Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says expansion of the Court of Appeal building on King Street in downtown Kingston is on track for completion by the end of November. He made the announcement at a Justices of the Peace training seminar held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston on November 3. In April, the Minister signed an $846-million contract...

Over 600 Jamaican officers and engineers, mainly from public-sector entities have benefited from technical training programmes in Japan. The sectors for training are wide and varied to support the socio-economic development of Jamaica. These sectors vary from year to year based on the priority areas of cooperation between Japan and Jamaica as well as in accordance with the Government’s Vision...

A strategic plan for courts is being designed as part of efforts to strengthen and modernise the country’s justice system. Speaking at a training seminar for Justices of the Peace (JPs), at the Jamaica Conference Centre on November 3, Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes, informed that the plan will be completed for the 2019/20 financial year. “This (the strategy) is...

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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid has hailed Tarrant High School as a model institution in the utilization of technology in education. “Their vision is pretty much aligned with our own strategy in the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the delivery of the curriculum,” Senator Reid said. He was speaking with JIS News...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. JC Hutchinson, says the 2400 acre farm to be established at Holland Estate in St. Elizabeth, will provide employment for over 900 persons. Speaking at the 2018-2019 Irish Potato Sensitization meeting, held at the Green Valley Apostolic Church, Lewisville, New Market, St. Elizabeth on November 1, Mr....

Jamaica is one of three countries participating in a US$35.7 million project designed to strengthen resilience of urban areas through Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EBA). The project entitled, ‘Building climate resilience of urban systems through EBA in Latin America and the Caribbean’ also includes Mexico and El Salvador.  Funding in part for the project has been provided by the Jamaica Social Investment...