Jamaicans are being assured that their rights and welfare will be safeguarded while travelling or living overseas, by virtue of Jamaica’s extensive network of foreign embassies, high commissions and permanent missions in countries with which the Government has established diplomatic relations. Director of Diaspora Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Lloyd Wilks, says there are...

Acting Public Defender, Matondo Mukulu, is hailing the tremendous response of young Jamaicans to the Office of the Public Defender’s inaugural Nationwide Essay Competition. The initiative, launched in July and concluded with the award ceremony on October 23, was aimed at increasing young people’s awareness of their fundamental rights as well as the newly passed Disabilities Act. It had two...

Distribution of devices under the Government’s ‘Tablets in Schools’ pilot programme continued on October 24, with 613 students of the Sir Clifford Campbell Primary School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland receiving tablet computers. The programme is being implemented by E-Learning Jamaica, an agency of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining. Implementation Officer with E-Learning Jamaica, Catherina Patterson, told JIS News...

Professor of Economics and International Business at New York University (NYU) in the Unites States, Nouriel Roubini, says the Caribbean’s best prospect for sustained macro-economic growth lies in deepening levels of financial sector congruity and trade integration. “There are plenty of challenges in this part of the world and a lot needs to be done. A lot of the work...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) will be observing Fire Safety Awareness Week 2014 from October 26 to November 1, under the theme: ‘Community in Action...Supporting Fire Prevention’. Speaking with JIS News, Public Relations Office of the JFB, Emeleo Ebanks, said the theme is to highlight the importance of community involvement in preventing fires. He said the focus will be year...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, is appealing to Jamaicans to pay over the $2.8 billion in outstanding property taxes for the current fiscal year. This will ensure that the target of $7.26 billion for the financial year is met, the Minister said. “I am making a special appeal for this gap to be filled. The...

Jamaican Ambassador to Brazil, Her Excellency Alison Stone Roofe, says her embassy staff has already started preparations to capitalise on the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. “We are starting early to put plans in place, both logistics and cultural, and to be available for any initiative which the government has in relation to the Road to Rio in 2016....