Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), listens as Senior Operations Manager, Guardsman Group Limited, Karl Brown (second left), explains the entity’s new product, ‘Guardsman Metaverse’, at the launch held on November 15 at the AC Hotel by Marriott Kingston in St. Andrew. Others (from left) are Group Managing Director at Guardsman Group Limited, Vinay Walia and Opposition...

The police will have a strong presence on the island’s roadways, particularly during the holiday season, to ensure that safe practices are being observed by all road users. “The police will be out and we are not going to be out only to breath test, but also to ensure that persons are secure,” said Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force...

The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) has underscored the need for greater partnerships between State agencies to better serve individuals with physical and mental challenges, especially children. Social Worker with the Western Region, Shereena Thomas Shaw, emphasised this point while speaking during a recent information fair, jointly hosted by the JCPD and the Sam Sharpe Diagnostic and Early...

United Kingdom (UK) Minister for the Americas and Overseas Territories, Hon. Jesse Norman (centre) is handed a Buster Density Meter by First Secretary of Border Force International-Jamaica with the British High Commission, Michael Gorrie (right). Several of the devices, donated by the UK Government, were handed over during a ceremony on Tuesday (October 25) at the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA)...

More than 30,000 disabled persons living below the poverty line are expected to benefit from Operation Birthright. Under the initiative, being implemented through the National Identification System (NIDS), in partnership with the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), these individuals who do not have a copy of their birth certificate will be provided with a copy free of cost. This was disclosed...

D-O-D-E-C-A-H-E-D-R-O-N, meaning a three-dimensional figure having 12 faces that are pentagonal in shape, was the winning word spelled by 72-year-old Olga Williams of St. Mary to win the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC)18th National Seniors Spelling Bee Competition. Ms. Williams was among 13 parish finalists who converged at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Thursday (September...

Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden (left) along with others (from second left), Rev. Dr. Henroy Samuels; Host Minister at the Webster Memorial United Church, Rev. Delroy Harris; and former chairperson, Webster Memorial United Church Harvest Planning Committee, Andrea C. Whyte, view the fruits displayed at the Church in Kingston on September 25.