The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is on track to execute the remaining deliverables under the Strategic Programme for Climate Resilience (SPCR). This, following the successful staging of its three-day stakeholder consultation workshop. The workshop, which was held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew from January 22 to 24, was aimed at reviewing the SPCR and its...

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has reiterated the Government’s commitment to providing the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) with the necessary resources and support to boost crime fighting. “We (will) continue to focus on leadership and strategic development of talent, resources, infrastructure and equipment,” Dr. Chang said, while providing the policy direction and legal framework required to...

The Government is continuing work under the Public Sector Modernisation Project to improve Jamaica’s work permit framework. Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, says the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, will fund activities aimed at strengthening the system. She was speaking at a quarterly media briefing at the Ministry’s offices...

The Government is to increase access to loan funding for Small and Medium Tourism Enterprise (SMTE) operators, to expand and improve their businesses. Making the disclosure, Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said SMTEs are to benefit from additional funds through the Jamaica National Small Business Loan Limited, as the Government will be providing $200 million in the 2019/2020 fiscal year...

The Universal Service Fund (USF), in partnership with the National Blood Transfusion Service, is inviting the support of the public at their blood drive on February 7 at the PCJ Auditorium, 36 Trafalgar Road, in Kingston, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Marketing and Public Relations Manager at the USF, Deleen Powell, said the Fund, as part of its corporate...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Government is undertaking an “unprecedented level of work” in the upgrading of school plants. He said that just over 400 educational institutions have benefited from major repairs or expansion over the past two and a half years. The scope of works, which include building of new classrooms,...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade’s (JFB) ‘Mek Wi Fix It’ campaign is being expanded to focus on, among other things, bush fire prevention. This is against the background of an increase in the occurrence of bush fires and resulting casualties, according to JFB statistics for 2018. Senior JFB Deputy Superintendent for Fire Prevention and Public Relations Officer, Emeleo Ebanks, cited one...