Twenty-year-year-old Iyesha Garwood of Deanery Road, Vineyard Town, Kingston 3 has been missing since Saturday, November 14. She is of brown complexion, medium build and about 172centimetres (5 feet 8 inches) tall. Reports from the Vineyard Town Police are that about 9:00 a.m., Garwood was last seen at home. Her mode of dress at the time she went missing is...

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service on Wednesday (November 4) launched the Jamaica InvestmentMap, a digital platform that will facilitate interactive public access to information on investment projects being implemented by the Government. These include the construction of roads, bridges and schools, government reform, and climate resilient projects, the progress of which individuals and entities will be able...

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) today (October 30) launched National Parent Month 2020, which will be observed in November. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NPSC, Kaysia Kerr, said the theme for the Month, ‘Fathers Rise, Lead and Be Wise’, was carefully coined and was shaped out of a need to acknowledge fathers and to involve them in the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the current protocols under the controlled re-entry programme for residents and visitors will remain in effect until November 16. “While the requirements for pretesting and quarantine remain the same, we are implementing various operational improvements to streamline the processing of arriving passengers at our airports,” he said. Mr. Holness was speaking at...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has informed that the Government is examining measures that will enable fast-food and restaurant operators to provide services during the nightly curfew. Speaking at yesterday’s (October 28) digital press conference, at the Office of the Prime Minister, Mr. Holness said the Government is paying close attention to the concerns being raised by operators...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has extended the deadline for the submission of entries for its 2020 Heritage Competition from October 24 to October 31 at midnight. The annual competition, which is divided into three components, targets students at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Primary level students aged nine to 12 are required to identify a Jamaican person or...

The National Parenting Support Commission, an agency of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is encouraging parents to make use of the helplines for support from the commission. The thirty-six (36) helplines were launched in April 2020 in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Victoria Mutual Foundation and Fight for Peace. Since its implementation, the NPSC has...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has commenced the distribution of 40,000 tablets to 500 primary schools, under the Government’s Tablets in School Programme. The first recipient, Holy Family Infant and Primary School, received 146 tablets to support virtual learning for students on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). The devices, were handed over during a...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, says government updates on the coronavirus (COVID-19) are consistent with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) position on the disclosure of health-related information to the public. Speaking at the digital launch of the Cohort Three Records and Information Management (RIM) Programme Implementation and...