The Legal Aid Council and Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities hosted the inaugural Justice Fair for physically challenged persons, in a bid to advance equality and inclusivity for citizens within this group. The event, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), was held at Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St James, on December 7 under the theme...

Three young agricultural entrepreneurs have been awarded by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) for establishing outstanding enterprises and blazing a trail in the local agriculture sector. Taking the top prize was 28-year-old Kacheif Brown, a goat and cattle farmer from Westmoreland, whose modern goathouse is equipped with special pens and guarded by canine security. In second place...

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.