The Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), has been empowering teenage mothers through its Advancing Secondary, Tertiary Remedial Education for Adolescent Mothers (A-STREAM) Programme. The initiative, which was launched in March 2018, has three main components – mentorship, sponsorship and scholarship. WCJF Director of Field Operations, Beverley Martin Berry tells JIS News that the Foundation is in the business of...

The National Land Agency (NLA) has significantly improved its eLandjamaica web portal, which enables more seamless public access to property information. Acting Director of Information and Communications Technology at the NLA, Ian-Keith Goldson, tells JIS News that the platform now allows individuals to conduct more comprehensive searches. “eLandjamaica will allow you to spatially zoom right down to a property, select...

Santana Morris has distinguished herself as a dedicated youth leader, who is devoted to nation building and youth advocacy. Over the last two years, the Youth Ambassador to the United Nations General Assembly has been using her platform to empower young people in Jamaica and the Diaspora and to advocate for actions to address the concerns and issues that they...

The Government, through its recently launched ‘Boss Man’ campaign is intensifying efforts to increase awareness about prostate cancer and the need for men to get regular checks. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the key message is for men 40 years and older, to “boss up” and make screening for the cancer a part of their annual medical...

In the quiet enclave of Brandon Hill, St. James, lies the Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill’s (CUMI) Rehabilitation Day Centre. The two-story building looks like any other in the residential community, with the grounds surrounded by mature trees and vegetation, providing a sense of calm and assurance for clients that members of staff of the facility are...

Some 600 unattached young people from communities across the island are benefiting from training and certification under the Universal Service Fund’s (USF’s) 2019 Technology Advancement Programme (TAP). Under the initiative, which got under way earlier this month, the youngsters are being equipped with skills in information and communications technology (IT) in order to improve their economic prospects. The one-year programme...

As 21-year-old Ryan Williams laid in hospital nursing gunshot wounds in December 2018, he decided that it was time to make a change in his life and end his involvement in criminal activities. Shortly after he was released from the hospital, the Kingston resident visited the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III office, determined to move his life in...

Several business leaders are optimistic that Jamaica will be able to manage its economic affairs after exiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme arrangements, come November. They say their optimism is based on the notable macroeconomic achievements recorded over the last six years under Jamaica’s Economic Reform Programme (ERP) and Government safeguards initiated and being developed to preserve and bolster these....

The Government is investing billions of dollars in the upgrading of police stations across the island under Project Rebuild, Overhaul and Construct (ROC) in the Ministry of National Security. More than 200 facilities will be rebuilt, renovated and retrofitted under the project at a cost of approximately $5 billion, with works to be undertaken on 60 during the current fiscal...