The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, through the Trade Board Limited, will be establishing an export academy. This facility, work on which is expected to commence in July, is designed to provide free, online information and training for businesses, to boost their confidence to seek out export opportunities. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement while...

Cabinet has approved the award of multimillion-dollar contracts to several entities to provide services for the Government. These include a $132-million contract to Deryck A. Gibson Limited by the National Water Commission (NWC) for the Anchovy Water Supply Project in St. James. Providing the details during Wednesday’s (April 26) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister without Portfolio in the...

A brand new three-bedroom home was today (April 28) handed over to deserving 68-year-old farmer from Albion Meadows, St. Thomas, Louise Williams, under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, cut the ribbon to the $6.8-million dwelling. Ms. Williams will occupy the house with five other members of her family, including two of her...

Cabinet has approved key appointments to several Boards and Commissions, to ensure effective governance of the State institutions for which these have oversight. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, provided details during Wednesday’s (April 26) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He informed that Cabinet approved the appointment of...

Government’s investment in the upgrading and reconstruction of the Constant Spring Water Treatment Plant (WTP) is providing improved access to potable water supply for some 40,000 Corporate Area residents, particularly as the country continues to face drought conditions. The works, done between 2019 and 2021 at a cost of approximately $840 million, were aimed at addressing water loss of approximately...

Teachers are being encouraged not to fear the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) but to leverage the technology to supplement the teaching-learning process. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, says despite the notion that AI software is poised to automate a number of jobs globally, it is unlikely that the technology will replace teachers in the classroom. Artificial...

The Government will be spending more on social programmes in the next fiscal year, as the most vulnerable and poor must be protected. This was emphasised by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, at the opening of the new male ward at the Westmoreland Infirmary in Savanna-la-Mar, on April 26. He said the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc and brought...