The National Policy on Poverty and National Poverty Reduction Programme together constitute a responsive instrument of the Government of Jamaica to the need to institute a systematic and accountable framework to implement, coordinate, and monitor measures to address poverty and vulnerability. These represent a move to providing a focal point for coordinating poverty programmes and to address the void existing...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has hailed J. Wray & Nephew, and parent company Gruppo Campari, on the total investment of US$6 million in the development of a state-of-the-art waste-water treatment facility as well as recycling and solar-energy systems. Mr. Holness, in remarks following a tour of the company’s Spanish Town Road location on Wednesday (January 18), said...

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (right), is greeted by United States Vice-President Elect, Governor Mike Pence, and his wife, Karen, as she arrives at the Chairman’s Global Dinner and Diplomatic Ball given in honour of President Elect, Donald Trump and the Vice President, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington DC, on January 16. The...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he expects growth in the economy to be about two per cent by the end of the 2016/17 fiscal year. The Minister was opening the Debate on the first Supplementary Estimates in the House of Representatives on January 17. Tabled on January 10, the Estimates showed that the budget...

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is reporting that it received $20 million in 2016 to help with efforts to develop early-childhood institutions (ECIs) that are in need. This amount was donated by stakeholders and partners, such as the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, the New York-based Union of Jamaican Alumni Associations; West Portland Member of Parliament, Hon....

The recently updated Duty Counsel list, which is part of ongoing efforts by the Ministry of Justice to ensure equity and fairness for all Jamaicans in the justice system, will be available soon. Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Attorney at Law, Hugh Faulkner, told JIS News in a recent interview that in a few weeks, the list will...

The Estimates of Expenditure for the 2017/18 financial year will be tabled in the House of Representatives on Thursday, February 9. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw during his presentation on the first Supplementary Estimates for 2016/17 in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 17). He informed that he will be...