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Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks.

$4M Grant Aid for Persons with Disabilities

Nearly 30 persons with disabilities, islandwide, are to receive empowerment grants, totaling approximately $4 million, from the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD). The funds are being provided to assist persons who have either started a business or in...

Minister of Justice, Senator Mark Golding (right); and Chief Justice of Jamaica, Hon. Zaila McCalla, are greeted by Custos of St.
James, Hon. Ewen Corrodus. Occasion was the opening of the 4th Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers, on Thursday (September 24), at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, St. James. — Minister of Justice, Senator Mark Golding (right); and Chief Justice of Jamaica, Hon. Zaila McCalla, are greeted by Custos of St. James, Hon. Ewen Corrodus. Occasion was the opening of the 4th Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers, on Thursday (September 24), at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, St. James.

Judicial Officers Urged to Set High Standards for Justice Delivery

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier (2nd left), listens as Farm Manager at the Orange River Agricultural Research Station in St. Mary, Zavier Gray (right), explains the germination process of the pond apple, one of several plants grown at the station’s nursery. Minister Kellier was on a tour of drought affected areas in the parish on Thursday (September 25). Also pictured (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry; and Director of the station, Adrian Burke.

Drought Affected Farmers in St. Mary to Get Assistance

Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean, Sheila Roseau, discusses the issue of adolescent pregnancy in the Caribbean, at a Jamaica Information Service Think Tank held today ( September 25) at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

Framework Developed to Reduce Adolescent Pregnancy in the Caribbean

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, the Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill. (FILE)

Message from Minister of Tourism And Entertainment to Mark World Tourism Day

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan (right), shares a light moment with President of the Jamaica Pig Farmers Association (JPFA), Hanif Brown (2nd right), at yesterday’s (September 24) annual general meeting of the organisation held at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville. Sharing in the occasion (from left) are: Business Development Manager at Hi-Pro, Dayne Patterson; and Corporate Affairs Manager at Caribbean Broilers (CB), Dr Keith Amiel.

11 years ago Agriculture

Pork Industry On Steady Growth Path – Buchanan

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan, is reporting that the pork industry is on a steady growth path. He said a supply management regime that the Government implemented in 2012, to address a glut on the market, has ensured that the investments of farmers are not threatened. The regime, he...

Director of Nutrition in the Ministry of Health, Sharmaine Edwards.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

Employers Encouraged to Assist Lactating Mothers

Employers are being encouraged to be as accommodating as possible in the workplace in assisting lactating mothers who have returned to work, so they can sustain breastfeeding for at least six months, so that their babies can be adequately nourished. In an interview with JIS News, Director of Nutrition in the Ministry of Health, Sharmaine Edwards, explained that the Ministry...

Justice Minister, Mark Golding addresses the 4th Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers (CAJO), September 24 at the Hilton Rose Hall, Montego Bay. Also pictured (left to right) are Professor Richard Drayton, Rhodes Professor of Imperial History, King’s College London; Chief Justice ZailaMcCalla; Sir Dennis Byron, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice; Justice Adrian Saunders, Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice and Justice C. Dennis Morrison, Acting President of the Court of Appeal, Jamaica.

11 years ago Justice

Justice Minister Calls for Bipartisan Support of CCJ Bills

Justice Minister, Senator the Honourable Mark Golding, made an impassioned plea for “political consensus between the government and the Opposition” when the Senate debates the proposed adoption of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as Jamaica’s final court. The debate is scheduled to commence in the Upper House in mid October. The three companion Bills, among other things, seek to...

Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, addresses the opening of the 4th Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers, held on September 24 at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, St. James.

11 years ago Justice

Country Approaches Crucial Juncture

Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, says Jamaica is approaching a crucial juncture in its history, when in October the Senate will debate the three Bills that seek to amend the Constitution to entrench the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the country’s final appellate court. He reminded that the three Bills were debated and passed earlier this...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), and Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Western, Hon. Anthony Hylton, at the official opening of the Waterhouse Community Multi-purpose Centre, held on September 24. The centre constructed through the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP).

11 years ago National Security and Peace

CSJP Constructs Modern Multi-Purpose Centre In Waterhouse

Residents of Waterhouse and surrounding communities in St. Andrew now have access to a $50.6 million, fully solarised multi-purpose centre. The Citizen Security & Justice Programme III (CSJP III), in partnership with the Environmental Health Foundation (EHF), the Universal Service Fund (UAF) and the Waterhouse Community Development Committee (CDC) Benevolent Society, constructed and furbished the Waterhouse Community Multi-purpose Centre. The...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), is in discussion with Deputy Director, Sustainable Development, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Claire Bernard, during the official launch of the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism Project at the Hotel Four Seasons in Kingston today (Sept. 24).

11 years ago Environment

Key Sectors to Benefit from Climate Resilience Project

A number of key sectors will benefit from technical support to boost climate change resilience under a US$19.8 million programme, which was officially launched today (September 24). The project, the first Adaptation Programme implemented by the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) under the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience will provide strategies and action plans for the water, health and tourism...

Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams (right).

11 years ago National Security and Peace

Get The Guns Campaign Reaping Results

Commissioner of Police, Dr. Carl Williams, says some 16 firearms have been recovered over the past 36 hours under the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) ‘Get the Guns Campaign’. This brings to 26, the total number of firearms recovered since the launch of the campaign on September 17. The Commissioner was speaking at a customs seminar today (Sept. 24), at the...