The Judiciary of Jamaica is advising the public that night courts in St. Catherine, Kingston and St. Andrew, St. Thomas and Clarendon have been suspended with immediate effect as a result of the new curfew measures imposed in these parishes. Persons who had matters scheduled for night courts in the aforementioned parishes are being asked to contact the respective courts...

Some 165 unattached youth recently graduated from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Alternative Livelihoods Skills and Development Project - Blue Economy training programme, during a recent ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. The project was undertaken in partnership with the RE School of Education and Technology (RESET) with funding of $34 million jointly provided by...

In light of the recent surge in new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is urging Jamaicans to exercise greater vigilance in preventing the contraction or spread of the disease. “There is a need for consciousness… for conscious personal responsibility on the part of every citizen,” he emphasised while speaking during a virtual press conference at...

More than 100 workers of Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited, benefited from the inaugural book drive and back-to-school treat staged by the entity on Friday (August 21). The event, held at the Sagicor Commercial Complex in Montego Bay, saw the workers, including street sweepers, sidemen and drivers being presented with school bags, notebooks, textbooks, pens, pencils and...

Director at the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Kenute Hare, is cautioning motorcyclists against removing the silencer (muffler) from their motorcycle exhaust system, as doing so could result in hearing loss. The silencer is a device used to reduce the noise from the engine, but persons often remove it to allow for loud revving of the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that while the spike in new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country is cause for concern, there is no need for panic. “The Government of Jamaica continues to manage the epidemic on a day-to-day basis, and I personally keep a direct track and [have] a direct hand in the management of the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced that political motorcades have been prohibited in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). “This is to say, motorcades with more than two buses, which we call Coaster buses; motorcades that are stopping and greeting; motorcades that are carrying persons by bus, that will be prohibited,” Prime Minister...