The Office of the Children’s Registry, OCR, wishes to congratulate the thirty-seven thousand five hundred and seventy five (37, 575) students who successfully completed their Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) and have been awarded places in various schools across the island. The agency notes reports from the Ministry of Education that over seventy percent of these students were placed in...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the Government will continue to implement poverty reduction and alleviation measures in a bid to improve the conditions of the most vulnerable Jamaicans. “We are working diligently to eliminate poverty through economic growth, job creation, the expansion of business ownership, the generation of wealth, and social programmes to benefit the most...

In celebration of her birthday this year, Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency Aloun Assamba, has awarded scholarships, valued at $1.2 million to students at three of the high schools she attended. The beneficiary institutions are: Ferncourt High School, St Ann; Merle Grove High School, St. Andrew; and Convent of Mercy (Alpha), Kingston. Two sixth form students...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, has reported that a record 3,000 participants attended the 2015 Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, which concludes on Thursday (June 18). This is the highest level of attendance, since the inaugural staging of the conference in 2004. Speaking at a Jamaica House media briefing at the Montego Bay Convention Centre...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) has awarded $430,000 in grants to six aspiring entrepreneurs from the Corporate Area. The grant assistance was provided under the KSAC’s Enterprise Assistance Programme, which was launched in February 2015, as part of a move by the Corporation to encourage economic growth and development. At the presentation ceremony held at the KSAC’s downtown...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the Government is looking at amending the Mental Health Act in order to improve service delivery in this area. He said the proposed changes will address, among other things, the treatment of mentally challenged persons, and make provisions for institutional strengthening. The Minister, who was addressing the health plenary session of the Jamaica...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, says the use of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) evidence is a critical weapon in the fight against crime. Minister Bunting, who was opening the debate on the DNA Evidence Act, 2015 in the House of Representatives yesterday (June 16), said the usefulness of DNA lies in the fact that it is the most powerful...