The Child Development Agency (CDA) is calling on community members to be more proactive in reporting incidents of child abuse. Reports of abuse, neglect and abandonment are received and investigated by the CDA, which determines the steps to be taken in the best interest of the child. Information on child abuse is also received by the Office of the Children’s...

Jamaica’s Fulbright Scholar for 2012-2013, Tracy-Ann Hyman, is among 21 other Fulbright scholarship recipients from the Western Hemisphere, Latin America and the Caribbean to participate in a two-month research exchange programme at the University of North Carolina in the United States of America. The Fulbright Regional Network for Applied Research (NEXUS) Programme brings together a network of junior scholars, professionals...

Chairman of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Advisory Board, Fae Ellington, says that for the next 50 years, the agency will seek to maintain its high standard, as it disseminates information that will enhance public awareness and increase knowledge of the policies and programmes of Government. “The work of the JIS going forward in the next 50 years is to...

Jamaica will join the rest of the world in observing International Right to Know Week from Monday, September 23 to Saturday, September 28, under the theme, ‘Right to Know…Power to Change’. Spearheaded by the Access to Information (ATI) Unit at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), the week’s campaign is being used to raise awareness of an individual’s right to access...

The Child Development Agency (CDA), is encouraging families to explore alternatives to State care for children in need of care and protection, as it continues to reach out to vulnerable children who are referred to the agency as result of abuse, neglect, trauma, disability, among other factors. The CDA, which falls under the Ministry of Youth and Culture, has been...

Media practitioners within the private sector have hailed the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) for the level of professionalism portrayed in providing world-class information to its target audience. President of the Press Association of Jamaica and Managing Editor at the Gleaner Company Limited, Ms. Jenni Campbell,  described the JIS as a “very present help in times of trouble.” “This is especially...

Twenty-nine students who performed exceptionally well in the 2013 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), were honoured by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC)  on September 20. The students, whose parents are employed to the UDC, were presented with gift vouchers of $10,000 each, during the awards function, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. The recipients are: Raheem Linton, Abbygail...

Importers and distributors are being cautioned against marketing counterfeit products by the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), as it moves to clamp down on Intellectual Property rights infringements. In recent months, the agency has ramped up its activities in seizing illicit merchandise, which include clothing, cigarettes, pharmaceuticals as well as appliances. This has been done in collaboration with Jamaica Constabulary Force...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says energy is the most critical issue facing the country, and that the use of renewable energy is one way to significantly lower the cost of electricity in the country. “I really want to urge Jamaicans now, to look at what we are doing by energy efficiency, energy conservation,...