The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has started a public-education campaign to sensitise the public on travel and employment guidelines within CARICOM countries. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith,  in a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Issues & Answers’ television interview on January 12. The Ministry recently launched the first in a series of...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, says the project to have certain categories of prisoners serve time outside the penal system and be monitored electronically, will save the country significant sums, and aid in the reduction of crime. Speaking to reporters at the Islington Police Station, in St. Mary, on December 7, the Minister said low risk prisoners, persons...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the interest rate on the special microloan disbursed by the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has been reduced to six per cent from 10.5 per cent. The more than $1-billion credit line, which is backed by the World Bank, is available for small and medium enterprises to undertake expansion...

The Government will, early next year, commence implementation of a Work to Learn, Earn, Give and Save (LEGS) programme for youth, which will incorporate training, volunteerism and saving. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said the initiative will be done through collaboration with the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). Giving the keynote address at the 2016 National Volunteer Awards Banquet...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says his Administration has no intention to forever rely on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be the inspiration for change, noting that the country has the required tools to succeed. Mr. Holness, who was giving the keynote address at the Edu-Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Conference at the Holiday Inn...

The Police High Command is attributing the recent seizure of firearms and items used in criminal activities, in Ocho Rios, to a closed-circuit television (CCTV) that was installed in the town centre. According to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Fitz Bailey, who is in charge of the Police Area 2,  careful observation of a car transporting the items and a...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Jamaican dollar is experiencing a revaluation, due to the Working Group that he established to monitor the foreign exchange market. In late November, the Minister informed Parliament that he had established a stakeholder group of mainly persons in the financial sector to work with the Bank of Jamaica...