Eighteen new Justices of the Peace (JPs) for Manchester take the oath of office during a commissioning ceremony held on Thursday (March 30) at Church Teachers’ College in the parish. Custos Rotulorum of Manchester, Lt. Col. Hon. Garfield Green (left, at podium) presides over the ceremony.

The Government continues to implement strategies aimed at suppressing organised crime and money laundering, and countering terrorism financing. The move is part of efforts to comply with the international requirements and standards of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, has indicated that when Jamaica was evaluated, “we were...

Chargé D’Affaires, Embassy of Venezuela, José Antonio Sánchez-Vegas (centre) leads a workshop with students and representatives from the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation, on the festivities of San Pedro the Apostle, whose Saint Day is celebrated in the Spanish-speaking country. Occasion was Spanish Immersion Day activities at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library on March 29.

Training is a “big part” of how the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) operates. In an interview with JIS News, Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO), JSEZA, Kelli-Dawn Hamilton, informed that major focus is placed on providing on-the-job training for staff. “We have a very robust internship programme here at the Special Economic Zone Authority and when our youngsters come...

Students from the Denham Town and Tivoli Gardens High schools in Kingston are engaged in weekly Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) as part of a pilot programme by the Ministry of Education and Youth to reduce violence in schools. The two schools are the first of nine that are targeted islandwide for the intervention, which is aimed at testing the use...

Residents in the Seafort, Hellshire Park Estate and Fort Hill Estate communities in Portmore, St. Catherine, are now being served by Neighbourhood Watch groups to help ensure public safety. The groups were launched during a ceremony at the Hellshire Park shopping centre, on March 25. It was attended by Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; Commissioner of Police,...

Director of the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home, Kimberley Elliot-Williamson, is focused on developing skills training programmes for wards at the private residential facility that will prepare them to transition into society when they leave. “We want every child leaving here to, at least, be literate to a level where they are able to do basic reading and writing. Not everybody...