A student attendance registration application is to be developed to collect information in real time about school attendance. Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, who made the disclosure while addressing a virtual Post Sectoral Debate Press Conference on Thursday (April 29), said current national statistics indicate 74 per cent consistent school attendance among children. Noting that there are...

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, says work has been completed on the rehabilitation of the Adelphi Police Station in St. James. The project was undertaken at a cost of $42.2 million through grant funding from the European Union (EU), and includes construction of three cell/lock-up areas, an exhibit room, two offices, a guidance office,...

Attorney General, Marlene Malahoo Forte, says the Motor Vehicle Accident Backlog Project has been extended for a further period of two years, to February 2023. Having successfully achieved most of the targets set in its first year of operation, the project was originally extended for another year up to February 2021. “The extensions granted are to enable consolidation of the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says there are 107 early-childhood institutions that have been assessed as ready to be transitioned to government infant schools. Making her presentation in the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 28, Mrs. Williams said this transition supports the modernisation of the early-childhood sector in which the Government...

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, says the Barnett Street Fire Station in Montego Bay is close to 90 per cent complete. “We are continuing to work on the finishes and some painting is happening right now,” he told JIS News. “We are cautiously moving towards an end-of-June/early July completion, simply because [with] the magnitude...

The Attorney General’s Chambers continues to fast-track and streamline the processing of files on matters being handled through its General Legal Advice Division. This was disclosed by Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, during her 2021/22 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (April 28). She advised that her office has finalised guidelines for Cabinet approval pertaining...

The Westmoreland Health Department will be targeting 100 persons for coronavirus (COVID 19) testing at the Savanna-la-Mar Health Centre today, April 30. Health Promotion and Education Officer for Westmoreland, Gerald Miller, in an interview with JIS News, said testing will commence at 9:00 a.m. and culminate at 3:00 p.m. He pointed out that the initiative is part of efforts to...