Inscription of the archaeological site of Port Royal on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List is currently going through the nomination process. Port Royal was destroyed by an earthquake in 1692 when a large portion of the town fell into the sea and about 2,000 people died as a result of the tremor. “The...

The Percy Junor Hospital in Manchester is slated to be extensively expanded, Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has announced. This is in keeping with the Government’s thrust to expand and refurbish public health facilities islandwide. “There is a plan drawn up that will require further study and assessment, which will see a new outpatient department,...

The Ministry of Education and Youth has engaged school principals to ensure that they are in compliance with provisions under the new Data Protection Act. On December 1 the Act came into effect. It provides greater safeguards for the handling of personal information of Jamaicans held in physical or electronic form. This legislation was passed in 2020 and is set...

The Joint Select Committee that reviewed the Cybercrimes Act has made several recommendations for the inclusion of new offences under the Act. Some of these include cyber stalking, cyber defamation, cyberthreats, cyberbullying, web jacking, phishing, spoofing, spamming and social engineering. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) is greeted by Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, on arrival at the Police Officers’ Club in St. Andrew on Saturday (Dec. 9), for the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) annual officers’ cocktail party.

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Willaims, says that billions of dollars in investments are coming to enhance the learning environment at schools across the island. The initiative is in keeping with recommendations in the Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC) report, which highlighted the need for infrastructure upgrades to create modern school environments. The Minister said it is important...

The Government of Jamaica is partnering with the Canadian Government to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Haitian National Police (HNP). The first 16-member cohort of the HNP were equipped in security screening interview techniques during a recently concluded one-week course at the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ). A second batch of HNP participants are slated to arrive on...