Permanent Secretary the Office of the Prime Minister and co-founder of the Watsonton Methodist Church Scholarship Fund, Audrey Sewell (second left), with (from left) General Manager, Legal Services, Development Bank of Jamaica and co- founder of the scholarship fund, Sheron Henry; Superintendent, May Pen Circuit of Methodist Churches, Reverend Nicola Barrett- Glasgow; Co-founder and committee member, Watsonton Methodist Church Scholarship...

Thirteen microcredit institutions that provide financing to individuals and micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) have been licensed since the implementation of the Microcredit Act, 2021. “We have over 100 microcredit institutions that have applied to be licensed, and that’s a process that will take some time,” said Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke....

Individuals making disclosures to the Integrity Commission (IC) under the Protected Disclosures Act, 2011 are encouraged to do so in good faith and in the public’s interest. This urging comes from the agency’s Senior Complaints Review Officer, Alecia Darby, who implores persons providing information to do so responsibly. “It is not about making a complaint because you have a vendetta...

Amendments are to be made to the Civil Registration Act to modernise the identity verification process for persons seeking to procure a birth certificate. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Hon. Floyd Green, who made the disclosure, said the amendments will seek to address the challenges that people face in verifying their identity. “We are...

Three families from Goodwin Park Road in Campbell Town, Central Kingston, whose houses  were destroyed by fire in 2020, are now proud new homeowners.   Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (April 28), handed over a one bedroom and two, three-bedroom units valued at $17.2  million, to Lloyd White, Lesa Brown, and Leisha Brown, respectively.   The houses were...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica’s quest for constitutional reform is not merely a way of shedding remnants of its colonial past but mainly for the populace to demand accountability from its elected officials.  Mr. Holness, who was speaking to reporters at the handover of a two-bedroom house under the New Social Housing Programme in Roaring River,...

Effective Records and Information Management (RIM) is critical in an increasingly digitised world to create safeguards and processes to strengthen data protection, says Acting Principal Director, Information Division, Office of the Prime Minister, Damian Cox. Addressing the official launch of RIM Month 2023, at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in Kingston on April 5, Mr. Cox said the practice...