The Legal Aid Council (LAC) is inviting Jamaicans to come out and access its services through Mobile Justice Unit visits across the island, during June. In 2017, the Ministry of Justice, through the LAC, launched the Mobile Justice Unit initiative, which is intended to improve legal representation for vulnerable persons in marginalised and deep rural communities. Executive Director of the...

A sum of $298 million will be spent this year to transform urban spaces under the Paint the City Initiative. Making his contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives recently, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said that under the Initiative, significant work is being done to improve the look and feel...

Several sites of historical importance in Municipalities islandwide will be refurbished as legacy projects for Jamaica’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, made the announcement during his 2022/23 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives recently. He said the Government will also implement a special project to clean the landscape as part...

More than 11,000 undocumented Jamaicans will be provided with their birth certificates free of cost by the Government during this year. This will be facilitated under the $50 million ‘Project BirthRight’ initiative, which will supply the important document to eligible Jamaicans who fall below a certain income threshold. This was announced by Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the...

The monthly townhall series, ‘Let’s Connect with Ambassador Marks’, has been well received by the Jamaican Diaspora. This is according to Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks. The online programme offers members of the Diaspora the opportunity to speak with the Ambassador about issues that are of interest to them and be updated on the Government’s...

Plans are in place to update and expand the scope and reach of the Jamaica Trade Information Portal (JTIP), says the Trade Board Limited (TBL). “The dynamic trade environment in which we operate requires us to be innovative and strategic in how we harvest, interpret, and disseminate trade-related information and data. JTIP, therefore, needs to be a well-organised and efficient...

The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) and Royal Caribbean have advised that a minor incident involving the cruise line’s vessel - Harmony of the Seas, on arrival at the Falmouth Port in Trelawny on May 26, resulted in no disruption to operations. Royal Caribbean, in a statement, indicated that the ship, which came into contact with an extension of the...