Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith, has joined the call for Jamaicans to break the silence and report known or suspected incidences of human trafficking, especially those cases involving children. Addressing a public forum on human trafficking at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus, on November 26, Mr. Smith informed that in...

Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Richard Byles, says that the four-year Memorandum of Economic and Fiscal Policies (MEFP), negotiated with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is a feasible plan that can bring the level of economic stability that the country needs. “First of all, we (Sagicor) have examined, very carefully, the MEFP and believe it to...

When Nelson Mandela said: “Education is the most powerful, which can be used to change the world”, perhaps he was referring to the life and work of Dr. Pauline Mullings. Since 1975 when she first entered the classroom, as a National Youth Service (NYS) trainee teacher, Dr. Mullings’ mission has been to change lives through education. Thirty-eight years later, this...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says while the smoking of marijuana has serious implications for one’s health, he fully supports the use of the substance for medicinal purposes. “Jamaica can’t lock off itself from the rest of the world or the research findings that are available, that is pointing to a significant number of elicits that medical marijuana...

Four mobile community security and dispute resolution centres were opened in March Pen, St. Catherine, on November 26, to serve the Lauriston and Shelter Rock areas. Speaking at the handing over ceremony, Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, urged the residents to take “ownership” of the facilities, noting that with the Security Forces maintaining law and order in the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has cited a lack of adequate funding as part of the challenge keeping more women from participating in representational politics in Jamaica. She noted that while women head important institutions, such as the Supreme Court, and are dominant in fields such as health and education, they still lag behind in numbers in...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, says that with the recent passage of the Defamation Act, the media must now move swiftly to establish the long-awaited complaints council or commission. She said that the Government has delivered its promise to update Jamaica’s libel law, and it is now time for the media to set up a...