2016 NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION ANDREW HOLNESS, MP     We give God thanks for sparing our lives to see another year. As we embrace the New Year for all its potential and promise, we give a thought for our loved ones, protectors, heroes and benefactors who left us last year. In honoring them, we...

                                                                                                   2015 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE                                                                                                        FROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL THE MOST...

I am delighted to be visiting beautiful Balaclava again.   I am delighted to be participating in another activity which adds value to the development of individuals, this community and Jamaica.   The last time I was here, we broke ground for the expansion of the Balaclava High School, now renamed the Roger Clarke High School.   Today, I am...

STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE LISA HANNA, MP MINISTER OF YOUTH AND CULTURE IN THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 08, 2015 Mr. Speaker, my statement today to the Parliament and the people of this country is arising from the report tabled by the Children's Advocate which was received in my Ministry on November 23, 2015. The report from the...

AMENDED MESSAGE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL THE MOST HON. SIR PATRICK ALLEN ON, GCMG, CD, KSt.J, JIS ANNUAL HERITAGE COMPETITIONS NOVEMBER 27, 2015 READ BY CUSTOS THE HON. STEADMAN FULLER, DEPUTY GOVERNOR- GENERAL   His Excellency the Governor-General deeply regrets his absence from this morning’s awards ceremony of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Heritage Essay and Poster Competitions. He...

MESSAGE FROM THE MOST HON. PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER, ON, MP PRIME MINISTER FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Today Jamaica joins with the rest of the world in observing this important day under the theme: ‘‘Violence does not Discriminate: Unite to End Gender-Based Violence.”   The elimination of gender-based and other forms of violence against women and girls...

The Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding on behalf of the Ministry, would like to express immense sadness and condemnation at the recent killing of Restorative Justice Facilitator, Mr. Ernest Dunbar. Mr. Dunbar, who was also a Justice of the Peace, joined the Restorative Justice team in 2012. Working out of the Spanish Town Restorative Justice Centre, he...

“Jamaica joins all civilized, peace-loving peoples around the world in condemning the heartless and barbaric terrorist attacks perpetrated on the night of 13th November 2015 against the nation and people of France. We are heartbroken that the cowardly acts of terror appeared to target the youth of the city of Paris and have, in the process, claimed the lives of...