Director of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Western Region, Richard Rowe, says the agency remains committed to protecting consumers as the country continues to navigate the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Addressing the CAC’s ‘Jamaica Consumer Talks: Frequently Asked Questions’ virtual forum on Wednesday (September 22), Mr. Rowe urged consumers to be particularly vigilant in their spending at this time. “We are...

Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth North West, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says that the breakfast programme in the constituency will resume once schools reopen for face-to-face classes. Students from 23 schools in the area will benefit from the initiative. Mr. Hutchinson, who is also State Minister in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, was opening the State of the Constituency...

Approximately $250 million in grants will be paid to employees of independent schools under the Government’s COVID-19 Allocation of Resources of Employees (CARE) Programme. Cabinet has approved the payment to academic, administrative and ancillary staff in institutions registered with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Independent Schools Unit. More than 5,000 persons are employed to some 294 of these...

Residents of St. Elizabeth are being encouraged to turn out at the Black River Health Centre on Saturday (September 24) to participate in the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) and the Kiwanis Club of St. Bess’ monthly blood collection drive. Blood Donor Organiser at the NBTS, Odean Black, told JIS News that the event, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., forms...

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Jamaica Constabulary Force recruitment drive continues. “I have 600 people in training now, and 360 graduated since March. This is unprecedented and how we got there was that we are now running four different training facilities, because we still have to maintain COVID distances and so...

Cabinet has approved the repeal and replacement of the Archives Act, 1982, with the proposed National Archives and Records Management Act. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, said that the move is in keeping with the new Government of Jamaica Records and Information Policy. Speaking during Wednesday’s (September 22) Post-Cabinet digital media briefing, Mrs. Williams said repeal...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert (background, second left) looks on as Chairman, House Committee, Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Hon. Dr. Yusuf Buba Yakub (seated), signs the guest book during a courtesy call at Gordon House on September 21. Others (from left) are Member, House Committee Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Hon. Busayo Oke;...