The Government is moving to ensure that consumers have increased protection, through the merger of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) and the Fair Trading Commission (FTC). Making the disclosure, Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, said the move is part of several measures that have been implemented to build the capacity...

Local entrepreneurs should place more focus on queue management to address the issues of overcrowding and social distancing in business places as they continue to deal with the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on their operations. This is the recommendation from Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Industrial Engineer, Roshaine Gunter, who spoke at the organisation’s virtual weekly series, ‘Biz Zone’,...

The Junction Market in St. Elizabeth was cleaned and sanitised on Labour Day (May 25), which was observed under the theme ‘Labour at Home’. Spearheaded by the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, the activity was carried out by volunteers from the Municipality and the wider community. Chairman of the Corporation and Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster, as well as...

As at Monday (May 25), Jamaica has recorded its highest number of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 and have been discharged from isolation in a 24 hour period. Total recoveries today increased by 27 and now stands at 238 (42.8% Recovery Rate). In the meantime, four new samples have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing...

Starting June 1, school leaders across Jamaica will participate in a Virtual Instructional Leadership (VIL) online course, which will equip them with the skills and competencies to effectively manage institutions remotely. Acting Chief Education Officer, Dr. Kasan Troupe, in a bulletin issued by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information recently, noted that with the suspension of classes in the...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, is calling on Jamaicans to protect the country’s biodiversity, in order to build long-term environmental sustainability. “For us here in Jamaica and other small island developing states, effective action may be as simple as planting a tree, recycling our waste, conserving our water, properly disposing...

The first 200 of the 1,044 Jamaican ship workers disembarked the Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas, docked at the Falmouth Pier in Trelawny, on Thursday, May 21. The men and women underwent various stages of screening and processing by the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), and the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), after which they were taken to...