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Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), discusses the harmful effects of sugary drinks with Member of Parliament for North East Manchester, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in whose constituency the new Robins Hall Health Centre is located; and CEO of the CHASE Fund, W. Billy Heaven (right). Occasion was the opening of the new centre on December 12.

CHASE Fund Invests Billions in Healthcare

The Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund has invested some $4.2 billion in healthcare in Jamaica, including the building of 19 health centres and providing support for others throughout the country. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CHASE...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

Minister says Jamaica can Capitalize on Shopping Tourism

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, applauds as the Mayor of Montego Bay, His Worship Councillor Homer Davis presents the Key to the City of Montego Bay to the captain of the Reggae Girlz, Konya Plummer.

Reggae Girlz Presented with Key to City at Start of 4 Days of Celebrations

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.

St. Elizabeth’s Contribution to Food Chain Highlighted

Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes, is congratulated by retired Chief Justice, Hon. Zaila McCalla, following his swearing in at King's House in March.

Sykes Praises Former Chief Justices

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (third right, front row); and President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Howard Mitchell (third left, front row), with the winners at the PSOJ 2018 Public Bodies Corporate Governance Awards held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on December 12.

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

Board Evaluations for Public Bodies

A performance evaluation process is part of new measures implemented by the Government to monitor the functioning of public Boards. “We are doing it on a phased basis with 20 public bodies, which are required to do Board evaluations that score the performance of the Boards,” said Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. “The...

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport (right) greets Lydia Heywood, the English-born Eventing rider who plans to represent Jamaica at the next Olympics.

8 years ago Sport

Support for Eventing Rider Who Will Compete for Jamaica at Olympics

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, today told Lydia Heywood, the English-born Eventing rider who plans to represent Jamaica at the next Olympics: “You can expect assistance from the Ministry as you make your preparations to represent us.” The 21-year-old Heywood, who was first taken to Jamaica as a baby is on what is now...

Director of Child Labour in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Sacha Deer Gordon, addressing a recent labour forum at the Knutsford Court Hotel in St. Andrew.

8 years ago Labour

Gov’t Implementing Community-Level Programme to Curtail Child Labour

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is intensifying efforts to curtail child labour in Jamaica through a ‘Risk Identification Model’ programme being implemented to identify communities where this illicit activity is occurring, in order to facilitate interventions. According to Director of Child Labour in the Ministry, Sacha Deer Gordon, the initiative will entail creating vulnerability maps that highlight areas...

Head of the Health Promotion and Protection Branch in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Simone Spence (second right), addressing a press conference held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday (December 12). Listening is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan.

8 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Ministry Doubles Vector Control Programme Communuty Visits

The Ministry of Health this year doubled the number of communities where its vector control programme was administered up to the end of September, to 1,000. This, according to the Head of the Ministry’s Health Promotion and Protection Branch, Dr. Simone Spence, is up from an average of 500 between January and May. She was speaking at a press briefing...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), responds to questions during MoneyMasters Limited’s Breakfast Meeting at Eden Gardens Wellness Resort and Spa in St. Andrew on Thursday (December 13). Listening (from left) are MoneyMasters Limited President, Claudette Crooks, and Director, Dennis Hickey.

8 years ago Tourism

6,000 Additional Hotel Rooms to be Built

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says ground is slated to be broken in January to commence the construction of 6,000 additional hotel rooms. He said expansion of Jamaica’s hotel room stock will serve to further boost the economy by providing opportunities for local stakeholders, such as manufacturers, whom he encouraged to prepare to supply the anticipated heightened demand for furniture,...

Attorney General, Marlene Malahoo Forte, addresses the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Academy of Law

8 years ago Justice

CCJ Critical Aspect of Regional Integration Movement

Attorney General, Marlene Malahoo Forte, says that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is a critical component in the regional integration movement and the functioning of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The court is the final authority on disputes concerning the interpretation and application of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, which established the CSME. Mrs. Malahoo Forte was...

Participants at the second workshop on ‘Targeted Public Policies for the Prevention and Reduction of Intentional Homicide’, held at the Directorate of Training and Doctrine at the Jamaica Defence Force in Kingston, on December 13. The project was designed and is being implemented by the Department of Public Security of the Organization of American States (OAS) Secretariat for Multi-dimensional Security. Beneficiary countries include Jamaica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. The participants included public servants representing different State institutions of prevention, police and justice that are directly involved in the prevention and reduction of intentional homicides in their respective countries.

8 years ago National Security and Peace

Workshop on Policies to Prevent and Reduce Homicide

The continued strengthening of regional institutional capacities for the design, implementation and monitoring of public policies geared towards reduction of intentional homicides is critical. This was emphasised by Acting Chief Technical Director, Research, Rehabilitation and Diversion Policy Division, Ministry of National Security, Shauna Trowers, at the second workshop on ‘Targeted Public Policies for the Prevention and Reduction of International Homicide’,...