The Government is updating the National Energy Policy (2009-2030) to ensure that it reflects global and local changes and positions the energy sector to become a more secure, sustainable, clean and reliable sector over the next 30 years. The updated Policy will also provide guidance towards achieving the target of 50 per cent renewables within the electricity sector. This was...

Phase-two modernisation of the Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine will be done by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries at a cost of approximately J$6 billion. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says the funds have been allocated for the works, which are slated to commence shortly and be implemented over six years. He advised that the phase will...

One hundred and fifty persons who work with at-risk youth are benefiting from a series of regional workshops geared towards building their knowledge and skills in preventing crime and violence among young people. The capacity-building training, being held at various locations across the island this week, is being undertaken by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in partnership with the...

During the financial year 2023/2024, the Government will be investing $6 billion in the health sector, to include expansion work on the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine. Work will also continue on the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James and the Western Children and Adolescent Hospital, in the parish, and the upgrading of the University Hospital of...

The Ministry of Justice will be focusing on delivering alternative services through the recently established Social Justice Division during the upcoming 2023/24 fiscal year. The Government will also continue to deliver services in the areas of legal aid, expungement of criminal records, minister’s marriage licences, and the processing of applications for persons to be appointed as Justices of the Peace....

Anticipation filled the air outside the historic Gordon House in downtown, Kingston, today (February 14) as scores of Jamaicans braved the mid-morning sun to witness the grand return of the ceremonial opening of Parliament. The crowds of onlookers, which included party supporters, school children and passersby, saw the event return to its full grandeur following COVID-19 restrictions over the past...

The Government is moving forward in transitioning Jamaica to a Republic. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, said that the Constitutional Reform work to facilitate the transition will be assisted by a high-level Constitutional Reform Committee that will play an advisory and oversight role. He was delivering the Throne Speech to open the 2023/24 Parliamentary Year in...