The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) will continue to collaborate with its stakeholders to facilitate improved operation of the bauxite industry. The JBI expects that this will be achieved by providing support in the form of research-driven advice to industry players and engaging in activities aimed at protecting bauxite lands from sterilisation. Details of the engagements are outlined in the Jamaica...

The Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM) will be seeking to facilitate an increase in bauxite production during the 2024/25 financial year. The entity will also continue to provide management support to Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners II (Noranda) in its role of operating the bauxite mines in St. Ann and will also continue to manage its non-bauxite activities. This is contained...

The Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) will be seeking to facilitate an increase in the production of regulated agricultural commodities (RACs) by at least 20 per cent in the 20024/25 fiscal year. This is contained in the Jamaica Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the year ending March 2025. The increased production is expected to fill supply...

During the new financial year, the Sports Development Foundation (SDF) will continue to equip Jamaica with international standard sports infrastructure and provide funding to sports associations. The Foundation plans to allocate funding towards the construction/renovation of eight multipurpose courts and other infrastructure projects in schools and communities, islandwide, including running tracks, football fields, clubhouses, cricket pitches and the provision of...

The Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM), in an initiative to drive rural development, is ready to embark on a $445-million project to establish a state-of-the-art Industrial Park at Lydford in St. Ann. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, while addressing a town hall meeting organised by the Ministry and JBM at Golden Grove All-Age School in the...

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has emerged the overall winner of the inaugural ‘SheSecures Jamaica’ National Cybersecurity Competition. The all-female team attained maximum points of 325 after successfully completing all eight challenges in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Cryptography, Web Hacking and Forensic Analysis. Teams from the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) copped second and third places, while...

Forty fisherfolk based at the Discovery Bay Fisherman’s Beach in St. Ann have been certified as part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining’s Promoting Community Based Climate Resilience in the Fisheries Sector Project. Twenty received certificates in horizontal long-line fishing, while the other 20 have been certified in the use of fish aggregating devices (FADS). At the ceremony,...

A total of 68 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) have commenced implementation of the Records Information Management (RIM) Programme, to date, with 12 offboarded to initiate electronic records management systems in their entities. The programme seeks to strengthen the capacity of the public service to appropriately store, secure, preserve, access and share official Government of Jamaica (GOJ) records. It is...

Senior Education Officer, Core Curriculum Unit, Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Lorna Thompson, addresses the Norman Manley High School Maths Conference held at the institution in Kingston on Friday (April 19). The event was part of activities for Maths Week from April 14 to 19 under the theme 'Adding Up the Excitement: Maths Rocks’