Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer has challenged the media to pay more attention to development issues. Speaking at a regional forum in Kingston hosted by UNESCO under the theme "Reaching New Goals: Free Media Fortifies the post-2015 Development Agenda‟, Senator Falconer said, “media role in development goes beyond uncovering scandals, sniffing out corruption and unveiling...

Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, says further action is being taken to develop Jamaica’s electronic media policy, as the Government keeps pace with new and emerging trends in the media landscape. She says comprehensive stakeholder consultations have been completed and are expected to be considered in this undertaking. “This will provide an enabling framework for the new media...

Fifteen-year-old, fourth form student of William Knibb High School in Trelawny, Danielle Pritchard, is the 2013 winner of the Access to Information (ATI) National High School Essay Competition. She was chosen from a pool of 15 students across seven parishes, who participated in the fifth annual competition, organised by the Access to Information Unit, and the Access to Information Advisory...

Jamaica has affirmed its commitment to a stand-alone goal based on gender equality, women’s empowerment and the protection of women’s human rights as part of the dialogue on the Post 2015 Agenda. The commitment was stated by Sen. Hon. Sandrea Falconer, Minister with Responsibility for Information in an address today ( March 11) to the 58th Session of the Commission...

Information Minister Senator Sandrea Falconer is presently leading Jamaica’s participation at the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 58), underway at the UN Headquarters, New York. The Session under the theme “Challenges and Achievements in the Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for Women and Girls”, got underway today (March 10) and will run through...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says the Government remains committed to the protection of the most vulnerable in the country, and takes full responsibility for the measures that have been put in place to correct the economy. The Prime Minister was speaking at an Economic Reform Programme (ERP) Stakeholders  Conference for the County of Cornwall, held in...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, has emphasized that atrocities meted out to women and girls must be brought to an end. “It is the only way we are going to move forward as a civilized and progressive society,” the Minister said. Senator Falconer was speaking at a sensitization forum on ‘Caribbean Gender Equality and the...