The Bureau of Gender Affairs is to shortly implement its Gender Ambassador Programme in schools Islandwide. The initiative seeks to raise awareness on gender roles and stereotypes and to promote self-care, healthy relationships and leadership development among youth. It also aims to engage the youth on what is gender-based violence (GBV) and ways to reduce the prevalence of GBV in...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is reporting that it secured $14.9 million on behalf of aggrieved consumers since the beginning of the financial year. Chief Executive Officer of the CAC, Dolsie Allen made the disclosure while addressing a JIS Think Tank held on November 30. She informed that a total of 1087 complaints were handled by the Agency between April...

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) is stepping up efforts to equip parents to properly raise their children. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Kaysia Kerr, tells JIS News that the entity is concerned about the number of parents who are showing low coping skills and are consciously ‘opting out’, not wanting to continue the duties associated with parenting. Over the past...

Sixty-nine wards of the State have been recognised for outstanding performance in the 2018 Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) tests. At the Child Protection and Family Services Agency’s (CPFSA) seventh annual Educational Achievement Awards on Thursday (November 29) at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, St. Andrew, 52 youth were awarded for achievement in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and 17...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the Government is embarking on a project to remove approximately 1.5 million used tyres from the Riverton Landfill in St. Andrew. Mr. Vaz says the project’s details are being finalised by Cabinet, with plans to commence the engagement in the first quarter of the...

Montego Bay’s Mayor, Councillor Homer Davis, is encouraging more Canadian businesses to invest in Jamaica. “We encourage Canadians to see Jamaica as a primary location for their investments, [and] consider taking steps to gain some greater foothold here, particularly in Montego Bay, which is the fastest growing city in the Caribbean,” he said. The Mayor was speaking at a welcome...

Nigerian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Ambassador Janet Olisa, is urging Jamaica to take steps to accelerate the preservation of its cultural heritage and to protect itself from cultural erosion. “It is imperative and absolutely a matter of national necessity for Jamaica to preserve its cultural heritage... through technology and integration, which are fundamental and basic in our present...