Programme Manager, Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP), Orville Simmonds, is hailing the parenting education component as one of the major achievements of the project, which ended recently. The parent-focused segment started in Phase II of the programme and was further developed in Phase III. The initiative was delivered through a combination of group workshop settings and in-home sessions where...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, announced on Tuesday (July 7) that gaming lounges are set to reopen, effective Wednesday (July 8). Dr. Clarke made the disclosure during a Statement to the House of Representatives. “The decision comes following the development and publication of COVID-19 reopening and operating protocols by the Betting Gaming and...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, has praised member countries that swiftly instituted safeguards against the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the region of the Americas. Speaking during PAHO’s COVID-19 digital media briefing on Tuesday (July 7), Dr. Etienne noted that from the outset of the pandemic, “people across the region quickly embraced public health guidance to stay...

The distribution of 65,000 tablet computers to teachers and students will be completed in this fiscal year, says Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams. This was noted by Mrs. Williams during the official ceremony for the distribution of 32 tablet computers to educators at the Hope Valley Experimental School, located at 2-4 University Road, Kingston 7, on...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Government is committed to taking steps to reduce attacks on the nation’s security forces. Over the past few weeks, police and military personnel came under attack from criminal elements in separate incidents in the country. Speaking to the media following a tour of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) training facility...

Come Wednesday, July 8, the Ministry of Justice will host its second ‘Access Justice Live’ virtual Town Hall. The Town Hall, which begins at 10:00 a.m., facilitates discussions on various topics and issues, particularly those dealing with children. Communications Consultant in the Ministry of Justice, Lavern Reid, told JIS News that children are a priority group for the Ministry. “The...

Jamaica is to benefit from a provision of CA$4.7 million (J$498 million), for which the country is eligible under the CA$20 million (J$2.12 billion) Canada-CARICOM Climate Adaptation Fund facility, to be implemented by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). A communiqué from the Canadian High Commission in Kingston on Monday (July 6) indicated that the Climate Adaptation Fund allocation is earmarked...