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Executive Director, Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner.

Legal Aid Council Safeguarding Citizens’ Rights Under Enhanced Security Measures

Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner, has reiterated the agency’s commitment to safeguarding citizens’ rights, particularly while enhanced security measures are being administered in some communities to curb crime. He said that as the Government implements measures...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (JIS File Photo).

More Patients to be Relocated from Cornwall Regional Hospital

FAO Director-General Calls for Collaboration to Combat Malnutrition and Obesity

Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation, Sharonmae Shirley.

JANAAC Extends Period for Free Pre-Assessment

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), exchanges pleasantries with Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus, Professor Archibald McDonald, at the opening ceremony of the meetings of the UWI Technical Advisory Committees (TAC) at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge on March 6.

Tertiary Institutions Offering New and in-Demand Courses – Senator Reid

8 years ago National Security and Peace

Major General Antony Anderson is new Commissioner of Police

The Police Service Commission is pleased to announce the appointment of Major General Antony Anderson as Commissioner of Police for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), with effect from March 19. Major General Anderson currently serves as the National Security Advisor, a post he has filled since being appointed in December 2016. The first person to serve in this capacity in...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), and Foreign Secretary of Mexico, His Excellency Dr. Luis Videgaray Caso, shake hands following a joint press conference hosted by Minister Johnson Smith at Jamaica House on Tuesday (May 6). Secretary Videgaray is in the island for a working visit from March 5 to 6.

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

Mexican Experts to Train Persons in Petroleum Industry

Stakeholders in Jamaica’s petroleum industry are to benefit from training and technical services from experts out of Mexico. This is being facilitated under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which was signed today (March 6) between Group General Manager of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Winston Watson; and Director General of the Mexican Petroleum Institute, Dr. Ernesto Rios Patrón. Foreign...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left); and Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Nestor Mendez (second left), look on as juvenile offenders at the South Camp Correctional Facility in Kingston demonstrate their yoga skills during a tour of the facility on Monday (March 5). Commissioner of Corrections, Ina Hunter (third right); and Acting Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Andrew Colburn (right), also observe the yoga demonstration.

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

OAS Impressed With ‘A New Path’ in Jamaica

Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Nestor Mendez, has hailed implementation of the organisation’s ‘A New Path’ project in Jamaica, noting that it is positively changing the lives of the beneficiaries and guiding them along a path of economic independence. He was speaking during a site visit to the all-female South Camp Correctional Facility in...

Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown.

8 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustryVision 2030

Jamaicans Encouraged to Support National Quality Policy

Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown, has encouraged Jamaicans to support the Government’s National Quality Policy 2017, as it aims to increase the nation’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) and export earnings. According to Mr. Brown, the new policy will help with quality upgrading of locally produced goods and services to internationally required...

8 years ago Youth

Grant Funding for Young Entrepreneurs in Blue and John Crow Mountains

Twenty young entrepreneurs from communities within the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park are to benefit from $1 million in grant funding to enhance their operations. The support is being provided by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport under an initiative to assist residents of Portland, St. Andrew and St. Thomas to tap into the business and...

8 years ago Mining

Diversification of Minerals Sector High on Agenda of Mining Ministry

The mining division of the Ministry of Transport and Mining is placing greater focus on the diversification of the minerals sector. In an interview with JIS News at the recent 24th Bauxite and Alumina Conference, Principal Director, Minerals Policy Planning and Development Division in the Ministry, Dr. Oral Rainford, said that the development of industrial minerals has been placed on...

Assistant Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for Latin America and the Caribbean, Dr. Julio Berdegué, addresses a press conference at the 35th Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean in Montego Bay.

8 years ago Agriculture

FAO Official Wants Clear Mandate for Organisation

Assistant Director General for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Latin America and the Caribbean region, Dr. Julio Berdegué, says member states should provide a clear political mandate to guide the organisation’s activities over the next biennium. He notes that the FAO has been focusing on improving the quality of its agreements with the Governments, in...