The Gleaner published an editorial which raised a number of important and valid points. The Broadcasting Commission welcomes this contribution to the discourse about the opportunities and challenges of the digital age. However, we would like to clarify a few points with regard to the role of regulators in this emerging digital society.

The media and communication industry is undergoing a profound transformation. In the old era, the media industry was organised, legislated and regulated by infrastructure (radio, television, telephone, print, etc), which imposed clear divisions and boundaries.

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has announced that Jamaica has been elected to UNESCO's Inter-governmental Council for the Information for All Programme for the period 2017-2021.

The Broadcasting Commission is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of the Chairman of the RJRGleaner Communications Group J. Lester Spaulding.

The Broadcasting Commission is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of veteran journalist and broadcaster Ian Boyne.

The Broadcasting Commission has received a number of complaints about some of the claims advertised by people offering astrological and palm-reading services.

Jamaicans are being warned to read privacy policies when downloading apps in order to avoid making their personal data readily available to software developers.

The Joint Select Committee of Parliament set up to review the proposed Data Protection Bill heard more submissions last week on ways to enhance data protection in Jamaica, and there was a proposal from the Broadcasting Commission, which wants that office merged with that of the powerful information commissioner under the proposed act.

BROADCASTING COMMISSION wins GLOBAL AWARDS along with Porsche and Usain Bolt Advertisements.

Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission (BCJ), Professor Anthony Clayton and Cordel Green, Executive Director, met today with Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Ajit Pai, in Mexico City.