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...

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...

Public sector employees have been urged to make themselves the best in delivering service to the public and in their career advancement, and to find transformational cause in Vision 2030. Making the call at an Empowerment Session for public sector employees at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), in New Kingston, on Tuesday, July 8, management consultant, Dr. Nsombi Jaja,...

Stiffer fines are coming for breaches of the Fisheries Act, says Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer. This follows Cabinet’s approval of an increase of all monetary penalties and custodial sentences under the Fishing Industry Act. Making the disclosure at today’s (July 3) Jamaica House press briefing, Minister Falconer said the fines are aimed at strengthening...

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...