Director of the Victim Services Division (VSD), Osbourne Bailey, is reminding the public that there is no statute of limitations for victims of crimes needing support. Persons who are primary, secondary and tertiary victims of crimes, despite how long ago it may have been committed, can still access the services of the Division. Mr. Bailey told JIS News that persons...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will be undertaking a project to enhance the national Labour Market Information System (LMIS) and the Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE) system. This is to ensure that data provided under these platforms are relevant to the rapidly changing labour market. Speaking with JIS News in a recent interview, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Collette...

Seventeen schools in nine parishes with approximately 6,000 students are to resume face-to-face classes from November 9 to 20, under a two-week E-COVID face-to-face pilot programme. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, indicated that 12 of the schools are at the primary level and five at the secondary level, during her address at a virtual press conference...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the islandwide nightly curfew that the Government has implemented as one of the measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) will be extended until November 16. The curfew hours will remain at 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. daily. Mr. Holness, who was addressing a digital press conference on October 28,...

 

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government will be looking into declaring areas prone to severe flooding and landslides as no-build zones. “There are… some communities that shouldn’t be where they are… there are some areas, which we will have to declare as no build zones,” the Prime Minister said. Mr. Holness, who was making a statement...

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) is projecting an increase in the number of birth certificates to be processed, after the entity received new computers from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). Thirty desktop computers and four laptops were presented to the RGD under the Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP), funded by the World Bank. Chief Executive Officer of the RGD,...