending domestic abuse as well as using violence as a way to discipline children. “It’s time we decide as a nation that we will stop beating our pickney. We must end all acts of violence and abuse in our homes, in our communities,...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the sitting of the House of Representatives at the Jamaica Conference Centre on November 24.

5 years ago Gender Affairs

Bureau Of Gender Affairs Officers Dispatched To Tryall Heights

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says that officers from the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) have been dispatched to the community of Tryall Heights, St. Catherine, to provide support, following the recent killing of a grandmother and her two granddaughters. “As a St. Catherine Member of Parliament, as a Minister, as a mother, as a...