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...

Jamaica is now one of 40 countries across the world to have ratified the Arms Trade Treaty, which was opened for signatures at the United Nations in New York last June. Jamaica joined St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Burkino Faso, Samoa, Australia, Austria, Belgium, and Luxemburg in ratifying the Treaty at a special ceremony on June 3 at the UN...

Cabinet has approved an amendment to the Customs Act to provide the Commissioner of Customs with additional power to forego the security requirements on temporary importation of goods. This will be applicable in circumstances where the office is satisfied that the goods, once imported, will be re-exported from the island within the time specified. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, has informed that Cabinet is moving to reduce the costs often associated with the publication of annual reports by government entities. An annual report is a comprehensive statement on an entity’s activities throughout the preceding year. Annual reports are intended to give shareholders and other interested persons information about the company’s activities and financial performance. Speaking...

Businessman, Christopher Cargill, has been reappointed to serve as Chairman of the Board of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) for another two years, following an approval by Cabinet. The appointment takes effect this month and is valid until June 2016. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, made the disclosure on Wednesday, June 11, during the...

Members of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Public Relations and Marketing Department recently partnered with corporate sponsors and motivational speaker and grooming coach, Althea Laing to mentor, and fete over 40 girls of the state-run, Homestead Residential Care Facility. The visit formed part of the agency’s Child Month outreach project. The JIS team, ably supported by representatives of HD Hopwood,...

The Kilsyth Primary and Infant School in Grantham, Clarendon, held its Student Empowerment Day on May 22, as part of Child Month activities. The event saw the students learning different aspects of life, and about government organizations. Radio Writer/ Producer/ Presenter at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ruth-Ann Carr, who spoke to the students, encouraged them not to let their...