The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) that will provide for the development of academic and educational cooperation and promote relations and mutual understanding between the institutions. CMU President, Professor Andrew Spencer and President of UTech, Dr. Kevin Brown, affixed their signatures to the agreement at the CMU’s main...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is urging farmers to maximise on periods of rainfall as part of drought management efforts. Livestock Specialist with RADA, Maxine Brown, said that drought planning is ideal during periods of rainfall. “I find a lot of persons plan for drought, in the drought, and we have to always remember that we need to plan...

The Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, since its inception in 2003, has awarded 4,909 scholarships, valued at $829 million, to more than 2,000 early-childhood-education practitioners and leaders pursuing undergraduate and graduate degree programmes. Focus areas include early-childhood education, special education, literacy and numeracy, curriculum development, educational leadership and educational administration, at tertiary institutions locally and overseas. Minister...

Legislation aimed at facilitating the establishment of microinsurance for low-income earners will be introduced to Parliament during fiscal year 2025/26. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, during her maiden 2025/26 Budget Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 11). She stated that an insurance company, in providing an estimate,...

The nation’s healthcare managers are being urged to use their knowledge and expertise to provide creative solutions to challenges in the sector. “The solution does not have to be normal. It does not have to follow a strict protocol... . Indeed, even when the rules say do it a particular way, if you can get an exemption, you must advocate...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the ongoing combination of political, security, and humanitarian crises in Haiti, remains one of Jamaica's key foreign policy concerns. Mrs. Johnson Smith was presenting a policy statement during Ministerial Briefings on day three of Diplomatic Week, held at the Ministry in downtown Kingston, on Wednesday (March...

In the upcoming fiscal year, the Government will implement a new phase of the Public Sector Transformation Programme to build on the gains made in the first phase. This was stated by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, when she opened the 2025/26 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 11. “Phase Two will...