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Immediate Past Secretary, National Union of Journalists (UK), Jeremy Dear, is calling for improved pay and working conditions for members of the media profession. He made the call while addressing the Press Association of Jamaica’s (PAJ) National Journalism Awards banquet at the Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on December 7. “An industry that wants the best must be prepared to...

Cabinet has approved a contract, valued at just under $46 million, to Bacchus Engineering Works Limited, for the replacement of the sewage pipeline, and the completion of infrastructure for the Fruitful Vale Water Supply Scheme in Portland.  Information Minister, Senator  the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, who made the announcement during the weekly Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the...

Cabinet has given instructions to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel to begin drafting the National Insurance (Amendment) Act 2013. The Bill will then be submitted to Cabinet for its approval for tabling in Parliament. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, during the weekly Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Sandrea Falconer, has implored the country’s media associations to move with greater urgency to establish a Press Council, that will facilitate redress for persons claiming damage to their reputation as a result of news reports.     “It cannot be defensible that after 69 years of the Press Association of Jamaica and many years of...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, is encouraging media practitioners to broaden the “search light” on corruption to include other powerful persons in the society. She stated that while she is not requesting that the media lessen its focus on politicians or the Government, they must also target powerful factions such as the private sector and...

Information Minister, Senator Sandrea Falconer has challenged the media to highlight corruption in every sphere of society and to not limit itself to government and public officials. This, she said, was not a call to lessen their focus on politicians or the Government, but to broaden the search light. “The Government, of which I am a member, has nothing to...

Five local authorities and two organisations were given special awards at the Third Annual Local Government Recognition Awards ceremony, held at Laughing Waters, Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on November 30.  The ceremony was the culmination of activities for Local Government and Community Development Month, which is observed in November each year.  This year’s activities were observed under the theme: ‘Local...

It is now official.  The Very Reverend Canon Hartley Perrin is the new Custos Rotulorum for the parish of Westmoreland. He was installed by the Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, at the Manning’s High School, in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on November 29. The new Custos replaces the Hon. Owen Sinclair, who has retired after serving the parish...

Members of the public are being invited to take advantage of the multi-faceted services being offered at the Hope Zoo as part of the upgrading and refurbishing work now underway. Curator of the zoo, Orlando Robinson, tells JIS News that these services include guided school tours, and a petting zoo “where you can have an interactive experience with the animals”....

The parish of St. Elizabeth is expected to benefit significantly under Phase II of the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP). This was stated by Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, at the 20th St. Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation Golden Awards Banquet, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on November 28. Senator Falconer said one of...

The 32 fire personnel attached to the Santa Cruz Fire Station in St. Elizabeth are now serving the public from more comfortable and modern facilities. The fire station was recently refurbished at a cost of $14.7 million, through funding provided by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, with contributions from other public and private sources. Addressing the re-dedication...

Government Senator, Floyd Morris, says removing the sociological, structural, and environmental barriers impeding the progress of persons with disabilities, is essential for them to make meaningful contributions to the society. "The talent is there, the potential is there, but it is being suppressed by the barriers that are there within the society and the lack of awareness by the general...