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Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, is calling on the authorities to adopt video link technology as a primary means of improving the witness protection programme and making witnesses more available for criminal matters. "I would love to see video link being introduced through legislation into the methodologies and practices that we can adopt in the criminal law to...

The new Portmore collectorate, which opens its doors on July 28 in the Portmore Pines, will provide much relief for the many persons coming to pay their taxes at the very last moment. "This is to assist us with the rush expected at the end of this month (July), due to the tax amnesty," said Acting Commissioner of the Inland...

Jamaica's new Trade Counsel in Canada, Dr. G. Raymond Chang, was presented with his Instrument of Appointment by Robert Gregory, President of Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI), on July 21. The presentation was made in Dr. Chang's office in downtown Toronto, Canada, and witnessed by Jamaica's Consul General to Toronto, Anne-Marie Bonner. In January 2008, Minister of Industry, Investment and...

The Camp is part of continuing efforts to promote and engender healthy lifestyle choices and practices among the island's youth, and will see the involvement of the Ministry of Health and Environment, and the Change From Within (CFW) Programme of the University of the West Indies. Speaking with JIS News and highlighting the Ministry's role in the Leadership Camp, Project...

A special tribute to the 'Windrush Generation' will be one of the highlights of this year's Service of Praise and Thanksgiving, being organised by the Jamaican High Commission in London to mark the 46th anniversary of Independence. This year is being commemorated for the 60th anniversary of the arrival of the ship, the Empire Windrush in Essex, which marked the...

Holders of permits and licensed service providers involved in the pumping and delivery of water are being reminded to report their activities to facilitate maintenance of adequate supplies of the resource. Managing Director of the Water Resources Authority (WRA) - Basil Fernandez issued this reminder during a recent interview with JIS News. "We want to bring to the public's (attention)...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles, is urging employers to certify and upgrade their employees in order to boost productivity, save money, and improve the working environment. "We want all employers to require that their workers are certified and upgraded," the Minister said, stressing: "we want to have HEART Trust prepare themselves to certify tests and upgrade employees....

Acting Commissioner of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), Viralee Lattibeaudiere, is reporting that an increasing number of Jamaicans are making greater use of its online facility to pay their taxes. Speaking at yesterday's (July 22) JIS 'Think Tank,' Mrs. Lattibeaudiere informed that since its launch in 2004, the online facility, which she refers to as the Virtual Collectorate, for the...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, has announced that the Ministry has developed guidelines for setting auxiliary fees for secondary schools. This comes against the background of numerous complaints received by the Ministry regarding exorbitant increases in non-obligatory contributions (auxiliary fees) requested by some schools. In a statement to the House yesterday (July 22), Mr. Holness said that the Ministry "has...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) have signed a contract valued at $4.3 million, to facilitate a mentorship programme in 12 inner-city communities in five parishes across Jamaica. At the launching ceremony, held at Jamaica House, yesterday (July 22), Managing Director of JSIF, Scarlette Gillings, said that the one-year contract provides for services in the...

The National Council on Ocean and Coastal Zone Management (NCOCZM) has established a Cay Management Committee for the more than 60 cays surrounding Jamaica. The committee is in the process of visiting a number of the cays with a view to provide a detail report on the existing conditions. Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign...

Mr. President, I am pleased to make my contribution to the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate in my capacity as Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Mr. President, the Honourable Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, in his Sectoral Presentation to the House...