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Fourth-year student at Shortwood Teachers’ College, Christopher Dawes (left), is presented with a cheque by Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO) Inc. United States-based supporter and honoree, Dr. Patricia Smith, during COJO’s scholarship luncheon on Wednesday (May 21) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

COJO Awards Scholarships to Wards of the State

Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO) Inc. continues to provide critical assistance to wards of the State, as they make their transition to independence. This year, the nonprofit organisation has awarded a total of US$60,000 in scholarships to these students, who...

Executive Director, National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon.

NSWMA Urges Citizens to Containerise Waste

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Castleton Pipeline Project in St. Mary, recently. The ceremony was held at the Castleton Botanical Gardens in the parish.

$234-Million Project to Revitalise Castleton Botanical Gardens

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry.

Positive Growth Outlook for the Short to Medium Term

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles.

BOJ Monetary Policy Committee Agrees to Reduce the Policy Rate by 25 Basis Points

Chairman of the Kitson Town Civic Committee, Garfield Angus (centre), celebrates with the six mothers who received the inaugural Miss Govie Motherhood Awards, on May 18 at the Guanaboa Vale Primary School in St. Catherine.

11 months ago CommunityGender Affairs

Exceptional Mothers Honoured by Kitson Town Civic Committee

Six exceptional mothers from Kitson Town in St. Catherine have been honoured for their contributions to the community by the Kitson Town Civic Committee (KTCC). The women received the inaugural Miss Govie Motherhood Awards at a ceremony, held at the Guanaboa Vale Primary School on Sunday (May 18). The event was held under the theme ‘Celebrate and Honour Mothers for...

Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz, makes his 2025/26 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 20).

11 months ago Transport

JUTC Implements Key Measures to Boost Service Efficiency and Accessibility

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has taken decisive steps to enhance efficiency, improve the commuter experience, and increase accessibility and affordability. Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said, by June 2025, 100 new buses, 70 compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered and 30 diesel coaches, will be delivered to the JUTC. “It is important to note that...

11 months ago Finance & Public Service

BOJ Anticipates Minimal Price Disruptions from US Tariffs

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) projects that the initial impact of rising US tariffs on prices in Jamaica will be minimal. “In assessing the near-term outlook, the Monetary Policy Committee contemplated the implications for the Jamaican economy of the policies that have been implemented by the US administration, to date, and in so doing looked at...

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz, makes his contribution to the 2025/26 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 20).

11 months ago TechnologyTelecommunications

All Major Townships Outfitted with Public Wi-Fi

One hundred per cent of the major townships across Jamaica have been outfitted with public Wi-Fi through the Universal Service Fund (USF) Connect-Jamaica Public Wi-Fi Programme. To this end, some five new public Wi-Fi hotspots were deployed in the 2024/2025 Financial Year in Half-Way Tree (St. Andrew), Papine – University Square (St. Andrew), Mandeville (Manchester), Waterfront (Kingston) and Cross Roads...

Workmen from the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and MPM Waste Management Limited, clear a dumpsite in Caribbean Palm Estate in Kingston on Wednesday (May 21). The exercise was part of a community clean-up under the NSWMA’s ‘Pass Di Broom’ campaign, which is aimed at engaging residents in cleaning and beautifying their surroundings.

11 months ago CommunityDevelopmentLocal Government

PHOTOS: NSWMA Clean-Up Operations at Caribbean Palm Estate

Professor of Curriculum Studies in the School of Education, University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, Professor Carmel Roofe, delivers remarks at an education forum held on Tuesday (May 20), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston under the theme ‘Future Proofing Teaching: A School of Education, UWI Mona Perspective’.

11 months ago EducationYouth

PHOTOS: UWI Education Forum

Acting Corporate Public Relations Manager at the National Water Commission (NWC), Delano Williams.

11 months ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Thousands Benefit from NWC Amnesty Since January Launch

The National Water Commission (NWC) is reporting that thousands of customers have utilised the amnesty programme to settle outstanding debts and restore their service, since its launch in January. “Over 34,000 persons have engaged the NWC, requesting… the various amnesty offers that we have. To date, we have completed 9,134 of those applications and over 7,800 of those include reconnection...