Spokesperson for the ‘Forgiveness Saves Lives’ public education campaign, Silton Townsend (left), presents Deputy Chief Education Officer, Curriculum and Services Division, Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Clover Hamilton-Flowers with a mug during the campaign launch on November 15 at the Courtyard Marriott in Kingston. The initiative, which is being undertaken by local advocacy and non- profit group ‘Hello Neighbour’...

Major works, slated to start in March 2024, are to be undertaken on the Santa Cruz to Leeds and Lacovia to Burnt Savannah roads in St. Elizabeth North Eastern at a cost of more than $250 million. Member of Parliament (MP), Delroy Slowley, made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2023/24 State of the Constituency Debate in the House...

Stiffer penalties and greater regulations are coming to curb praedial larceny, when Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, brings to Parliament an amendment to the Agricultural Produce Act. Providing details at a Stakeholder Engagement Session in St. Thomas, on November 15, the Minister said that praedial larceny has been affecting its small ruminant programme and that there...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that it is responding to more than 30 incidents relating to rains associated with Tropical Cyclone Number 22. The Agency has had to be dealing with issues such as fallen rocks, landslides, flooding, scoured surfaces and breakaways. Manager Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw says that the bulk of the...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will be conducting more regular earthquake drills as part of its national strategic response. The simulation exercises will assist persons to be better prepared and help to ease anxiety about earthquakes among the public, Acting Deputy Director General at ODPEM, Michelle Edwards, told JIS News. “Once we can have them and...

Promising young leaders from the 14 Municipal Corporations participated in the Local Government & Community Month 2023 Youth Mayors’ Forum, staged at the Grand Bahia Principe Hotel in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, on November 16. The event served as a platform for Youth Mayors to showcase their respective initiatives, aimed at improving their parishes. Addressing the assembly, Minister of Local...

Data Controllers in Jamaica are being encouraged to prepare for registration with the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) come December 1. Under the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2020, data controllers are considered to be organisations or individuals that process the personal information of others. “If you are holding, receiving, using, collecting, or dealing with personal data of any individual,...