Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes, says the entity will shortly be embarking on a programme to assist students experiencing challenges accessing the internet to participate in online classes. “Based on the COVID-19 [pandemic] experience, students are not able to go to school. So we want to go inside the communities to see how...

The Government has commenced training for health workers in the administration of the antigen test, which is to be utilized to detect novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infections. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, advised that the first training session was held last week, adding that another is slated to be held shortly which will also focus on...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Ministry is looking to launch a Community COVID Conversation Programme. He said the initiative, which would incorporate youth leaders, aims to educate persons in communities islandwide on measures to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), as the Government moves to bolster the sensitization and containment thrust....

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has welcomed the Government’s partnership forged with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), through the Ministry, to address the impact of climate change on Jamaica’s children. “Children and young people have contributed the least to the current climate change and environmental degradation, but they are the most...

The Minister of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that the Reggae legend, Toots Hibbert, will be laid to rest in National Heroes Park. Minister Grange said this had become possible thanks to the generosity of the family of the late Charles Hyatt — the actor, broadcaster, director and author — whose remains were due...

The Ministry of Justice’s Victim Services Division (VSD) has received play therapy tools from the Jamaica National (JN) Foundation to be used as therapeutic aides in the recovery process for children who are victims of crime. The provisions, valued $1 million, include books, dolls, and puppets that will be used to outfit the play therapy area at a VSD service...

The process of authenticating local public documents intended for use overseas, and foreign documents to be used in Jamaica, will soon become simpler, more efficient and less time consuming. This, consequent on the passage of the Authentication (Foreign Public Documents) Bill 2020 in both Houses of Parliament. It will facilitate a more simplified process by only requiring an approved authentication...