The High Commission in London, on December 13, hosted its first ceremony to recognise United Kingdom (UK)-born persons of Jamaican heritage, who took up Jamaican citizenship. High Commissioner to the UK, Her Excellency Aloun N’dombet-Assamba, who congratulated the new citizens, said the decision to host the special ceremony was to celebrate the fact that they had chosen to confirm their...

The Government of Jamaica’s (GoJ) efforts to improve the monitoring and management of criminal deportees have been strengthened, under a $48 million agreement with the United Kingdom (UK) Government. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Major General (Retired) Stewart Saunders and British High Commissioner, His Excellency David Fitton, on December 13, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for...

Eight-five residents of Gravel Heights in St. Catherine are now proud landowners having received the titles to the property that they occupy from the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ). The residents, some of whom have been living in the area since the 1970s, received the instruments on Friday, December 13, during a ceremony held at the Redemption National Church of...

Minister of Health, Dr. Hon. Fenton Ferguson, says that work on the multi-million dollar cardiac wing at the Bustamante Hospital for Children is on track for a mid-February completion date. The Minister, who toured the facility, which is currently under construction on Friday morning, December 13, said that the state-of-the-art facility will be the first of its kind in the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, led a joint sitting of Parliament on December 13, to pay tribute to the late former South African President, Nelson Mandela, who died on December 5. Expressing condolences to the people of South Africa, who lost their first black President, the Prime Minister said it was important to recognize the extent to...

National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, says that in another year or two, about 25 per cent of the police force will possess at least a first degree. “I am pleased that in recent years, we have been seeing rising academic qualifications of our police personnel. One recent batch had almost 50 per cent with first degrees,” the Minister noted....

The recently completed report of the National Education Inspectorate’s Chief Inspector is slated to be tabled in the House of Representatives on December 17. Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, who made the disclosure during the Ministry’s media breakfast hosted at the Courtleigh Hotel, New Kingston, on Friday, December 13, said the report provides a “fair snapshot” of the performance...