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Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addresses the quarterly press conference at the Ministry’s headquarters in St. Andrew on Friday (February 15)

More Use of Mediation in Settling Disputes

The Ministry of Justice is looking to increase the use of mediation in resolving disputes in order to reduce the number of cases that go before the courts. “The mandate, this year, is that we intend to use mediation more,...

Social Development Commission (SDC), Capacity Development Coordinator, Parsha Allen (right), assists a young woman with résumé writing during an SDC training session.

SDC to Host Youth Empowerment and Job Fair in Portmore

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon.

More Trucks for NSWMA

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 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.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020CabinetLocal Government

Cabinet to Get Submission for Drop-in Centre Funding

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the necessary submission will be made to Cabinet to ensure that there is adequate funding to operate drop-in centres being constructed across the island. He was speaking at the official opening of the Hanover Drop-in Centre on Miller’s Drive, Lucea, on Friday (February 15). “No drop-in facility that is...

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

7 years ago Justice

Justice Ministry and NIA Enter New Phase of Partnership

The Ministry of Justice and National Integrity Action (NIA) have entered a new phase of collaboration. “We shall be supporting the implementation of the Child Diversion Act to include training of police officers and other agents in the justice system,” said the NIA’s Executive Director, Professor Trevor Munroe. He said that the entity will also continue its drive for legislative...

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

7 years ago National Security and Peace

Second Round of ‘Goals For Peace’ Kicks Off Sunday

The Ministry of National Security is ramping up its community intervention efforts in Montego Bay, St. James with the launch of the second phase of the ‘Goals For Peace’ initiative. Goals for Peace involves collaboration between the Ministry’s Citizen Security and Justice Programme III and the ‘I AM Voluntourism’ programme, which sees neighbouring communities participating in football tournaments and social...

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...