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In his recent 2026/2027 Sectoral Debate presentation Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles Jr. outlined his ministry’s intention to build the next generation of professionals through a strategic restructure of the Social Intervention Programme.

When a child breaks the law, it is a serious matter and serious consequences will follow. But Jamaica’s forward-thinking Justice system realizes that jail time and a criminal record should never be the automatic response for child offenders. In today’s Edition of You and the Law, we examine the Child Diversion Programme and how the law treats with minors who...

                                If you don’t know what you have, you can’t use it…not in ways that maximize the asset in your possession. Lately Janine Fletcher Taylor, Manager of the Marketing Services Unit at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation and the Things Jamaican retail chain has been...

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is getting to the heart of the value of the stories we tell and how they are infused into the art and craft industries: into the products we offer. They’ve unveiled their fine-art focused ‘Art to Heart’ campaign, designed to acknowledge and promote the worth of Jamaica’s orange economy.

                      The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) has unveiled a fine-art focused campaign, designed to promote the worth of Jamaica’s creative economy. In a society where our local abundance of creativity is often mistakenly considered ‘normal’, creatives often struggle to experience real economic benefit from their giftings. The JBDC campaign...

The historical architecture of deliberate colonial hegemony has institutionalized structural dependencies, permanently relegating Caribbean economies to the primary sector of global value chains. Because of how colonialism was set up, Caribbean countries are still trapped at the very bottom of the global trade ladder. They do all the heavy lifting by exporting massive amounts of cheap raw materials. Then, wealthy...

Since 2004, the Child Care and Protection Act has been the main legislation providing the legal framework for the protection and care of Jamaican children.  The Act recognizes three fundamental categories of children's rights: Protection Rights, which shield children from abuse, violence, neglect, and exploitation; Provision Rights, which speaks to the basic things children need for survival, growth and development;...

Very few things are as deeply fulfilling as investing your time, building confidence, sharing life lessons and guiding someone navigating a difficult time, through mentorship. In today’s programme, we invite you to step into this role of making a lasting impact on children in conflict with the law.

The Child Diversion Programme has been receiving rave reviews for its tailored interventions, that protect the future of children who break the law. But how much do parents or guardians know about how the process works? In today’s programme, we walk you through the steps in the Child Diversion Process.

The Ministry of Agriculture is developing an import substitution plan to boost production in several areas.