Chief Executive Officer at eGov Jamaica Limited, Maurice Barnes, has highlighted various initiatives being implemented towards Jamaica’s thrust of becoming a digital society. He informed that a major development to be undertaken is the merger of eGov Jamaica Limited and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) Jamaica to form the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Authority, with primary...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the Government is looking to build on the Economic Programme Oversight Committee’s (EPOC) successes, through the proposed independent Fiscal Council. This, he says, as Jamaica’s prepares to embark on a post-International Monetary Fund (IMF) era, when the current US$1.7-billion Precautionary Stand-By Arrangement (PSBA) concludes in November 2019. The...

Chairman of the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ), Lyttleton Shirley, says the country’s rural and coastal towns are being targeted as Government moves to boost economic and social opportunities for citizens. He said that Port Antonio, Falmouth, Port Maria, Lucea, Savanna-la-Mar and Morant Bay are some of the towns that have been earmarked for development. “The Prime Minister, in what...

Wigton Wind Farm photovoltaic system design training being held from June 18 to June 22 is open to anyone. Training Coordinator/Engineer at Wigton Wind Farm, in Manchester, Sanja Simmonds, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, recently, said that for the course, it would be good if the trainees had some previous experience. However, he explained that it was actually designed...

Declaring that “no one must be left behind” the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, launched a new initiative to help adolescent mothers to complete their high school education. Minister Grange launched the programme during the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation’s 40th Anniversary Charity Ball on Saturday (May 26) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in...

Students wishing to pursue studies in Agriculture at high schools, colleges and vocational institutions may apply for one of the many scholarships in this area, donated  by the Jamaica 4-H Club. The students  must reside or attend school in St. Ann, Manchester and St. Catherine. They may apply for the Rio Tinto scholarship using application forms available at eligible institutions...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport,  Hon. Olivia Grange, has called on the nation’s youth to get more involved in the activities of the National Council on Reparations in Jamaica. Speaking at a Reparation Youth Conference, hosted by the Council  and ‘Talk Up Yout’ at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on May 25,  the Minister said the Movement...

Children are being warned to desist from oversharing personal information on social media platforms, as a worrying trend has emerged of them going missing after making face-to-face contact with strangers they met online. State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, issued the caution to students at the National Missing Children’s Forum, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the project to expand the Court of Appeal building on King Street in downtown Kingston is progressing smoothly. “After just under five weeks of work, we have seen tremendous progress. I am eager not only for this work to continue on time but to finish on time,” he said. The Minister was speaking...