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Senior Research Fellow of the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank, David Brown.

Panel Discussion to Begin Workers’ Week

A panel discussion, titled ‘Reparation and the Modern Labour Movement in Jamaica’, will be held on Monday, May 14 at the Institute of Jamaica Lecture Hall, 10-16 East Street, Kingston, beginning at 11:00 a.m. The two-hour event is the first...

Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding. (FILE)

Opposition Spokesman on Finance Welcomes Bill to Amend Public Procurement Act

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (left), shakes hands with Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the United States, Eric Khant, following the signing of an amended Open Skies Air Transport Agreement between the two countries at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices in St. Andrew on May 10.

Jamaica and US Amend Open Skies Agreement to Enhance Commerce

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (right), delivers the keynote address at the sixth annual fundraising dinner of the organisation, Partners for Good Shepherd Jamaica, held at the Hollywood Ballroom in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Saturday, May 5.

Jamaica Making Great Progress – Ambassador Marks

Director of Children and Family Programmes at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Audrey Budhi (left), points to information contained in the ‘Paediatric Pulse’ booklet, launched today (May 10) at The Courtleigh Hotel and Suites, in Kingston. Others (from second left) are Chief Executive Officer of the CPFSA, Rosalee Gage-Grey; Vice President of the Paediatric Association of Jamaica and Chairperson of the Serious Case Review Panel, Dr. Carolyn Pinnock Jackson; Member of the Serious Case Review Panel and Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Avril Daley, and Brand Manager, Cari-Med Limited, Nadine Thomas.

CPFSA Launches ‘Paediatric Pulse’

Regional Chairman of Crime Stoppers International (CSI), Alex McDonald (right), converses with Executive Director, National Integrity Action (NIA), Professor Trevor Munroe, after a presentation on corruption and crime at the recently held Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP) conference hosted by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in Montego Bay, St James.

8 years ago National Security and Peace

Jamaicans Encouraged to Use Crime Stop

Crime Stoppers International (CSI) is imploring Jamaicans to make use of Crime Stop to report criminal activity in their community. Speaking with JIS News at the recent Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP) conference hosted by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in Montego Bay, Regional Chairman of CSI, Alex MacDonald said that Crime Stop, because of the anonymity it...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre), is congratulated by Deputy President of the Senate, Aubyn Hill (left), after delivering a special presentation on ‘Enhancing Fiscal Responsibility: Next Steps’, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Thursday (May 10). At right is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams.

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

Cabinet Approves Establishment of Independent Fiscal Council

Cabinet has approved the establishment of an independent fiscal council as part of measures to strengthen Jamaica’s Fiscal Responsibility Framework. The move is consistent with plans by the Government to secure Jamaica’s gains under successive economic reform programmes with the International Monetary Fund and build on the success of domestic partnership initiatives. Fiscal councils are permanent, independent, non-partisan institutions that...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green,

8 years ago EducationYouth

Gov’t Serious About Training – Green

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Administration is serious about ramping up training in order to ensure that persons are globally competitive. Mr. Green, who was speaking during the Splashjamaica.com Career Fair and Job Expo at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James on Wednesday (May 9), said it is...

8 years ago Justice

Police and Judges to be Trained in Child Diversion Programme

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says police officers and judges will be trained as part of the proposed implementation of the Child Diversion Programme. This, he said, will help in preparing them to determine when and how best to utilise the measures under this intervention. Child diversion is the process of implementing measures dealing with children who are alleged, accused...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, making his 2018/19 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on May 8

8 years ago Sectoral Debate 2018/2019Youth

$1.2 Billion Injected Into National Service Corps

The Government will be scaling up youth training and employment under the National Service Corps Programme (NSCP) through a massive financial injection of $1.2 billion this financial year. State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, made the disclosure in his contribution to the 2018/19 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 8). “Last year,...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), engages with Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (left), and Founder and Executive Chairman, LASCO Affiliated Companies, Lascelles Chin, before the start of the LASCO/Jamaica Constabulary Force 2018/2019 Police Officer of the Year awards ceremony, at The Jamaica Pegasus in New Kingston on Tuesday (May 8).

8 years ago National Security and Peace

Dr. Chang Welcomes LASCO Chin Foundation to Help Vulnerable Youth

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has hailed the establishment of the LASCO Chin Foundation, which will work with the police in engaging vulnerable youth in order to steer them away from crime. He said that the Government welcomes partnerships that will help to curtail crime and violence in the society. Mr. Chang said for the last 18...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (centre), makes a point during discussion with President of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers’ Association (JGRA), Phillip Chong (right), and Chief Executive Officer of Texaco Jamaica, Mauricio Pulido. Occasion was a trade show organised by the Association, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on May 9.

8 years ago EnergyScienceTechnology

More Regulations Coming for Petroleum Industry

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says more regulations are being crafted to direct the operations of the petroleum industry in order to ensure increased compliance. The new regulations form part of the recommendations made by the Petroleum Trade Reform Committee (PTRC) established to investigate reports of contaminated fuel or faulty gas in the petroleum market,...