Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of  the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Deirdre English Gosse, is recommending  that  the practice of bedside registration, where a mother is not required to show proof of identification before names are added to her child’s birth record, should be amended. Addressing the inaugural Caribbean Civil Registration and Identity Management Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, says he will be making a Cabinet submission to exclude the Ministry’s printed details from the country’s Budget. He was speaking at a post-Sectoral Debate press conference at the Ministry’s Oxford Road offices in New Kingston on July 7. “We have seen on our website a lot of traffic from countries and organisations...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Ministry will continue to work with critical stakeholders to enable them to capitalise on opportunities in the export market. He said a key role of the Government is to promote Brand Jamaica to the world and identify new trade and investment opportunities in order to spur economic growth....

The Montego Bay Boys’ and Girls’ Club has been given $250,000 by Summerfest Productions Limited, promoters of the annual Reggae Sumfest music show. The money will go towards purchasing much needed musical instruments for the club, which was founded in 1942. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Summerfest Productions Limited, Josef Bogdanovich, presented the money to David Earle, the club’s Senior...

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Dr. Patricia Holness, says Caribbean nations need to come together and create a model for civil registration, where identification data can be accessed easily. Speaking at the Caribbean Civil Registration and Identity Management Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on July 7, Dr. Holness added that a secure identity...

More than 100,000 patrons are expected to attend the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show to be held from July 30 to August 1 in May Pen, Clarendon. JAS President, Norman Grant, informed that some 250 exhibitors will showcase their produce over the three-day event. Mr. Grant, who was addressing a JIS Think Tank, said that this year’s show will...

The Government will be reallocating billions of dollars from several Ministries, Agencies and Departments to assist with the island’s crime-fighting strategies. “The administration is going to make the largest investment in the security apparatus in the history of this nation, and I am not talking millions, I am talking billions,” says Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague. The Minister...