University of the West Indies (UWI) Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor Dale Webber, is encouraging students to enlighten themselves on environmental protection, and sharing this information with their peers. Professor Webber, who is also the UWI Mona Campus Principal, said this is imperative as students have a responsibility to make an impact on the environment’s management, noting that “you are the conduits...

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, is encouraging Jamaicans to protect the elderly by reporting incidents of abuse meted out to them to the police or the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC). The Minister said abuse of seniors should be of grave concern to all “decent and law-abiding citizens”, noting that the practice must be stopped. “No...

The Ministry of Tourism will mark Tourism Awareness Week (TAW) from September 23 to 30, under the theme ‘Tourism and the Digital Transformation’. This year’s observance will incorporate World Tourism Day, being observed on September 27. The week will commence with a thanksgiving service at Calvary Baptist Church in Montego Bay, St. James, on Sunday, September 23, beginning at 10:00...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, has hailed the work of Youths for Excellence Limited in assisting students to reach their highest potential. “I found it important that young people had come together to form this organisation, and I was further impressed that the sphere in which they decided to give back is education. “There is...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says there is support from the business community for Government’s move to amend several laws governing the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) operations in order to make the entity more independent. The Cabinet-approved amendments, which are to be taken to Parliament in October, are intended to enhance the BOJ’s governance...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Lester Michael Henry, who has responsibility for the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), toured the building designated for the agency’s Television Department at 5-9 South Odean Avenue, Kingston 10 recently. He was accompanied by Chief Executive Officer of the JIS, Donna-Marie Rowe; Project Leader; and Director of Corporate Services, Errol...

Managing Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, is calling on Jamaicans to be more responsible in the disposal of solid waste. He said there has been an increase in the instances of illegal dumping across the island. “All over Jamaica, we have seen a nasty practice that has developed where people just dump wherever there...