Journalists who will be covering the Independence Day Grand Gala, at the National Stadium in Kingston, on Wednesday August 6, must be accredited. The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) is the designated agency responsible for media accreditation for the stellar event. Accreditation forms are currently on the JIS website – www.jis.gov.jm. Persons may download and complete these, and have the approved...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has expressed ‘deep sadness’ at the passing of Jamaican-born Canadian business leader and philanthropist the Hon. Dr. G Raymond ‘Ray’ Chang, OJ on Sunday, July 27. In a statement from Trinidad where the Prime Minister is participating in the first Japan CARICOM Summit, Mrs. Simpson Miller said the death of Ray Chang...

Organisers of the University of Technology’s (UTech) ‘Teach the Youth’ project are pleased with the progress of the institution’s first youth summer outreach programme in the Mountain View community. The community was this year added to five already benefitting from the university's Student's Union's outreach, which targets inner-city youth, to improve their academic performance, through lessons in literacy and numeracy,...

The Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital, which is celebrating its golden jubilee, is being encouraged to empower members of the communities it serves to better take charge of their health through healthy lifestyles and preventative care. Minister with responsibility for Information in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, commended the hospital for the high standard of...

Amendments to the Cybercrimes Act have been approved by Cabinet and the necessary drafting instructions have been issued to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel to modify the Act. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, during Wednesday’s (July 9) Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston. Promulgated in...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, says Cabinet has received no information regarding a United States (US) imposed arms embargo on the island. “We had a Cabinet meeting on Monday (and) there was no such matter reported to the Cabinet,” Minister Falconer said in her response to questions posed by journalists during Wednesday’s (July 9) Jamaica...

Representatives from the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development are to meet on Wednesday, July 9, with the top brass of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), to address some of the issues, which arose from a report on the fire service tabled in the House of Parliament recently. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott, while responding...