The Cabinet submission for the formal merger of the Forensic Science Laboratory with the Legal Medicine Unit (LMU) is to be tabled in the first quarter of the 2014/15 fiscal year. This is contained in a Ministry Paper tabled by Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, May 13. It is proposed...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has completed the data system, which will facilitate the operation of the much anticipated Sex Offenders Registry. Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting made the announcement during his contribution to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, May 13. By July, a meeting is to be held to sensitise...

It has become the norm for speakers in the Sectoral Debate to take a few minutes to speak of their constituencies.  I will be no different, but I will focus my total attention on the initiatives which we have taken in the constituency over the 20 years that I have had the honour to represent the communities therein. I take...

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) will invest US$2 million to establish a world-class centre to provide qualified persons with training in the field of industrial automation and mechatronics. The centre, which will be financed by a grant from the PetroCaribe Fund, will be implemented in partnership with German company, FESTO Didactic, a world leader in industrial automation technologies training. The...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies is touting several initiatives in his South St. Andrew constituency, which he says has raised the educational outcomes of children and adults over the past 20 years. Making his contribution to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 14, Dr. Davies said these include a...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, has announced that the Linstead to Moneague segment of Highway 2000 will be completed in July and opened to the public in August of this year. “Completion of this section (Linstead to Moneague), will eliminate the delays all of us have become accustomed to, in traversing Mount Rosser,” Dr....

The Government has made provisions for further transformation of the country’s prison system, in order to ensure that the rehabilitation of inmates is in line with international standards. Making the announcement in his presentation to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on May 13, Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, said the reform is being undertaken...