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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, speaks in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11), after tabling the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, speaks in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11), after tabling the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure.

Money Allocated To Enhance Security And Justice In Targeted Communities

The Government has allocated $232.8 million for the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III. This is outlined in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The allocation will go towards initiatives to enhance security and...
(FILE) Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11), after tabling the Estimates of Expenditure for the 2020/21 fiscal year.
(FILE) Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11), after tabling the Estimates of Expenditure for the 2020/21 fiscal year.

$67 Million Allocated For Energy Efficiency And Conservation Programme
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, speaks in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11), after tabling the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, speaks in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11), after tabling the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure.

Justice Sector Reform Gets $255.2 Million
(FILE) Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11), after tabling the Estimates of Expenditure for the 2020/21 fiscal year.
(FILE) Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11), after tabling the Estimates of Expenditure for the 2020/21 fiscal year.

Work To Continue On Facility For Teen Mothers In St. Elizabeth
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, speaks in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11), after tabling the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, speaks in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11), after tabling the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure.

$453.5 Million Allocated For Construction And Improvement Of Courthouses

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External Relations Officer at the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, Saskia Carusi.
Climate ChangeEnvironmentYouth

Youth Invited To Participate In Regional Platform Contests

Young people in Jamaica and across the region are being encouraged to submit applications for the Resilience Talk and Social Media Youth Volunteers contests, which are being held as part of the upcoming seventh Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean. The contests are being hosted by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), covers a 45-gallon water drum at a home in Grants Pen, St Andrew, during the national dengue cleanup exercise on January 25. Looking on (from left) are Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; Minister of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, and Medical Entomologist and Programme Manager for the Vector Control Programme in the Ministry of Health, Sherine Huntley Jones.
Health & Wellness

Householders Urged To Search For And Destroy Mosquito Breeding Sites

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is encouraging householders to continue to search for and destroy mosquito breeding sites in and around the home in order to minimise the threat of dengue and other vector-borne diseases. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Medical Entomologist and Programme Manager for the National Vector Control Programme, Sherine Huntley-Jones said that the sustained...
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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), delivers the 2020/21 Throne Speech, under the theme ‘Towards a Decade of Growth to Anchor Our Peace and Prosperity‘, at the Ceremonial Opening of Parliament on February 11.
Governor GeneralThrone Speech 2020Tourism

Four Laws To Be Amended To Boost Tourism Sector

Four pieces of legislation that will go a far way in strengthening the country’s tourism sector are to be amended during the 2020/21 fiscal year. These are the Bath of St Thomas the Apostle (Amendment) Act and Regulation and the Milk River Bath (Amendment) Act, which will facilitate the development and modernisation of the facilities through public-private partnership; the Tourist...
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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), delivers the 2020/21 Throne Speech, under the theme ‘Towards a Decade of Growth to Anchor Our Peace and Prosperity‘, at the Ceremonial Opening of Parliament on February 11.
Governor GeneralNational Security and PeaceParliament

Critical Security Legislation Coming

The Government will be tabling critical pieces of legislation in the 2020/21 fiscal year to improve security operations. These include Law Enforcement (Protection of Integrity) Act, the Corrections (Amendment) Act, and the Aliens Act and Immigration Restriction Commonwealth Citizenship Act (Amendments) Legislation. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, made the disclosure while delivering the Throne Speech at...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Sancia Templer Bennett, speaks at the opening ceremony of the 11th annual Restorative Justice Conference, at the AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston, recently.
Justice

High Success Rate For Restorative Justice

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Sancia Bennett Templer, says there has been a 90 per cent resolution and settlement rate for referral cases through the Restorative Justice process. Mrs. Bennett Templer made the disclosure at the recently held 11th annual Restorative Justice Conference, held at the AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston. The Permanent Secretary said restorative justice “is...
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