Economic Growth Council (EGC) Chairman, Michael Lee-Chin, says 66 of the 111 growth initiatives contained in that body’s Call to Action mandate have been achieved since its establishment in April 2016. This, Mr. Lee-Chin, points out, equates to a completion rate of 59 per cent of the Council’s targets focused on repositioning Jamaica to achieve five per cent economic growth...

Expansion work on the Public West Building in downtown Kingston, which houses the Court of Appeal and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, is on track. This will result in the provision of additional courtrooms to assist in reducing the backlog of cases. A contract to facilitate the work was signed recently at the Ministry of Justice offices...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says a review of tertiary education funding arrangements is being considered to ensure that more students have access to higher learning. He was speaking at a graduation ceremony for 150 participants of the firefighting training course at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Palisadoes Park, Kingston, on April 25. The...

A study is to be commissioned to examine the health profiles of staff who have reported being affected by air-quality issues at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St. James. This was announced by Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, in a statement to Parliament on Tuesday (April 24), in which he provided an update on the measures...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Fi Wi Jamaica Project, being executed through the University of Technology (UTech), recently hosted the second in a series of conversations called ‘Big ‘Ooman Chat’. Several successful professional and entrepreneurial women were invited to hear of the success of one major output of the project, ‘Girls using Ubuntu, Respect and Love for...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has lauded educators at the Bog Walk High School in St. Catherine for implementing the ‘Boys Big-Up Programme’, which rewards boys for displaying good behaviour and deportment. “It is important that we recognise that there are differences in how boys and girls learn within the education system. I can see that this is...

Free cataract surgeries were performed on 338 residents of Manchester, Clarendon and St. Elizabeth from April 21 to 23, at the Mandeville Regional Hospital. The surgeries were made possible through a collaboration between the Florida-based Mind, Body and Soul Ministry (MBSM) and the Kiran and Pallavi Patel Family Foundation. This is the fourth year of the health mission to Jamaica....