Entrepreneurs are being encouraged to set goals as a key ingredient for business success. Goals are predetermined targets that a business or individual plans to achieve over a set period of time. Managing Director of Sisters' Ink, Opal Levy, explained that goal setting “is when business professionals create specific objectives for the future”. She said that “when creating new businesses,...

National Housing Trust (NHT) contributors who are looking to own a home are being encouraged to use their refund to offset some of the costs associated with the process. Corporate and Public Affairs Manager, Dwayne Berbick, said persons should consider using the repayment to assist with the deposit, valuation report or legal fees. “Do not just spend it because it...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (right), is shown the medical facility at the New Broughton Sunset Adult Correctional Centre in Manchester by Acting Superintendent, Smalling Renard (left), during a tour on Wednesday (August 10). Also on the tour is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Courtney Williams (centre).

The Mico University College Alumni Association’s centennial international education symposium is currently under way at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. Under the theme, ‘Global Challenges: International and Institutional Responses’, the two-day symposium will explore emerging trends and best practices in pedagogy, the use of information and communications technology and methods to train educators to meet contemporary demands. Minister of...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the incorporation of technology in the teaching and learning process will remain a permanent component of the education system. Speaking at the investor briefing for One on One Educational Services’ initial public offering (IPO), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on August 9, Mrs. Williams said the introduction...

More Jamaicans, especially the youth, are taking up farming as a lucrative profession, says Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake. He noted that with an average farmer age of 48.7 years, Jamaica has one of the youngest farmer populations in the world, where the average age is 60. Moreover, he argued “the data [prove] that the...

Qualified National Housing Trust (NHT) contributors are being reminded that they have until the end of the year to submit refund applications. Corporate and Public Affairs Manager, Dwayne Berbick, has cleared the misconception that refund applications must be done on the first of January. He said that once a refund period becomes available at the beginning of the calendar year,...