Jamaica House Weekly- February 12, 2023
Prime Minister chairs Road Safety Council meeting, pays tribute to former Senator Delano Franklyn and gets courtesy call from the 2023 Gleaner’s Children Own Spelling Bee finalists.
Prime Minister chairs Road Safety Council meeting, pays tribute to former Senator Delano Franklyn and gets courtesy call from the 2023 Gleaner’s Children Own Spelling Bee finalists.
The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) will be carrying out heart screenings across the island as the entity ramps up its efforts to save lives. The screenings are part of activities in observance of Heart Month in February under the theme: ‘Do Your Part, Check Your Heart’. On Healthline this week, we look at the slate of activities for the month.
If you were born between the 1980s and 2000s you are be classified as a millennial. Many have classified millennials have been described as lazy, narcissistic, and entitled, but regardless of how you feel about them, they are becoming a large part of the labor force. And in order to be successful, companies will need to create work environments which can help this group of employees maintain and increase productivity.
The Governments of Jamaica and the Republic of Sierra Leone have strengthened their relationship with the establishment of an Honorary Consulate in Kingston.
If you’re a business owner involved in the coffee industry, then the Tourism Enhancement Fund wants to help you showcase your products at the upcoming Blue Mountain Coffee festival marketplace.
Prime Minister pays tribute to late Senator Delano Franklyn, 187 Person Charged for Firearms Act Breaches since last year, and Jamaica facing a Meteorological drought.
Coffee lovers, both locally and internationally, can mark Saturday, March 25, 2023 on their calendars as the date when the highly anticipated Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival will make its grand return. The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) is inviting interested coffee related businesses to register for booths at the Festival.
Usually, rule number 1 of almost every museum you visit in the world is “do not touch the displays”. However, the National Museum at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) is turning that rule on its head, particularly for the benefit of blind Jamaicans with its ‘Touch Tour’.
Foster Care is the legal process that grants individuals temporary custody of a child or children who have been separated from their parents or family due to circumstances beyond their control. In Jamaica the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) is mandated to safeguard the best interest of the nation’s children especially those who have been placed in state care.
On this week’s get the facts, we look at some of the increased fines under the new road traffic act now in effect.
New Road rules aim to restore rule of law, Domestic crop production surpasses 8 hundred thousand tonnes in 2022 and TEF to conduct sensitization sessions across the island.
Jamaican companies secure contracts coming out of Guyana Trade Mission, Jamaica and Sierra Leone to strengthen cooperation in several areas; and Ceremonial Opening of Parliament to take place on February 14.
Child Restraint Law Being Relaxed for PPV operators, Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs asking for amicable partnership in the process of removing the monarchy as head of state, and Motor vehicle operators urged to install seatbelts in their vehicles.
Police expanding use of several enforcement tools, as efforts continue to maintain public safety and order on the nation’s roads.
On today’s programme we will tell you more about three of those tools.