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Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, speaks during Wednesday’s (February 19) quarterly media briefing at the agency’s offices in New Kingston.

PIOJ Projects Growth Rebound for First Quarter of 2025

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) anticipates the country’s return to economic growth in the January to March 2025 quarter, with projections within the range of 0.1 to one per cent. Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, made the disclosure during...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (third left), breaks ground for construction of a state-of-the-art forensic pathology autopsy suite at 149 Orange Street, downtown Kingston, on November 12, 2021. Joining the Minister (from left) are former Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Delroy Williams; Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; Executive Director, Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine, Dr. Judith Mowatt; former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Courtney Williams; and former Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson.

$85 Million Set Aside for Final Works on Forensic Pathology Autopsy Suite

(FILE) A newly constructed section of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) in Grants Pen, St. Thomas.

South Coast Highway to Be Completed by 2027

Programme Development Officer, Public Health Specialist in the Family Health Unit at the Ministry of Health and Wellness and Winner of the Best Overall Presentation Award at the National Health Research Conference 2024, Dr. Carol Lord, addresses a JIS Think Tank on February 18.

Pregnant Women Urged to Identify Risks Early and Act Quickly at First Sign of Trouble

Localisation Officer, Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat, Samantha Wilmot.

Entries Now Open for Vision 2030 Jamaica Poetry and Song Competition

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), removes his newly printed National Identification (ID) Card from a machine located at the National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) Personalisation Centre, at Central Sorting Office in Kingston, in November last year. Looking on (from left) are Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Dr. Christine Hendricks; Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry; Card Machine Operator, Rog-Jae Seymour and Chairman of NIRA, Bishop Conrad Pitkin.

1 year ago NIDS

NIDS Project Gets $2.8 Billion

The Government has allocated $2.8 billion towards implementation of the ‘National Identification System (NIDS) for Economic Growth’ Project. Details of the project are outlined in the 2025/26 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives recently by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams. The programme aims to provide a secure, reliable, and unique method of...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (second right), listens to a point from Commissioner of Corrections, Brigadier (retired) Radgh Mason (right), during Tuesday’s (February 18) staging of the We Transform ‘Youth and Parent Lynk-Up Reintegration Day’ at the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. Also sharing in the discussion are Acting Superintendent of the facility, Carol Johnson (third left), and representative of Tax Administration of Jamaica (TAJ), Amaila McHargh (third left). At left, TAJ Representative, Jenelle Buchanan, assists a parent.

1 year ago National Security and Peace

National Security Ministry Takes Youth and Parent Lynk-Up to Rio Cobre Juvenile Facility

Scores of wards at the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre and their parents benefited from motivational talks and access to a range of services, under the Ministry of National Security’s ‘Youth and Parent Lynk-Up Reintegration Day’ initiative. At an event held on Tuesday (February 18) at the juvenile facility in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, the youngsters were given the opportunity...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address at the groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of the Grand Palladium Hotel Resort in Hanover on February 18.

1 year ago Prime Minister

No New Taxes – PM Holness

No new taxes will be introduced to finance the $1.26 trillion budget for fiscal year 2025-2026. Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement at the groundbreaking ceremony for the over 950-room expansion of the Grand Palladium Resort in Hanover on Tuesday (Feb.18). The move marks the eighth-consecutive year in which the Government has not introduced new...

Craft traders participating in the St. James Municipal Corporation/Mastercard Vendor Engagement Event and Training at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in Sam Sharpe Square on Tuesday (February 18).

1 year ago CommunityDevelopmentLocal Government

St. James Municipal Corporation and Mastercard Forge Partnership

The St. James Municipal Corporation and Mastercard have forged a partnership to digitise payment systems for traders operating at the Harbour Street and Old Fort Craft Markets in Montego Bay. This collaboration was formalised with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during the St. James Municipal Corporation/Mastercard Vendor Engagement Event and Training at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), is in discussion with (from left) Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and Member of Parliament for St. Catherine Central, Hon. Olivia Grange; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; Chairman, West Indies Home Contractors (WIHCON) Limited, Peter Melhado; and Commissioner of Police, Dr. Kevin Blake, during the contract-signing ceremony for the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s new St. Catherine North Divisional Headquarters, at the Office of the Prime Minister in St. Andrew in July last year.

1 year ago National Security and Peace

Work to Begin on St. Catherine North Police Divisional Headquarters in New Fiscal Year

Construction of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) St. Catherine North Police Divisional Headquarters will begin in the 2025/26 fiscal year, through a $700-million budgetary allocation. Details of the project are outlined in the 2025/26 Estimates of Expenditure tabled in the House of Representatives recently by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams. For this fiscal year, the...

1 year ago Press ReleaseWorks / Construction

Section of Waltham Park Road to be Reduced to Single Lane for Drainage Improvement

Commencing today (February 18), a section of Waltham Park Road in Kingston will be reduced to single lane. The closure is to facilitate drainage improvement works on the roadway, between Delacree Lane and Howard Avenue. The restriction will be in effect for two weeks. Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the National Works Agency, Stephen Shaw, explains that activities...

Senior Plant Health and Food Safety Officer with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Francine Webb, is discouraging farmers from using the slash-and-burn method in their farming practices, to prevent fires during the dry season.

1 year ago Agriculture

RADA Urges Farmers Not to Slash-and-Burn in Dry Season

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is discouraging farmers from slashing and burning during the peak of the dry season, which lasts from February to April of this year. Slash-and-burn is the cutting and burning of trees to clear land for cultivation. With forecasts of normal to below normal rainfall during this time, conditions are ideal for the spread of...