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Murders in St. Catherine Declined by 81% During State of Public Emergency
Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says subsequent to the declaration of the State of Public Emergency in St. Catherine on June 17, murders declined by 81 per cent, while shootings reduced by 56 per cent. The enhanced security...
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Remote Detection of Traffic Offences Allowed Under New Traffic Regulations
The remote detection of traffic offences using cameras and other electronic devices will now be allowed under the new Road Traffic Regulations, which were approved in the House of Representatives on July 5. The legislation also provides for the issuing of tickets for such offences via electronic means. “These are common practices in developed countries worldwide using technology to monitor...
More Than $3B for Social Support Programmes
The government has announced it will be spending an additional $2.7 billion to provide targeted support to Jamaicans who are most adversely affected by the high cost of living. This totals $3.8 billion in social intervention expenditure, of which $1.1 billion is already accounted for in the 2022/2023 Budget. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel...
Bartlett Excited About Possible Saudi Investment
A group of 80 Saudi Arabian business interests will arrive in Jamaica on Friday (July 7) for discussions with government officials on local investment prospects. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, who made the announcement, said it will be the largest and strongest group of investors from the Middle East to be hosted locally. They will arrive after participating in the...
Plans Being Made to Transform School Boards
The Ministry of Education and Youth and the National Council on Education (NCE) are putting medium and short-term strategies in place to transform the current school governance structure. This is according to portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, who informed that several initiatives are being pursued to provide greater support to the boards of management and to transform the school governance...
Five Persons to Be Extradited to US for Lottery Scamming
Five persons will be extradited to the United States (US) for lottery scamming-related offences and other serious crimes later this week. This was stated by Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson during a virtual press conference on July 5. He said lottery scamming investigations will continue to be a significant area of collaboration between law-enforcement entities locally and overseas,...
More Than One Million Stopover Visitors Since January
Jamaica has welcomed 1,117,137 stopover visitors since the start of the year, which has generated just over US$1.5 billion in earnings. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, notes that arrivals have been “pacing very positively”, adding that the industry “continues [to show] very strong recovery” from the fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. He was speaking at a media briefing at...