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...

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, 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, 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...

Food For the Poor has committed to planting one million fruit and timber trees over the next three years. This is in support of the Government’s target to plant three million trees over three years under a national tree planting initiative launched by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness in October 2019. Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and...

The first of three national shelters being established by the Government for women who are victims of abuse and their children is now operational. The shelters form part of the Government’s efforts to provide support to women and children impacted by gender-based violence, as well as other forms of abuse. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange,...

Cabinet has given approval for the US$25-million Modernisation of the Agriculture Sector Programme (MASP) to be included in the Public Sector Investment Programme. The initiative is a five-year project that will be executed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and financed by a US$25-million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Speaking at a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing today...