Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, is assuring that the amendments to the Extradition Bill will not infringe on the rights of any person being sought for extradition, whether to the United States or any other country. He noted that the Extradition (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was passed in the Senate on...

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL  NOTES Confirmed Cases 15 50,404 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 10 28,191 Males 5 22,210 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 9 years to 73 years 1 day to 108 years   PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES       Clarendon 0 2,731 Hanover 0 1,374 KSA 6 13,912 Manchester 0 3,008 Portland 0 1,595 St. Ann...

State Minister, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (right), is presented with medical isolation gowns by Founder of local non-profit organisation, Citizens Response JA (CRJA), Larren Peart (second right), during the handover of personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Ministry’s New Kingston Offices on Monday (July 5). Looking on are (from left) Executive Director of the Ministry’s Health...

President of the Senate, Senator the Hon. Thomas Tavares-Finson (right), greets the new High Commissioner for the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Her Excellency Dr. Maureen Tamuno when she arrived at the Senate on Friday (July 2). Dr. Tamuno met with Senator Tavares-Finson before attending the meeting of the Upper House as the special guest of the President.

The new Civil Registration Number (CRN) developed by the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) is expected to improve planning for social security and welfare programmes. The CRN is a code now applied to the RGD’s Electronic Birth database as part of the process of linking vital life events – birth, marriage and death. Chief Executive Officer at the RGD, Charlton McFarlane,...

Jamaican students are being invited to register for the Elaine Grant-Bryan Foundation’s 2021 career mentorship programme by Thursday, July 8. The Foundation is the brainchild of Jamaica’s Honorary Consul in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Elaine Grant-Bryan. The mentorship programme, which involves partnership with Microsoft and the Atlanta Hawks, is primarily targeted at first and second-year tertiary and final-year high-school students who...

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles, says stakeholder endorsement and support will be crucial to the successful implementation of the proposed central bank digital currency (CBDC). Key among these interests that Mr. Byles has identified are the Government, merchants, and consumers. “The world is looking at us… with [our development of a] central bank digital currency [to determine whether]...