Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government is committed to expanding access to higher education in order to prepare citizens to participate in a competitive global environment. She noted that providing opportunity for more Jamaicans to engage in higher education and training is in keeping with the national Vision 2030 framework, which is aimed at...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is equipping the public health system to manage the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and future emergencies. Delivering the keynote address at the handover of a $40 million genome sequencing machine at the National Influenza Centre (NIC) at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) in St. Andrew on Friday...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness has lauded healthcare workers for efforts to ensure safety of the public during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Speaking with a group of healthcare professionals at the James Hill Health Centre in Clarendon on Thursday (October 21), the Prime Minister said he is aware of the long hours they work as the country battles...

Senior Medical Officer at the Bustamante Hospital for Children Dr. Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson (left), looks at medical items donated to the Hospital by Diaspora for Children Foundation at a hand over ceremony at the institution on Wednesday (October 20). Others pictured from left are: Director of Nursing Services, Beverley Senior-Berry (partially hidden), member of the Diaspora for Children Cadell Green, Administrator...

In keeping with the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) mandate to provide adequate care and protection for children in State care, more than 100 managers and senior members of staff assigned to residential childcare facilities will participate in virtual sensitisation training sessions up to December 2021. This was disclosed by Monitoring Officer in the Southern Region of the...

The Justice Ministry is working to roll out email addresses for Justices of the Peace (JPs) in the final quarter of the current financial year (2021-2022). Creation of these email addresses will better allow Jamaicans to access and communicate with JPs across the island. Addressing a recent JIS Think Tank, Director of Public Law, Restorative and Preventative Justice in the...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is encouraging students who are having issues accessing the online learning platform to make use of its 24-hour television channels as work continues to improve Internet connectivity. The two channels, which were launched at the start of the academic year through the Ministry's eHomeSchool Network, air live and recorded lessons for primary- and...