The Government and the European Union (EU) are to cooperate on a project aimed at building the country’s resilience to climate change. Through this collaboration, the EU’s Global Climate Change Alliance will provide grant financing of €4.9 million for the project, dubbed, ‘A Jamaican Path from Hills to Ocean’. Cabinet has given approval for this arrangement. This was disclosed by...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the decision to allow students seeking a loan from the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) to only need one guarantor was done out of a need to balance accessibility with sustainability. “The SLB doesn’t work if it can’t be sustained, it doesn’t work if monies lent are not...

Jamaica is to submit its first report on the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Domestic Workers Convention (Convention 189). This follows Cabinet’s approval for its submission. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, who made the disclosure, informed that Jamaica’s report to the ILO provides an overview of the measures the Government has instituted to enforce the Convention, including...

The portfolio of the Micro Investment Development Agency (MIDA) is to be transferred to the National Export-Import (EXIM) Bank and managed as a concessionary revolving loan programme for productive microenterprises. This follows Cabinet’s approval for the transfer. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the announcement while providing details on recent Cabinet decisions, during a virtual post-Cabinet...

Jamaica is to receive technical assistance from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to strengthen its health systems and services. This follows Cabinet’s approval for the Ministry of Health and Wellness to enter into an agreement with PAHO for the provision of technical assistance through a voluntary contribution. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the disclosure...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be administering diagnostic tests to grade-six students to identify and address gaps in the delivery of the National Standards Curriculum due to the restrictions caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19). The pandemic led to the closure of school plants in March last year and the shift to online teaching and learning. In November,...

Former Prime Ministers, the Most Hon. PJ Patterson and the Hon. Bruce Golding, have joined the call for Jamaicans to take the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. They were among persons who received the injection at The Good Samaritan’s Inn in Kingston on Wednesday (March 10), on the first day of the implementation of the vaccine programme. Mr. Patterson said that the...