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The Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) has reported that at least two foreign nationals have been convicted within the past six years for attempting to sell a Jamaican child overseas. In its 2009/10 annual report, the OCA points out  that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Trafficking in Persons Unit indicates that since 2005, five incidents of child trafficking cases,...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says a Sexual Harassment Policy is being developed and a National Gender Policy is to be launched shortly to further strengthen the protection of women. “Despite the advancements made, regrettably, too many of our women are still afflicted by daily challenges in the homes, communities and places of work-challenges that we must consistently strive to minimize...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, addressing Guardian Life’s 11th Annual Awards Ceremony yesterday (March 3) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel expressed the hope that enough fiscal space will be allowed to put some money in the economy so people can start working and spending again. “We believe that this is critical to supporting the investment that we want to see. It...

The deadline for the submission of entries for the Natural History Museum of Jamaica’s (NHMJ) Earth Day competition has been extended to Friday, March 11. Students are being asked to send in their creative essays, posters and photography works by that date. Education Outreach Officer of the NHMJ, Dorsia Brooks, told JIS News that the deadline was extended to allow...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has retrofitted 1,103 houses in five parishes and trained 235 persons in safer building techniques, following the passage of Tropical Storm Gustav, which ravaged sections of the island in 2008. Programme Coordinator of the Tropical Gustav Recovery Project, Kirk Frankson, made the revelation at a Think Tank held on March 2...

Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding says the Wigton windfarm in Manchester will be providing hard currency savings for the country, while earning from the sale  of carbon credits overseas. “It will save us almost 60,000 barrels of oil imports per year, at a value of over US$5 million,” the Prime Minister  pointed out, adding that together,  Phases One and Two...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) has been mandated by regional leaders to review the elements and timetable of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), with a view to advising on the feasibility timelines for completion of the framework. This directive was issued during the recently concluded 22nd Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), on February 28 received a cheque valued at $680,000.00 from Jamalco, to assist with the reconstruction and restoration efforts in Haiti, which was devastated by an earthquake last year. Deputy Director of the ODPEM, Richard Thompson, who accepted the cheque on Haiti’s behalf, thanked Jamalco and its members for the contribution...

Over 30 representatives from North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, including Jamaica, are in the island for a three-day meeting to discuss and explore solutions for the drug phenomenon in the region. The high level meeting, which opened on Wednesday (March 2) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, and lasts until Friday (March 4), has been convened...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, today (March 2), gave his testimony at the Commission of Enquiry into the extradition of Christopher Coke. Under cross examination from attorney-at-law, K.D. Knight, Q.C., Mr. Samuda said that the investigations he conducted were really to investigate the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) relationship with the United States (US) law firm, Manatt,...

Due to pressing engagements locally and overseas, Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding will only be available up to March 12, to testify at the Commission of Enquiry into the extradition of Christopher Coke, his attorney Queen’s Counsel Hugh Small, has said. Reading from a prepared statement during Tuesday’s (March 1) sitting of the Commission, Mr. Small said while the...

Scores of Portlanders are receiving treatment for eye illnesses at a special clinic, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Port Antonio, in association with the Rotary Club of Detroit Lakes in Minnesota, United States of America. Held under the theme: ‘Sharing the gift of vision with the world’, the clinic began on February 28 and will end on March 2....