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State Minister for National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., (right), greets several of the 26 Department of Correctional Services (DCS) officers who will participate in a multinational training programme, beginning this week, in United States (US). The announcement was made during a media briefing at the DCS training office on East Street in Kingston, on Friday, September 23.

Correctional Officers Participating in Multinational Training Programme

Twenty six Department of Correctional Services (DCS) officers will participate in a multinational training programme, beginning this week, in Cannon City, Colorado, USA. They join officers from the Colorado Department of Corrections, Haiti and Nigeria who have been selected for...

President of the Senate, Sen the Hon. Thomas Tavares-Finson (left), receives a petition from Mr. Steven Golding, President of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). The petition is requesting that President Barack Obama grant a Posthumous Presidential Pardon to the Rt. Excellent Marcus Garvey.

PHOTO: Senate signs Marcus Garvey Petition

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange

Grange: Time to Clear Garvey’s Name

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Honourable Olivia Grange, shows Lucy Meyer, Spokesperson for Special Olympics and the U.S Fund for UNICEF historic sites in Jamaica from the book, Jamaica: Heritage in Pictures by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust. Looking on is her mother Lucy Meyer. Lucy, is visiting Jamaica to help generate visibility and promote programmes that will benefit children with disabilities. She paid a courtesy call on the Minister on September 22, 2016 at her office in Kingston.

PHOTO: Special Olympics Spokesperson Lucy Meyer, pays Courtesy Call on Minister Grange

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses September 23's sitting of the Senate.

Schools Reminded Not to Bar Students for Non-Payment of Fees

Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Review Commission and former Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding (right), makes a point to participants at a youth forum hosted by the Commission at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters on Thursday, September 22. Listening from left are fellow participants Shantae Shand, Franz George and Kiddist McCoy.

10 years ago Foreign Affairs

CARICOM Not A Failure – Golding

Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Review Commission and former Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding, says CARICOM is not a failure, having achieved successes in several areas. “I think we have done very well in terms of functional cooperation. If every country in CARICOM had to set up their own examination system, instead of having the Caribbean Examinations Council, it...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, after his presentation at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 23.

10 years ago Foreign AffairsPrime Minister

PM Proposes Initiative to Assist Highly Indebted Middle-Income Countries

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is urging the international community to support an initiative aimed at providing access to development assistance for highly indebted middle-income countries (HIMIC). In proposing the HIMIC Initiative during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 23, Mr. Holness said countries could receive assistance in the form...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness announces Jamaica’s ratification of the ILO Convention C 189 (also known as Domestic Workers Convention) during his participation in the deliberations on a report by the United Nations High Level Panel on Economic Empowerment of Women at UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday, September 22. Seated behind the Prime Minister is Jamaica’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Courtenay Rattray.

10 years ago Prime Minister

Jamaica Ratifies Domestic Workers Convention

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on (Thursday, September 22) announced that the Government, due to its commitment to empower women economically has signed the instrument of ratification of ILO Convention C 189 (also known as the Domestic Workers Convention). Prime Minister Holness who was participating in the deliberations on a report by the United Nations High Level Panel on Economic Empowerment of...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer, addresses a town hall meeting at the Seventh-day Adventist conference centre in Mount Salem, St. James, on Thursday (September 22).

10 years ago Justice

Justices of The Peace Warned

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer, says legislation is coming to punish Justices of the Peace (JPs) who breach the code of conduct governing the office. Speaking at a town hall meeting at the Seventh-day Adventist conference centre in Mount Salem, St. James on Thursday (September 22), Ms. Palmer said the Ministry continues to receive reports that...

Acting Principal Director in the Office of the Prime Minister, Sonia Hyman (right), and Legal Officer with the Access to Information Unit, Shereika Hemmings-Allison, in conversation at the opening of a training session at Jamaica House on September 23 for Access to Information Responsible Officers in the public sector.

10 years ago Office of the Cabinet

Cabinet to Receive Draft Information Management Policy

A draft Integrated Records and Information Management Policy to standardise the management of official Government data is to be submitted to Cabinet shortly. This policy, an initiative of the Cabinet Office, along with the Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD) and the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), comes out of a five-year Record and Information Management programme to create...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dionne Jennings, delivering portfolio Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson’s message at the opening of the Centre of Excellence in Catherine Hall, St. James, on September 21.

10 years ago Labour

Minister Says Welfare of Persons with Disabilities Top Priority

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, says the Ministry is giving priority to the welfare and advancement of persons with disabilities. In her message, read by the Ministry’s Chief Technical Director, Dionne Jennings, at the official opening of the Montego Bay Learning Centre in Catherine Hall, St. James, on September 21, she applauded the commitment of the...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, addresses International Peace Day ceremony in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, St. James, on September 21. (File photo)

10 years ago National Security and Peace

More Resources for Police in St. James

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, says the Government will be allocating more resources to the St. James Police to tackle crime and violence. Addressing an International Peace Day ceremony in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, St. James, on September 21, Mr. Charles said the Government is taking proactive action to...