The Universal Service Fund (USF) has invested billions of dollars over the last nine years to provide Internet access to Jamaicans across the island. This was disclosed by USF Chairman, Bishop Wellesley Blair, who informed that the Fund has completed a total of 188 Internet community access points (CAP) throughout the country at a cost of $626 million. He noted...

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Neville Knight, is reporting a downward trend in murders in the St. Andrew South division, crediting community partnerships for the drop. He informed that since the start of 2014, there have been 50 murders in the division, representing a 29 per cent reduction in the crime for the similar period last year, and noted that...

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, is imploring Jamaicans to be responsible citizens and rise above the ‘informer fi dead’ culture, in support of the fight against crime. Ms. Llewellyn said the police alone cannot solve every case without getting the assistance of members of the public who must be courageous enough to come forward and not be intimidated...

Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Douglas Saunders, says public sector organizations have recorded significant improvements in the quality of their service delivery over  the past 15 years. Speaking at  the launch of the 2014/15 Public Sector Customer Service Competition at the Ministry of Finance and Planning in Kingston, on September 18, Ambassador Saunders noted that these improvements have resulted from moves by ...

A total of 182 information technology (IT) resource and skills training centres have been established across the country, as the Government continues to provide Jamaicans with access to information technology (IT). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, said that an additional 49 such facilities are being built and nearly 150 applications for similar centres are awaiting approval. In...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says the economic growth momentum is expected to continue through to the end of the September quarter, despite the effects of the drought. He was addressing a post-Cabinet Retreat press briefing on September 17 at Jamaica House. Real economic activity expanded within the range of one to two per cent during...

Consumers could see lower prices for solar water heater parts and Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs, following the Government’s decision to remove the Customs duties on these items. The House of Representatives, on September 17, approved the Customs Tariff (Revision) (Amendment) (No. 3) Resolution, to give effect to this decision. Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips,...