The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says that by June 2019, 45 percent of the energy it supplies to the country will come from cheaper, cleaner liquefied natural gas (LNG). By then, the power company’s Old Harbour and Jamaica Aluminium Company (Jamalco) plants will come on stream to join the Bogue facility in St. James, which received its first shipment of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness has reassured residents of Mount Salem, St. James, that the security forces will be in the community for the full 60 days as prescribed under the law governing the zones of special operations. He noted that he was frequently asked the question on his tour throughout sections of Mount Salem on September 3,...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade launched its 55th anniversary celebrations with the opening of an exhibition highlighting the entity’s achievements since 1962. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, and Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry’s Bilateral Relations Department, Dayton Thomas, cut the ribbon to officially launch the two-week exhibit at the Ministry’s Dominica Drive offices...

During the Traffic Ticket Amnesty, August - October 2017, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) will open on Saturdays, eight offices islandwide from 10:00am to 4:00pm. This is in order to facilitate the expected increase in traffic ticket fine payments. The special opening hours on Saturdays will run from August 12, 2017 – October 28, 2017.   Participating offices are:   TAX...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, says intelligence is showing that there is a reduction in guns and ammunition coming into the island, due to the two ships and surveillance plane acquired by the Government. According to Mr. Montague, the Government is equipping the security forces so that criminal elements will have no cover from the law. Earlier this...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has partnered with the Education, Youth and Information Ministry to provide grant funding in the sum of US$3 million for a Safety and Security in Schools Project. Under the partnership, the USAID will provide the funds over two years. The National Education Trust (NET) will act as coordinator for the project. The...

The justice sector should see significant improvement in its processing of court cases, having implemented a Court Information Statistical System (CISS) in parish courts islandwide. The system allows for the tracking of matters as they move through the court system from initiation to disposition, which will result in faster determination of when a case falls into backlog. Statistics and Data...

The Occupational Safety and Health Bill was tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (April 4). The legislation, which is geared at securing the safety and health of all Jamaican workers, was tabled by Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, reiterated the Government’s commitment to table the Bill...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica’s hotel room capacity will increase by more than 1,000 during the 2017 calendar year. “Over 3,000 rooms are currently (available) or are being made available, which we never had the winter before. Of that amount, close to 2,000 have already been added or will be coming on stream in the next few weeks...