Jamaica’s unemployment rate for July 2023 was 4.5 per cent, equalling the record-low outturn reported for April. Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, who was addressing the agency’s virtual quarterly press briefing on Wednesday (October 18), informed that the rate was 2.1 percentage points lower than July 2022. There were 1,315,100 employed persons in July...

The Education Transformation Oversight Committee (ETOC) is reporting progress in the implementation of the recommendations of the 2022 Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC) report. Work has commenced on 93 of the 365 recommendations contained in the report, produced by the Professor Orlando Patterson-chaired Commission. Speaking during a press conference on Wednesday (October 18) at Jamaica House, ETOC Chairman, Dr. Adrian...

Persons interested in participating in the Jamaica Business Development Corporation’s (JBDC) one-day workshop on: ‘Introduction to Oil Extraction’, are being reminded that the deadline for registration is Friday, October 20. The workshop will be held at the entity’s Incubator and Resource Centre, 76 Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston, on Tuesday, October 31. It will explore topics surrounding the market trends for...

National Project Manager, Sanniel Wilson-Graham, addresses a validation session for the Hot Pepper Status Report and the Market Assessment Report for the ‘Improving Phytosanitary, Food Safety and Market Access Opportunities along the Hot Pepper Value Chain in Jamaica’ project. The session was held on Wednesday (October 18) at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) Multi-Purpose Room in Kingston.

Jamaica’s economy grew by 2.3 per cent during the second quarter of the current calendar year, when compared to the corresponding period in 2022. During the Statistical Institute of Jamaica’s (STATIN) virtual quarterly press briefing on Wednesday (October 18), Director General, Carol Coy, indicated that the growth was reflected in the services and goods producing industries, which grew by 2.2...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is looking to position Jamaica to control and manage technology for the public good. “It is not going to suit Jamaica to try to hide away from the wave of technological improvements because, no matter what, we have to interface with other countries, other societies and other jurisdictions. “So, we...

Groundsmen at schools in St. Mary are being trained by the Health Department to aid in the Search and Destroy Initiative, which is geared at identifying and eliminating mosquito breeding sites. According to Medical Officer of Health for the parish, Dr. Tamara Henry, with an outbreak of Dengue affecting Jamaica, children are most vulnerable to the illness and educational facilities...