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Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (right), addresses the Third Quarterly Press Conference, held recently at the Ministry’s Constant Spring Road head office in Kingston. Listening (at left) is Executive Director of National Integrity Action (NIA), Professor Trevor Munroe.

Justice Minister Calls on Citizens to Speak Out Against Corruption

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is calling on citizens to expose wrongdoers and speak out against corruption. “We have teamed up with National Integrity Action (NIA), because we recognise that there is too much wrongdoing across the country and...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, (fifth from left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Hanover Drop-in Centre at the opening ceremony held at Miller’s Drive, Lucea, in the parish on Friday (February 15). All sharing in the occasion are (from left) Member of Parliament for Eastern Hanover, Dave Brown; Councillor of the Chester Castle Division, Fearon Decarish; Councillor of the Lucea Division, Easton Edwards; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Marsha Henry Martin; Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Sheridan Samuels, Deputy Mayor of Lucea, Andria Dehaney Dinham; Chairman of the Poor Relief, Councillor Marvell Sewell; and Councillor of the Riverside Division, Daren Barnes.

Gov’t to Spend More Than $350 Million to Build Drop-in Facilities

Minister of Local Government and Community Development , Hon. Desmond McKenzie.

Cabinet to Get Submission for Drop-in Centre Funding

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (2nd left), engages with ((from left): new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sancia Bennett Templer; Executive Director of the National Integrity Action (NIA), Professor Trevor Munroe; and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Grace-Ann Stewart McFarlane, at the quarterly press briefing held at the Ministry's Constant Spring Road headquarters on Friday (February 15)

Justice Ministry and NIA Enter New Phase of Partnership

Teams participate in the intra-community phase of the Goals for Peace initiative in Norwood, St. James.

Second Round of ‘Goals For Peace’ Kicks Off Sunday

Members of the public (right) complete application forms at the HEART Trust/NTA booth, while representatives of the agency look on. Occasion was a recent career and information forum and exposition staged by the HEART Trust/NTA at Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay.

7 years ago Education

Heart/Trust NTA Ramping Up Training and Certification

Senior Director, HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Marcia Rowe Amonde, says that the entity welcomes all citizens who require training regardless of their qualifications. “You can no longer say that training is expensive and that you cannot afford it, because the HEART Trust provides opportunities and we do not turn anyone away. No matter what (qualifications) you have, you come to the...

Professor of Law and Director of the Human Trafficking Academy at St. Thomas University in the United States, Dr. Roza Pati, delivering the distinguished lecture on human trafficking at the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) in St. Andrew, recently. Head of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Carl Berry, looks on.

7 years ago Justice

Multi-National Approach Needed to Fight Human Trafficking

Professor of law and director of the Human Trafficking Academy at St. Thomas University in the United States, Dr. Roza Pati, says a multi-national approach is needed to combat human trafficking. “A phenomenon like trafficking is too big of a problem to be faced by governments alone. It’s too big of a problem to be faced by any nation State...

Former Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Thursday (February 14).

7 years ago EducationYouth

Adequate Post-Assessment Procedures for PEP

Former Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, is assuring the public that adequate post-assessment procedures are in place for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP). “We are now in examination mode, so we will activate our hotlines across the island,” she said while addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Local Government

Drop-In Centres for the Homeless to be Completed in St. Thomas and Trelawny

The Government has allocated some $28 million in the 2019/20 fiscal year to complete construction of two drop-in centres for homeless persons in the parishes of St. Thomas and Trelawny. The money has been set aside in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Under the Assistance to Homeless (Street Project), which is being implemented by...

Senior Research Officer in the Forestry Department, Brahim Diop. The Forestry Department is leading the Government’s activities to qualify for REDD+ earnings from reducing the country’s carbon emissions.

7 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Forestry Dept. Spearheads REDD+ Programme

The Forestry Department of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation is spearheading the Government’s national programme to become REDD+ ready. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) in developing countries was created by Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is a climate change mitigation programme that incentivises developing countries to reduce...

7 years ago EducationYouth

Tips to Help Students get Ready for PEP

Parents are being encouraged to give their children moral support during the sitting of the new Primary Exit Profile (PEP), beginning on February 26. The students will be among the first cohort at the grade-six level who will be sitting the Ability Test component at 1,104 centres across the island. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on...

Health, Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office, recently.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Westmoreland Health Department Ramps Up Dengue Sensitisation

The Westmoreland Health Department has stepped up its thrust to educate citizens in the parish about dengue fever. “We have been carrying out dengue sensitisation in several communities as well as partnering with schools,” Health Promotions and Education Officer, Gerald Miller, told JIS News. “We engage the teachers by asking them to pass on information in their lessons. They (teachers)...