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‘Liv Gud’ Invades Denham Town High School on September 20

The Ministry of National Security will kick off its Liv Gud School Invasion on Friday (September 20) at the Denham Town High School in downtown Kingston. The initiative, which will see representatives from the Ministry and the Jamaica Constabulary Force...

The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) Logo.

UDC to Support Massive Coastal Clean Up Effort

The newly reopened Port Morant Health Centre in St. Thomas.

Upgraded Port Morant and Arcadia Health Centres Reopened

Chief Privacy Officer and Managing Director of United Consulting International Limited, Najuequa Barnes, addresses Thursday’s (September 19) Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) Business Acceleration Centre (BAC) Accelerator Series at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston.

SEZ Business Operators Urged to Register as Data Controllers

General Manager for Public-Private Partnerships and Privatisation Services at the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Denise Arana, speaks at a JIS Think Tank, on September 17.

DBJ Enhances Public Services and Drives Economic Growth

Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Vernon (right), hands over a Local Economic Development (LED) grant to local entrepreneur, Ricardo James, during the Grant Distribution Meeting at the Corporation’s Cambers, on September 18.

2 years ago Local Government

Small Businesses in St. James Receive Grants

More than 100 small-business owners in St. James are benefiting from grants totalling $2.6 million, provided through the St. James Municipal Corporation’s Local Economic Development (LED) Fund. The fund is aimed at fostering local enterprise growth and economic development in the municipality. Recipients received monetary assistance ranging from $5,000 to $50,000, given the nature of their business. Speaking at the...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Information, Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addressing Wednesday’s (September 18) post-Cabinet press briefing at the corporate office of business processing outsourcing firm iTel, in St. Andrew.

2 years ago CabinetOffice of the Prime MinisterTechnology

Cabinet to Receive Artificial Intelligence Task Force Report

Cabinet is to receive a report from the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force, says Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon. The main function of the Task Force, which was established last year, is to conduct AI research and provide an evidence-based...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), assists Founder of the Angel Foundation, Angelia Christian, with cutting the ribbon for the official opening of an AutoCAD room at the Greater Portmore High School in St. Catherine, on September 18. Sharing the moment is Principal of the school, Ricardo Ross.

2 years ago EducationYouth

Foundation Sponsors AutoCAD Room at Greater Portmore High School

Students at the Greater Portmore High School in St. Catherine are benefiting from an AutoCAD room, courtesy of the United Kingdom (UK)-based Angel Foundation. The Foundation has equipped the facility with several desktop computers, chairs, stools, wall plaques, clocks, monitors, and fans, as part of its mission to make a difference, and to ensure that IT suites are available for...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Skills, Digital Transformation and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses a post-Cabinet press briefing at iTel’s corporate office in St. Andrew, on September 18.

2 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterTransport

Plans Advanced for Implementation of Maritime Single Window

The Maritime Authority of Jamaica, in collaboration with the Port Authority of Jamaica, is advancing plans to implement a maritime single window to streamline the clearance processes for ships arriving at Jamaica’s ports. This was noted by Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, during yesterday’s (September 18) post-Cabinet press...

Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), breaks ground for the construction of the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) new state-of-the-art multipurpose facility, on Wednesday (September 18), at the Commission

2 years ago EducationTechnologyYouth

OEC Breaks Ground for State-of-the-Art Multipurpose Facility

The Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) broke ground on Wednesday (September 18), for its more than $1 billion state-of-the-art multipurpose facility, at its Manhattan Road address in Kingston. Dubbed the ‘Digital Hub’, it will comprise computer labs, augmented/virtual reality labs, and examination rooms. It will also facilitate the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) operations in Jamaica. Speaking at the event, Education and...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, delivers a statement during Tuesday’s (September 17) sitting of the House of Representatives.

2 years ago EducationYouth

Eleven Additional Schools Taken Off the Shift System

Eleven additional schools have been taken off the shift system by the Ministry of Education and Youth. This, of the remaining 34 that were utilising the system since 2020, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams has said. Mrs. Williams, who made the disclosure in a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 17), said the most recent institutions to...

2 years ago InformationTechnology

Access to Information Tribunal’s New Members Being Finalised

The Government is in the process of finalising new members for the Access to Information (ATI) Tribunal. Addressing Wednesday’s (September 18) post-Cabinet press briefing at business processing outsourcing firm iTel’s corporate office in St. Andrew, Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with Responsibility for Information, Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon,...