The Factories Act requires that every factory must be registered under the Act and maintain a valid certificate of registration throughout its operational life. The certificate of registration is valid for a period of three (3) years and requires renewal upon its expiration. Factory owners and operators are encouraged to pay their factory registration or re-registration fees through the online...

President of the Jamaica Household Workers Union (JHWU), Shirley Pryce, is encouraging domestic workers to contribute to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS). Speaking on the JIS Television programme ‘Get the Facts’ recently, Ms. Pryce noted that NIS take-up by domestic employees remains low. “We are trying to go about educating [these] categories of workers to make sure that they are...

The JCF currently has ten centres in operation which are in the parishes of Kingston, Clarendon, St. Ann, St. Catherine, St. Elizabeth, St. Mary, St. Thomas, and Westmoreland. These centres are pivotal in bridging the trust gap between the police and citizens and serve as a critical tool to treat violence resulting from domestic feuds. Speaking at a recent JIS...

Newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, says her efforts in piloting the army’s role in Jamaica’s national security apparatus will be anchored in the military’s five pillars of transformation. These, as articulated in the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) Strategic Defence Review, are capability development, human resource management, infrastructure, command, and control. “This will ensure that...

Correctional Officer, Donovan Small, continued his New Year’s Day tradition of providing sumptuous cooked meals for the less fortunate across several communities in St. Ann. Four hundred and eighty meals were delivered to the homeless and shut-ins in the communities of St. Ann’s Bay, Bamboo, Lime Hall and Philadelphia; wards at the Widow’s Mite Children’s Home in Murry Mount; and...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the government was able to reallocate resources within the Budget to deliver over $100 billion for social protection and recovery support. Mr. Holness made the disclosure during his New Year’s Day message on January 1, where he said this was done, without any increase in borrowing. “I understand that for some this...

Approximately 27,357 Jamaicans will receive a one-off $16,000 payment under the COVID – 19 Cash Assistance programme. The $155 million cash transfer initiative, which was officially launched on Tuesday (December 22), is aimed at aiding poor and needy persons, who are not benefiting from Government social assistance. The United Nations World Food Programme, through the Canadian Government, provided a grant...