The Road Traffic Act Public Awareness Campaign, dubbed ‘Know the Road Code’, will bring attention to key concerns regarding proper road usage and the desired behaviours to improve the quality of the road experience for all Jamaicans. Cabinet was recently provided with an update on the campaign by Minister without Portfolio, with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan. Speaking at...

The country is one step closer to becoming a digital society, with 17 Internet sites across 10 communities now having broadband access through the Advancing Jamaica’s Digital Response to COVID-19 Rapid Finance Facility (COVID-RFF) Project. Under the initiative, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, and the Universal Service Fund (USF),...

The Ministry of Education and Youth is working to improve efficiency in service delivery, including payments to its personnel, says Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams. Speaking at the Zed Technologies Cybersecurity and Data Protection Conference, held on April 19 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, Mrs. Williams said the entire leadership of the Ministry wants to “do a...

Teachers are being implored to make greater use of technology in the teaching and learning process, even as normality has returned to the education sector, following the COVID-19 pandemic. Making the call, Minister of Education and Youth, Hon Fayval Williams, reiterated that technology-based education must become a permanent fixture in schools. She was addressing the Teachers’ Colleges of Jamaica Biennial...

CARICOM leaders have agreed to a ban on assault weapons in the region, except for use by the security forces and in sporting competitions. This was among a slew of measures coming out of the recently concluded regional symposium on ‘Violence as a Public Health Issue – The Crime Challenge’, which was attended by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government...

Jamaicans are being charged to create systems of protection and care around the nation’s children, so that harm does not befall them. Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, made the call as she addressed the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) media launch of Child Month 2023 on Wednesday (April 19) at the GraceKennedy Corporate Offices, downtown Kingston. “It should be a...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, will provide a report to the House of Representatives on the findings of a recent mission to examine the Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Programme (SAWP) in Canada. A special fact-finding team visited the North American country in October last year to assess the status of Jamaicans participating in that programme. Minister without...