Exploring the New Bail Legislation With JFJ

Exploring the New Bail Legislation With JFJ

Our discussion is centered around the human rights lobby group Jamaicans for Justice’s call for elements of the new bail legislation to be re-crafted or removed. Executive Director of Jamaicans for Justice Mickel Jackson, who on Thursday, spoke to a Joint Select...
HIV Testing & Types of Tests

HIV Testing & Types of Tests

Getting tested for HIV is very important. HIV testing/ HIV screening is the only way one can know if they have the virus. There are a few types of tests that can be done on the blood or body fluids to determine if someone is infected with the virus. Despite that most...
Opposition Fails To Support SOE Extension

Opposition Fails To Support SOE Extension

A heated debate left members of the Opposition livid, a few walking out of Parliament during the first segment of the meeting. After hours of a lengthy debate to gain at least one vote the Opposition remained steadfast in their decision, to not support the extension...
PSOJ Disappointed By Decision To Not Extend SOE

PSOJ Disappointed By Decision To Not Extend SOE

Having issued a joint call for the extension of the States of Public Emergency, which was voted down in the Senate just hours ago, a group of business organizations, led by the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica, who had advocated for its extension, has reacted to...