The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says a certain pervasive “idea of masculine identity” is at the root of the high levels of violence, including gender-based violence, in the country. According to the Minister, “This idea of masculinity that we teach and enforce causes men to see themselves as strong and women as weak....

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government will be providing funding for budding entrepreneurs engaged in information and communications technology (ICT) this fiscal year. She said that the support, which will be made available through the Universal Service Fund (USF), will be geared towards persons who seek to solve real-life problems through technology. “The initiative...

The St. James Municipal Corporation and the St. James Public Health Department have agreed to coordinate activities aimed at mitigating the risk of transmission of dengue in the parish. The decision was announced at the Corporation’s monthly meeting on Thursday (April 11), where Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the Council, Homer Davis, noted that joint collaboration between the...

The Supreme Court today handed down it's ruling on aspects of the 2017 National Identification and Registration Act. The Government is respectful of the court's ruling and will spend some time carefully reviewing the judgment, after which a more fulsome response will be forthcoming. The Government would like to place on record its sincere gratitude to the full court panel...

  The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange in discussion with Jamaica's High Commissioner-designate to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, His Excellency Arthur Williams. Mr Williams paid a courtesy call on the Minister at her offices in New Kingston on Wednesday, 10 April 2019.

Chairman of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Senator Matthew Samuda, says plans are on track for the launch of the deposit refund scheme for plastic bottles this year. The scheme, which will provide a cash refund to consumers who return their plastic bottles, is intended to reduce littering and encourage recycling. It will be implemented by Recycling Partners Jamaica...

The Bright Journey Medical Mission will be training staff of the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) in new technology to ensure the sustainability of the work being undertaken by the team from China. The 50-member team, comprising ophthalmologists, nurses, and technical support staff, including biomedical engineers, arrived in Jamaica on March 27 to perform cataract surgeries on more than 500 Jamaicans...