The Senate has approved the Banking Services (Deposit Taking Institutions) (Agent Banking) Regulations of 2016, which was passed by the House of Representatives in November. The regulations will provide a framework that will allow some banking business to be undertaken through agents authorised by a Supervisory Committee. Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, piloted the regulations...

The staff of residential child care institutions have been honoured for their invaluable contribution, by the Child Development Agency (CDA). Among those honoured at the 2016 Residential Child Care Facilities Dinner on December 8, at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston, were staff of the Alpha Boys Home, which has been serving the sector for 125 years, and the Maxfield...

Members of the Hanover Bee Farmers Co-operative Society have been commended for their steadfastness and devotion to apiculture over the past five years. Addressing the third annual general meeting of the Society in Lucea, Hanover recently, the Minister also lauded them for the part they have played in the development of the industry, not only in the parish of Hanover,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, has lauded members of the Joint Committee for Tertiary Education (JCTE) for its impact on the country’s education system. “You have served the country’s education system for years and have, through your own lives, truly led to the transformation of our education landscape,” the State Minister...

Chief Justice, Hon. Mrs. Zaila McCalla, says the staging of child justice guideline training seminars for attorneys-at-law by the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA), will play a major role in the dispensing of justice for persons involved in those cases. Speaking at a seminar at the Melia Braco Village Resorts in Trelawny on December 10, Justice McCalla said there...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the Government is moving aggressively with the enactment of legislation to protect the rights of children. Addressing a Child Justice Guidelines Training Seminar for attorneys-at-law at the Melia Braco Village Resorts in Trelawny on December 10, the Minister said Jamaica has already ratified conventions on the rights of the child and there have been...

Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has expressed the Government’s heartfelt gratitude for the European Union’s (EU) continued relationship and ongoing support. Noting that organization’s inputs have been consistent, Mr. Shaw says the EU has “proactively” sought to channel its support to Jamaica’s development objectives, and that its provisions have been aligned with the country’s long-term National Development...