The Justice Ministry is expanding the cadre of restorative justice facilitators serving communities with additional personnel to come on stream in January 2022. This means that more Jamaicans will be able to benefit from restorative justice services as a dispute resolution option. The facilitators will lead restorative justice circles, which are sessions that provide an opportunity for community members to...

Approximately 56,300 or 27 per cent of secondary-school students are benefiting from limited face-to-face learning, in preparation for external examinations. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, during the sitting of the House of Representatives, on November 30. She also informed that secondary schools reaching 65 per cent or more of their student population...

State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, has hailed the work and partnership of Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL) in the national HIV/AIDS response. Speaking at the JASL’s public forum held on Tuesday (November 30) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, the State Minister said that the organisation has provided 30 years...

Another 383 primary schools have been approved for the next phase of face-to-face learning. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on November 30. “These schools are our larger primary schools, some with their enrolment above 630, while others are occupying 80 per cent or more...

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) will be spending approximately $1 billion to upgrade the Hip Strip, located along Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in Montego Bay, St. James. “We are going to upgrade the entire Hip Strip from the roundabout at KFC straight to Dead End [Beach]. We are spending $1 billion for the upgrading,” said Chairman of the entity, Godfrey Dyer....

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 23 91,272 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 19 51,927 Males 4 39,342 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 1 year to 85 years 1 day to 108 years       PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES     Clarendon 2 4,918 Hanover 0 2,959 Kingston & St. Andrew 7 22,551 Manchester 1 5,963...

The Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU) will be seeking Cabinet approval for the establishment of the Shared Corporate Services Department, following the successful pilots of Human Resource (HR) Management and Internal Audit Shared Services. This was revealed by the Executive Director, TIU, Maria Thompson Walters, at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ held at the agency’s head office in...