Public- and private-sector companies are being encouraged to participate in the Best Decorated Business/Office Competition, as part of activities for the 2016 Emancipation and Independence celebrations. The competition, dubbed ‘Spirit of Independence’, is a major highlight of this year’s Emancipation and Independence celebrations under the theme ‘Let’s Get Together and Feel Alright’. To participate in the competition, organisations, including Ministries,...

‘Operation Hope’, a faith-based initiative undertaken by the Clarendon Police to reduce crime and violence across the parish, has been yielding notable successes. Its implementation over five weeks, from May 29 to June 7, focused on alleviating hopelessness, despair, and spiritual and material needs affecting several communities by offering residents, particularly young men, alternatives to a life of crime. The...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, has reaffirmed Government’s commitment to strengthen its cybersecurity capacity to protect sensitive information held on public-sector information technology (IT) platforms. Addressing Chief Executive Officers and Heads of IT departments in the public sector at a Cyber and Data Security conference, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the process is under way for the appointment of a new Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK). Mrs. Johnson Smith was responding to questions posed by Opposition Senator, Mark Golding during Friday’s (July 1) sitting of the Senate. “There is a process between the...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says 4,500 jobs will be created at the community level under the Local Economic Development (LED) Support Programme. The Minister, who was making his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives recently, said that these jobs will be generated from 500 viable community enterprises. The LED programme,...

Thousands of Jamaicans continue to benefit from opportunities for international studies and professional training, under scholarship programmes being administered by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. The programmes, which are offered by Jamaica’s bilateral and multilateral partners, are aimed at equipping the country’s workforce. Minister of State with responsibility for the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, says there...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has hailed the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) as an important product that has the potential to lift the regional game. “We are very pleased that cricket is once again on the rise in the Caribbean and that the CPL provides a great opportunity for Caribbean people to rally in support...