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General Manager, Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ), Gairy Taylor.

RPJ Supports National Labour Day Project

Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) is reinforcing its commitment to environmental sustainability through its support of the National Labour Day project in Mason River, Clarendon. The project is the establishment of an Environmental and Research Park at the designated site....

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), explains the importance of trees to students of the Seaward Primary and Junior High School during a National Tree Planting Day exercise at the school on Olympic Way in St Andrew.

JCCF Partners with Entities for Labour Day Tree-Planting Initiative

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (sixth left), is photographed on Wednesday (May 21) at the Rio Cobre Water Treatment Plant project site in Content, St. Catherine, where excavation work is being carried out prior to the start of construction. Other participants (from left) are VINCI Construction Grands Projects Civil Works Supervisor, Abdul Khan, Project Manager, Thomas Savary, Jamaica Country Manager, Timothee Delebarre, and Director of Water, Geoffrey Desportes; Member of Parliament, St. Catherine North Central, Natalie Neita Garvey; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with Responsibility for Water, Hon. Matthew Samuda; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Arlene Williams; Acting President, National Water Commission (NWC), Kevin Kerr; Councillor, Sligoville Division, Dwight Burke; NWC Regional Manager, St. Catherine and Clarendon, Garwaine Johnson, Vice President, Enterprise Development Performance Management, Glaister Cunningham, and Water Production and Distribution Manager, André Brown; and Independent Engineer from N.O. Whyte and Associates Limited, Noel Whyte.

Rio Cobre Treatment Plant to Boost Water Resilience in St. Catherine, Kingston and St. Andrew

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

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.

1 year ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentForeign Affairs

$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 conditions associated with climate change and the threat of other environmental infringements. This was announced recently by Prime Minister, Dr....

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

1 year ago Finance & Public Service

Positive Growth Outlook for the Short to Medium Term

He said it is projected that the economy will grow within the range of 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent in April to June 2025, relative to April to June 2024. The Director General explained that this performance will be supported by increased output in agriculture, due to the continued strengthening in domestic crop production and a reduction in...

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles.

1 year ago Finance & Public Service

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

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously agreed to reduce the policy rate by 25 basis points from six per cent to 5.75 per cent per annum, effective May 21. The policy rate is offered to deposit-taking institutions (DTIs) on overnight placements with the BOJ. Central Bank Governor, Richard Byles, speaking during the Quarterly Monetary Policy...

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.

1 year 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).

1 year 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...

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...