The Government of Jamaica has joined member countries of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, in flying all national flags at half-mast in tribute to the late President of Haiti, His Excellency Jovenel Moïse. President Moïse was assassinated in his home in Port-au-Prince, yesterday July 7, 2021. CARICOM Heads of Government convened an emergency meeting following reports of the death of President...

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Wednesday (July 7), broke ground for the construction of a multipurpose building at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in St. Andrew to house a paediatric cardiac ward and overnight parent suite. The two-storey facility, to be built over the next two years at a cost of approximately $120 million, will be developed...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says Jamaica and the wider Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have been closely monitoring developments in Haiti. “Jamaica has expressed our willingness to participate in a mission [and] to use our good offices. We have engaged, through the Organization of American States (OAS), and otherwise, in an effort to...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the investments made by Chukka Caribbean Adventures to upgrade and reopen facilities in Jamaica, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, is a further indication of investor confidence in the strengthening of the local tourism sector. Chukka spent US$2 million on a new nature adventure park, which opened in Sandy Bay, Hanover last December, and...

The Joint Select Committee appointed to consider the Sexual Harassment Bill, has recommended that the time limit for the reporting of an incident of sexual harassment should be six years. This was disclosed by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, as she opened the debate on the Report in the House of Representatives on July 6....

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, on Tuesday (July 6), broke ground for the construction of a Child Therapeutic Centre at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in Kingston, at a cost of more than $117 million. Construction of the centre is being undertaken through funding in the amount of $30 million provided by the Child Protection and Family...