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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

Work to restore the 163-year-old Castleton Botanical Gardens in St. Mary to its former glory is being carried out at a cost of $234 million. The work will also protect the flora and fauna at the garden from adverse weather...

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.

Exceptional Mothers Honoured by Kitson Town Civic Committee

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).

JUTC Implements Key Measures to Boost Service Efficiency and Accessibility

1 year 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).

1 year 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.

1 year 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’.

1 year ago EducationYouth

PHOTOS: UWI Education Forum

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

1 year 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...

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

1 year ago Finance & Public Service

Decline in Poverty

Jamaica’s poverty prevalence for 2023 was estimated at 8.2 per cent, a decline from 16.7 per cent in 2021. Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, disclosed that it was “the lowest figure ever recorded since poverty rates were first measured in 1989”. Addressing the PIOJ’s quarterly briefing on Wednesday (May 21), in Kingston, he said the...

Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (centre), addresses Wednesday’s (May 21) Quarterly Press Briefing at PIOJ’s Oxford Road offices in Kingston. He is joined by (from left) Senior Director, James Stewart; and Director, Policy Research Unit, Suzette Johnson.

1 year ago Finance & Public Service

Economy Grew in January to March Quarter

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting that the economy grew by an estimated 0.8 per cent during the January to March 2025 quarter, compared with the corresponding period in 2024. Speaking at the PIOJ’s quarterly briefing on May 21, in Kingston, Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, said the out-turn for the review quarter largely reflected the impact of...