Major upgrades are set for the Drax Hall to Mammee Bay corridor in St. Ann, as the Government works to ease traffic congestion and strengthen one of Jamaica’s fastest-growing commercial hubs. Addressing the St. Ann Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet at the Cardiff Hotel and Spa in Runaway Bay on Sunday (March 29), Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew...

The Education Transformation Oversight Committee (ETOC) is reporting that development of the Tertiary Education Management Information System (TEMIS) is complete. The TEMIS is programmed to track all aspects of data related to tertiary institutions. These include enrolment and dropout data, tracer studies after graduation, as well as allocations to institutions, scholarships and grants awarded. Addressing Thursday’s (March 26) ETOC Press...

Workers in the Global Digital Services Sector are being encouraged to utilise the services of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to safeguard their rights and to access avenues for redress when needed. Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Delano Seiveright, made the call while delivering the keynote address at the official launch...

The Guanaboa Vale police in rural St. Catherine are undertaking a goat-rearing project that will benefit the primary school in the community. Under the venture, which began in June 2024, a goat house has been established on the station grounds to raise animals for the commercial sale of goat meat and milk to the public. Currently, the operation involves 26...

Approximately 700,000 farmers across six central parishes are set to benefit from a US$50-million Green Climate Fund (GCF) project, which aims to enhance climate resilience of vulnerable farmers over the next five years. The project, titled ‘ADAPT Jamaica: Enhancing climate change resilience of vulnerable smallholders in Central Jamaica’, was approved on Friday (March 27). It represents the first ever single-country...

The newly commissioned Mining Matters mobile application has been designed to be user-friendly, while delivering comprehensive feedback from mining communities across Jamaica. Principal Director for Policy Planning and Development in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Dr. Oral Rainford, has explained the vision behind the digital platform and its potential to transform how citizens engage with the mining and...

The National Council on Education (NCE) has, to date, received more than 100 applications from individuals seeking to serve on school boards. This was disclosed by Transforming Education for National Development (TREND) Project Lead, Dr. Venesse Morrison-Leon, during the Education Transformation Oversight Committee (ETOC) Press Conference, held at Shortwood Teachers’ College in St. Andrew on March 26. She encouraged interested...