An exhibition and reception in celebration of Jamaica’s 60th anniversary of Independence will be held at King’s House on Wednesday, July 27. The exhibition, under the theme ‘Birth of A Nation: Jamaica in 1962 Capturing the Spirit of Independence’, will be on display in the ballroom of King’s House, while the reception will be held on the lawns. The display...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), greets Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Daojiang Chen, during the diplomat’s recent courtesy call at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston.

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The Judiciary of Jamaica wishes to advise the public that full service will resume at the St. Catherine Parish Court’s administrative office effective today, Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 8:30am. Civil and family matters listed for the main court in Spanish Town and its outstations (Linstead, Old Harbour and Portmore) will be rescheduled to new dates. Therefore, members of the...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (centre), is joined by the 2022 Miss Jamaica Festival Queen finalists during a courtesy call at Kings House on Monday (July 25). Also joining are National Festival Queen Consultant, Michael Nicholson (seventh left), National Festival Queen Committee Chairman, Silvera Castro (eighth left), and Chaperone Major Lucien Suba (eighth right).

The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) impacted 145,828 adults through public education prevention initiatives, and 4,000 children across 73 institutions as part of the in-school prevention programme in 2021. This is contained in the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) 2021 Economic and Social Survey. The report also informed that a total of 935 clients accessed the primary treatment (drug...

The National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP), will be hosting a series of activities during Trafficking in Persons Week, to be observed from July 24 to 30. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on July 25, Manager of the Trafficking in Persons Secretariat at the Ministry of National Security, Audrey Budhi, said the aim of the activities is...

The National Youth Policy Summer Creative Challenge is open to entries from youth between 15 and 28 years of age. The competition aims to create a public-education-awareness campaign to sensitise young persons on the revised 2017-2030 Youth Policy, under the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY). This year’s participants are required to submit a creative piece that focuses on at...

The tertiary education of children exiting State care will be fully funded by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), through its Transitional Living Programme (TLP). This was noted by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CPFSA, Rosalee Gage-Grey, at the agency’s Transitional Living Expo for the Western and Northeast Regions, at the St. John Methodist Church Hall in...