Thirty-nine distinguished Jamaicans, who have contributed significantly to the upliftment of their communities, were honoured at the 2014 Governor-General’s Achievement Awards (GGAA) pinning ceremony held on November 27 at King’s House. During the function, 14 persons, aged 35 and older, received Achievement Awards, while the other 25 were presented with Youth Awards for Excellence. The recipients of the Achievement Awards,...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the family structure must be rebuilt as a matter of urgency, if the country is to prosper as a great nation and if citizens are going to be happy and prosperous as individuals. “We have wrecked the notion of the family being the really tight hub and focus of growing our children...

Twenty-five female students, aged 11 to 15 years, are being trained to become coders as part of the Government’s thrust to increase skills in information technology for national development, and boost the number of women in the male-dominated field. Coding is the process of writing specific instructions for a computer to perform a particular task or action. Coding is what...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be observing Police Week 2014 from November 23 to November 29 under the theme: ‘Restoring Community Confidence Through Sustained Partnership.’ The week will begin with a national service at the Church of the Open Bible, Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday (November 23). Other services will be hosted by area divisions...

Acting Director of the Legal Services Unit at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Camille Bennett-Campbell, is advising employers that flexi work is not mandatory. “No business is being compelled or forced to implement flexi work. Each organization has to look at its business operation and decide if flexi work can work for them,” she said. Mrs. Bennett-Campbell was...

As part of a $200 million airport improvement project, the Government has installed five automated immigration kiosks to process airline passengers arriving at the Norman Manley International Airport, in Kingston, and 10 at the Sangster International Airport, in Montego Bay. This will speed up the processing time to about 60 seconds, down from the current average of two minutes. Immigration...

Health care delivery at the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester should be improved, following the completion of five major projects at the institution, undertaken over the 2013/14 period at a cost of approximately $105 million. The projects, financed by the National Health Fund (NHF), under its Health Support Fund, included: renovation and other supporting infrastructure works on four operating theatres;...