Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says prospects for a return to economic growth in Jamaica in short order are “strong”. He said this is largely against the background of news about the possible availability of a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine for Jamaica and several other countries that are among the island’s main trading partners....

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says Standard and Poor’s (S&P) decision to maintain Jamaica’s ‘B+’ credit rating, represents the agency’s confidence in the economy and the direction of the Government’s economic policy, against the background of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A Ministry statement, on Wednesday (December 9), indicated that S&P’s maintaining of...

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, is calling on Jamaicans to adhere to the COVID-19 measures implemented by the Government, and exercise greater vigilance to control the spread of the virus during the festive season. Persons can protect themselves from exposure to COVID-19 by adhering to the established infection prevention and control measures. These include wearing a mask while...

State Minister, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and Member of Parliament, North Central Clarendon, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan (right); Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (centre), and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund, Daniel Dawes, use their phones to access the free Internet at the public Wi-Fi hotspot that was launched in Chapelton, Clarendon, on Thursday,...

Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster, has lauded firefighters in St. Elizabeth for the critical role they play in protecting lives and properties in the parish. Speaking at a ceremony to hand over a skid unit to the Santa Cruz Fire Station in the parish, on Wednesday (December 9), Mayor Sangster noted that firefighters have been performing their operational...

The thoroughfare from Oracabessa in St. Mary to Spot Valley in Montego Bay is being transformed into a safety zone for road users, under a $116-million initiative being funded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF). The Road Safety Improvement project, which is a partnership with the National Works Agency (NWA) and the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), involves installing road...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has affirmed Jamaica’s commitment to sustainably manage 100 per cent of the country’s national waters to aid in protecting the ocean’s resources globally. This is in keeping with a new ocean action agenda focusing on developing a sustainable ocean economy, by effectively balancing conservation and sustainable use of the resources of the sea....