The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has expanded its Domestic Violence Intervention (DVI) Centres to the parishes of St. Ann and St. Mary, and is imploring persons to access the services. Head of the JCF Corporate Communications Unit (CCU), Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Stephanie Lindsay, told JIS News that retrofitting of offices and training of personnel for two Centres are...

Jamaicans engaged in tree-planting activities this Labour Day are being encouraged to contact the Forestry Department in Kingston and its parish offices. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said that persons can get up to 10 timber and ornamental trees at the Department’s parish offices in St. Thomas, St. Mary, Portland, St. Ann, Manchester and St....

Workers’ Week 2021 will be highlighted by the staging of a Labour Industrial Relations webinar on Wednesday, May 19, under the theme ‘Advancing Flexible Work Arrangements in Jamaica’. Divisional Director for Industrial Relations and Allied Services in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Gillian Corrodus, told JIS News that the webinar is part of the Ministry’s ongoing ‘Labour Talks’...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has donated more than 7,000 pulse oximeters and nearly 2,000 oxygen concentrators to aid member countries’ response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says the items have been provided to assist health workers in identifying COVID-19 patients in hospitals requiring oxygen, and ensuring adequate supplies to help persons to recover. A...

Creators are being encouraged to register their Intellectual Property (IP) rights with the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO). “We maintain registers for persons who have IP rights, such as trademarks, designs, geographical indications, patents, designs and, more recently, copyright,” said Deputy Director and Legal Counsel, JIPO, Dr. Marcus Goffe, during a recent webinar on IP Enforcement hosted by JIPO. “IP...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Ministry is committed to the implementation of the National Five-year Global Digital Services Strategy, to expand the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. The strategy, which is to be taken to Cabinet shortly, will facilitate promotion of the sector, enable training of students in new digital skills of a higher-value...

Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings Limited (SCJH) will, this year, collaborate with the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) to divest an additional eight parcels of land under the Greater Bernard Lodge Development Master Plan (GBLDMP). The Cabinet-approved divestment plan/master plan seeks to ensure systematic, sustainable and orderly development of the lands in the Bernard Lodge area of St. Catherine. According...