Jamaica will join 123 countries across the world in celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2014 from November 17 to 23. Several activities have been organised locally to mark the week, which is being hosted for the third consecutive year by Junior Achievement Jamaica (JAJ) under the theme: ‘Local Entrepreneurs, Global Businesses’. At the launch held on Wednesday, November 5, at...

The Ministry of Youth and Culture has joined hands with the Ministry of Health to provide medical assistance for wards of the state with disabilities. Doctors now visit the children’s homes, write prescriptions, and compile files. Medication is sourced through the Ministry of Health for severe cases. The move is part of continued measures by the Government to improve provisions...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says every support must be provided for students, who come from weak family structures. He said the lack of a father in many homes, must be viewed as a socio-economic disability, as this absence often hampers the development of these children in many respects. “Weak family structure is a chronic disability within the...

Minister of State for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan, says interventions such as the Cane Expansion Fund and investments in field and factory rehabilitation, have led to a 22 per cent increase in cane production in the last crop year. He adds that production has in fact moved up by more than 300 per cent over the...

Jamaica’s development efforts in the areas of justice, environment and climate change and public financial management, have been significantly bolstered with a cash injection of €46 million from the European Union (EU). The money is being made available under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) National Indicative Programme (NIP), for the period 2014 to 2020. Speaking at a special ceremony...

Scores of residents in Northern St. Catherine, can now access services offered by the St. Catherine Parish Council, at the Linstead Town Centre, which was officially opened on November 6. Addressing the ceremony, Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, said the facility is a further outreach step by the local authority to the communities, and a...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade is hailing the remarkable response to its essay, poster and song competitions geared at increasing knowledge of fire safety and prevention among the youth. The staging of the competitions, which culminated with an award ceremony on October 31, was part of activities for Fire Safety Awareness Week from October 26 to November 1. Speaking with JIS...