Consistent with its mandate, the Factories Corporation of Jamaica Limited (FCJ) will continue activities during financial year 2024/25, geared towards stimulating sustainable economic growth, development, and job creation. These are detailed in the Jamaica Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the Year ending March 2025. This year, the FCJ will prioritise upgrading of current facilities, improving infrastructure, and...

St. Ann Development Company Limited (SADCo), in collaboration with the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), will continue to focus on strategies geared towards the increased competitiveness and marketing of attractions this year. The Company will seek to embark on the innovation of new product/service offerings to make the brand more competitive in the marketplace and maximise earnings. These details can be...

The National Land Agency (NLA) has launched a series of Mobile Land Information Clinics, aimed at educating and empowering government employees across the nation. Serving as one of the NLA’s priority projects for the 2024/2025 fiscal year, the inaugural staging of the Land Information Clinic was held at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, from...

Marketing and Public Relations Officer at the National Land Agency (NLA), Nicole Hayles, engages with Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Officer, Dwite Thomas, during the NLA’s Government Employees Mobile Land Information Clinic at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in Kingston on Wednesday (May 1). The NLA is hosting a series of information sessions for government workers from May 2024...

The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) is leading an innovative commercial development initiative aimed at revolutionising business infrastructure in Jamaica. The project, Raintree Commercial Complex, located just outside Kingston at Caymanas Estate in Ferry Pen, St. Catherine, will provide lots for commercial and light industrial purposes with all essential amenities in place. Development of the 68 lots is projected for completion...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, says the outcome of discussions arising from the Jamaica National Stakeholder Consultation on Climate Services and the 1st National Climate Forum (NCF-1) will assist in guiding the Government’s planning for climate change. This, he points out, is important for climate mitigation as well...

Jamaica is on track to exceed its goal of 30 per cent land mass protection by the year 2030. As a member of the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, the Government committed to the global agreement alongside 117 countries. “Jamaica expects to complete 30 per cent protection of its land space in 2025, a full five years earlier...

The Government is putting measures in place to ensure that citizens in western Jamaica have adequate access to water and that schools and businesses are not disrupted. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, said he has had discussions with Acting President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Kevin Kerr,...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, is imploring all members of society to play their part in protecting the environment by adopting responsible solid waste management and disposal practices. He noted that while significant investments have been made in strengthening the capacity of the National Solid Waste Management Authority...