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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, fits a hat at the Craft Enhancement Project Recognition and Awards Ceremony on July 12, 2016 at the New Kingston Business Centre. (FILE)

Craft Development Institute to be Established

The Government will, in partnership with the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, be establishing a Craft Development Institute (CDI), to be completed for September 2018. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addressing a post-Cabinet press briefing...

Prime Minster Andrew Holness and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister Holness Meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Acting Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant, addresses a press conference at the Office of the Police Commissioner located at 103 Old Hope Road in St. Andrew yesterday (January 11). The press conference provided an overview of the operations of the force in 2016 and outlined strategies for 2017.

Police Cleared Up 57 Per Cent of Murders Last Year

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), signs the agreement formalising the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) authorisation of partial use of Jamaica’s public procurement system for implementing IDB-funded projects. The signing took place at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Wednesday, January 11. Looking on is IDB Country Department Caribbean Group General Manager, Therese Turner-Jones, who also signed.

IDB Authorises Partial Use of National Procurement System

National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (left), listens to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant, at the Police Commissioner’s annual devotional exercise, held at the Police Commissioner’s Office on Old Hope Road in St. Andrew, on January 3. FILE

JCF to Step Up Operations Against Lottery Scamming

9 years ago Justice

Jamaica Prepared for New Arbitration Law – Chuck

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck said the country is prepared for the advent of the new Arbitration Bill, with the launch of the Mona International Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (MICAM) in November. “The launch of this centre will ensure that once the Bill is passed, there will already be an established and modernised venue to host arbitration disputes,”...

Commissioner of the Revenue Protection Divison, Major (Ret’d) Johanna Lewin, addresses the launch of the pilot for the Island Traffic Authority Vehicle Management Registration System at the Transport and Mining Ministry in Kingston on January 11.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Revenue Protection Department Clamping Down on Fraudulent Motor-Vehicle Documents

The Revenue Protection Department (RPD) is taking a zero-tolerance approach to the production of fraudulent motor-vehicle documents, including fitness and registration certificates, titles and driver’s licences. Commissioner of the RPD, Major (Ret’d) Johanna Lewin, said the RPD has placed 29 matters related to the production of fraudulent documents before the court. She said the department has shut down several mobile...

A section of a roadway leading to the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), at Palisadoes Park, Kingston. (FILE).

9 years ago Education

Debate on Bill to Give CMI University Status Gets Under Way

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday (January 10), started debate on legislation to give the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) university status. The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) Bill 2016 was piloted by Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry. It will repeal the Caribbean Maritime Institute Act under which the institution operates. Mr. Henry said the legislation provides an opportunity...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. (FILE)

9 years ago Youth

Gov’t Increases Funding to Child-Abuse Hotline

The Government has increased funding to 1-888-PROTECT (776-8328), the hotline set up to receive reports of child abuse, which will enable the service to operate 24 hours. The hotline, set up by the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), now operates 12 hours per day. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, made the disclosure at...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck. (FILE)

9 years ago Justice

House Begins Debate on Arbitration Bill

Debate on the Arbitration Bill, which seeks to provide an effective non-judicial mechanism for settling disputes between contracting parties, got under way in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 10). The Bill, which will repeal the Arbitration Act 1900, was piloted by Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck. The legislation is based on the provisions of the Model Law...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET), Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley

9 years ago Technology

Electricity Power-Wheeling Licences to be Introduced Shortly

The Minister of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET) will be introducing licences for electricity power wheeling shortly. Wheeling will allow Jamaicans who generate excess electricity in one location to be able to use the credit obtained from the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) at another site. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, said it will be useful to persons with...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, November 1. (FILE)

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Minister Shaw Tables First Supplementary Estimates

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, tabled the first Supplementary Estimates for the 2016/17 financial year in the House of Representatives on January 10. The figures show that the budget has been revised upwards from $579.93 billion to $592.74 billion, an increase of $12.8 billion. The Estimates show an increase in the Recurrent (housekeeping) expenses from...