SENATOR Dr Floyd Morris, the recently elected member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, is calling on the Government to speed up implementation of the Disabilities Act (2014) to ensure that the rights of persons with disabilities (PWDs) are protected. While acknowledging that work is ongoing to complete the […]
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MINISTER of state in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr Norman Dunn, says the Government has been evaluating the need for collaboration with microfinanciers to improve their technological accessibility. Dr Dunn said that this was in response to the cries of the microfinancing institutions (MFIs) for Government intervention to help bring about “a […]
LAURIE Peters returned to Canada last month, ending her just over three years tour of duty as that country’s top diplomat here, during which time relations between Ottawa and Kingston strengthened, especially after the novel coronavirus outbreak in March this year. “We were one of the first to respond to Jamaica’s list of needs — […]
THE health ministry is now assessing what went wrong at a quarantine facility in St Ann, after a mother walked away, leaving her COVID-19-positive child behind. The woman, part of a group that recently arrived from the UK, was later found and is now being detained at the facility, according to Minister of Health and […]