Former Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, Regional Coordinating Office, University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Opal Palmer Adisa, is calling on Jamaicans to stop protecting sexual predators. “We must interrogate and break the veil of protection that teen mothers, their families and the community use to protect men. We must stop protecting these predators because...

Jamaica will receive its sixth cruise ship for the week on Friday (November 19, with the Aida scheduled to call at the Falmouth Port in Trelawny. These are the most vessels the island has seen in one week since the return of cruise ships in August. Four of the ships called at Ocho Rios – Norwegian Gem and Aida on...

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) welcomes objective audit scrutiny, oversight, and interrogation of its internal controls, processes and systems. This will allow for continuous improvement, compliance, and efficient service delivery to our stakeholders. Regarding the Special Audit of Bunkering Operations and Private Bonded Warehouses conducted by the Auditor General’s Department (AuGD), covering the period 2016-2021, the JCA wishes to provide...

More than 600 young persons, who successfully completed training under the Government’s Technology Advancement Programme (TAP) for the 2019/2020 period, were presented with certificates during a graduation ceremony held at the Liguanea Club in New Kingston on November 16. They are the second cohort to be trained under the initiative, which is aimed at equipping unattached youth across the island...

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica’s resilient corridors are hailed worldwide as being “safe and secure” for visitors. The resilient corridors, which encompass the majority of the island’s tourism regions, provide the opportunity for visitors to enjoy more of the country’s unique offerings, as many coronavirus (COVID-19)-compliant attractions, located along the areas, are authorised for visits by the...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is reporting that 750 million doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines have been administered across member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. PAHO Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, said that the number represents full vaccination of approximately half of the population in these states. She said that nearly 3.5 million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines...

Commander of the Maritime, Air and Cyber Command (MACC), Brigadier Roderick Williams, says formation of the Second District Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard will significantly boost Jamaica’s maritime capabilities in the region. At an official ceremony in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, on November 16, Brigadier Williams said the new naval unit, which was formed as part of the expansion...