Jamaica will be establishing a Cyber Incident Response Team as it moves to strengthen the country’s virtual security platform. Technical assistance and support for the project will come from the International Telecoms Union (ITU), and the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE), an arm of the Organization of American States (OAS), which will provide funding for the purchase of equipment and...

The Senate on Friday, October 31, passed the Employment (Flexible Work Arrangements) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, paving the way for the introduction of flexible working time. The flexi-work arrangement is intended to increase employment opportunities, enhance productivity and afford workers the opportunity to better structure their lives through a flexible employee/employer work agreement. Making his contribution to the debate, Senator Lambert Brown,...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, will interact directly with young persons across the country through ‘Pon Di Corna’ reasoning sessions, as part of activities for Youth Month, being observed in November. These sessions are to be held in Albert Town, Trelawny, on November 7; Somerset, St. Thomas on November 14; and Gregory Park, St. Catherine on November...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has extended the deadline for entries in the 2014 Heritage Essay and Poster Competitions. Students now have until midnight on Friday (November 7) to submit their entries, which is a seven-day extension from the previous deadline of October 31. The essay competition, which targets primary and preparatory school students, age nine to 12 years, has...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, has assured residents of Bog Walk that measures are being put in place to stem the recent spate of crime in the area. He said the police has deployed additional resources to the community. The Minister was addressing a community meeting at the New Life Tabernacle Church in the St. Catherine community on...

Partnerships and effective leadership are at the heart of the academic successes being enjoyed by the Denbigh High School. Over the last several years the school has seen a steady improvement in Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) passes especially in the key subjects of Mathematics and English. A tutorial programme put in place last year, resulted in massive improvements in...

The Government is moving to review the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy, as part of the process to improve the contribution of science and technology to national development. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has instructed the re-constituted National Science, Technology and Innovation Commission to begin the review as a first order of business. Minister of Science,...