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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses a recent sitting of the House of Representatives.

Gov’t Introduces Modern Lobster Declaration System for Fishers

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, has underscored a major advancement in the management of Jamaica’s spiny lobster industry with the introduction of a modernised declaration system. The key change is outlined in the Fisheries (Spiny Lobster)...

Minister of Energy, Transport and Telecommunications, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addresses Wednesday's (April 15) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

Energy Minister Cautiously Optimistic on Jamaica’s Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration

Energy, Transport and Telecommunications Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second right), prepares to cut the ribbon to open the School Bus Operations Centre (SBOC) for the Rural School Bus Programme, at 26 Lyndhurst Road in Kingston on Wednesday (April 15). He is joined by (from left) Chief Executive Officer of Elhydro, which is the entity managing the programme, Tanya Morgan; Chargé d’Affaires, United States Embassy in Kingston, Scott Renner; and Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Marlon Morgan.

Operations Centre Established for Rural School Bus Programme

Acting Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Nichole Morgan, receives the findings of a Sustainable Aviation Fuel Feasibility Study from Sustainable Aviation Senior Manager at ICF Consulting, Yasar Yetiskin, at the handover exercise on Tuesday, April 14, at the JCAA’s Winchester Road headquarters in Kingston.

Study Shows Strong Potential for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) grant awards ceremony held on Tuesday (April 14), at the United States (US) Embassy in Kingston.

American Friends of Jamaica Provides $208 Million in Grants to 65 Entities

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Delano Seiveright, shares a light moment with Chief Executive Officer, Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Farrah Blake (left), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sancia Bennett Templer, during the launch of CLA

2 months ago Industry

CLA Launches Medical Cannabis Special Permit Programmes

The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has officially launched its Medical Cannabis Special Permit Programmes, a landmark initiative designed to strengthen access and inclusion for traditional ganja growers within Jamaica’s medical cannabis industry. These programmes will be implemented under the recently gazetted regulations governing the CLA’s operations. Cabinet approved the promulgation of the Dangerous Drugs (Cannabis Licensing) (Interim) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025,...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, is flanked by State Minister, Hon. Franklin Witter (left), and Permanent Secretary, Dermon Spence (right), as he addresses the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, during its review of the 2026/27 Estimates of Expenditure at Gordon House on March 6.

2 months ago Fisheries

New Spiny Lobster Framework Safeguards Legitimate Catch and Strengthens Oversight

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, has indicated that the Fisheries (Spiny Lobster) Regulations, 2026, now in full effect, will resolve an “unintended contradiction” that had surfaced in the previous regulatory framework. The 2026 Regulations, first introduced during the Minister’s Sectoral Debate presentation in 2025, were gazetted on March 23, 2026, and replaces the Fishing Industry (Spiny...

Minister of Energy, Transport, and Telecommunications, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addresses a post-Cabinet press briefing, held at Jamaica House on April 15.

2 months ago Energy

99.6 % of Customers Reconnected to JPS Grid

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) restoration efforts remain well advanced, with 99.6 per cent of customers now reconnected to the grid. Minister of Energy, Transport and Telecommunications, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure during an address at a post-Cabinet press briefing, held at Jamaica House on April 15. The JPS’s customer base is just under 700,000 customers. Mr. Vaz informed...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), and Minister of Health and Wellness and Member of Parliament for St. Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (eighth right, front row), share a moment with beneficiaries of 34 serviced lots at the Cherry Gardens Housing Development in Kitson Town, St. Catherine, at the handover ceremony on Wednesday (April 15). The lots were developed by the National Housing Trust (NHT).

2 months ago HousingOffice of the Prime Minister

PM Hands Over 32 Serviced Lots in Kitson Town, St. Catherine

Contributors to the National Housing Trust (NHT) have received 34 serviced lots at the Cherry Gardens Housing Development in Kitson Town, St. Catherine. The development marked another milestone in the Government’s ongoing push to expand access to affordable housing and forms part of a wider development of 193 lots under a partnership between the NHT and private developers through the...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), shares a light moment with Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson (right), and Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Ambassador Brian Wallace, following his arrival in New York on Thursday (April 16).

2 months ago Foreign AffairsJamaican Diaspora

Prime Minister Holness in New York for High-Level Diaspora Engagements on Jamaica’s Recovery Agenda

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, arrived in New York on Thursday (April 16), to begin a three day programme of high level engagements that will place Jamaica’s post Hurricane Melissa national recovery agenda squarely before the Caribbean’s most influential diaspora community in the United States (US). Dr. Holness was met on arrival by Jamaica’s Ambassador to the...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (left), tries out an automatic chicken feeder made by students of St. Andrew Technical High School, during an alumni engagement visit on Tuesday (April 14), in commemoration of the institution’s 65th anniversary. Also pictured is Principal, Dr. Worrel Hibbert..

2 months ago Education

STATHS to Get Renewable Energy Laboratory

Procurement is under way for a renewable energy laboratory at St. Andrew Technical High School (STATHS). Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, advised that the lab will be constructed over the summer holiday and is expected to be opened in September. “Students will learn about solar technology. They'll learn about solar installation....

Principal and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Densil Williams, delivers the keynote address at the launch of the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU) Public Sector Debate Competition on Tuesday (April 14) at the AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston.

2 months ago Finance & Public Service

Public-Sector Debaters Urged to Develop Innovative Solutions

Participants in the Public Sector Debate Competition are being urged to use the platform to interrogate national issues and contribute to innovative solutions that will strengthen Jamaica’s long-term development trajectory. Principal and Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Professor Densil Williams, made the call while addressing the launch of the 2026 staging of the Transformation Implementation Unit...