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Process Under Way To Establish Disabilities Council As Corporate Body

Interim Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Dr. Christine Hendricks, says the process has started to establish the Council as a corporate body. The transition is part of provisions under the Disabilities Act, which came...

A copy of a journal titled ‘Garvey Gems’, which will be launched on Jamaica Day, February 25, by the Jamaica Association for the Deaf Binders.

Garvey Gems To Be Launched

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda.

Cabinet Approves 28.5 Per Cent National Minimum Wage Increase

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), hands over the keys to a three-bedroom house to Henry Dwyer at Donmair Close in St. Andrew North Central, on February 16. The unit was built under the New Social Housing Programme.

More Units To Be Provided Under Social Housing Programme

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dione Jennings (right), and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), look on as member of the disabled community, Shane Simpson, does research on a computer donated by the Universal Service Fund (USF). Occasion was the launch of the Special Groups Programme by the USF, at the Portmore Self-Help Disability Organisation in Portmore on Friday (February 11).

Disabilities Act Takes Effect February 14; Jamaicans Urged To Wear Royal Blue

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, CD, MP

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The Disabilities Act comes into effect February 14, 2022 – a Historic Feat – Minister Samuda

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda is encouraging all Jamaicans to join in celebrating the historic milestone of The Disabilities Act (2014) coming into full effect on February 14, 2022. The Disabilities Act was passed in Parliament in October 2014, and The Regulations were later affirmed in both Houses of Parliament in October 2021. “This legislation promotes and...

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Online Payment of Factory Registration Fees

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...

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) and Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, observe a moment of silence for the late reggae icon, Dennis Brown, at a ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of the singer’s birth, held on February 1 at National Heroes Park in Kingston. Dubbed the ‘Crown Prince of Reggae’, he recorded more than 75 albums throughout his prolific career and is considered one of the most renowned artistes of the reggae music genre, lovers rock. Dennis Brown was born on February 1, 1957 and died on July1, 1999.

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PHOTOS: Ceremony Commemorating Singer Dennis Brown’s Birth

President of the Jamaica Household Workers Union (JHWU), Shirley Pryce.

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Domestic Workers Encouraged To Sign Up For NIS

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...

Detective Inspector Georgia Lowe of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Community Safety and Security Branch, speaking during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.

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Report Domestic Violence

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, displays her Instrument of Appointment during Thursday’s (January 20) swearing-in and installation ceremony at King’s House.

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New Chief of Defence Staff Says Work Will Be Anchored in JDF’s Pillars of Transformation

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 at the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre, in St. Catherine, Donovan Small (left), presents a box of cooked meal and bottled water to Ashton Houston during a visit to his home in Philadelphia, St. Ann, on January 1, as part of his annual New Year’s Day feeding programme.

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Correctional Officer Feeds St. Ann Shut-Ins On January 1

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...