The Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) has adopted the United Nations (UN) 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are being targeted for attainment within 12 years in relation to a wide range of social and economic development issues. These focus on addressing education, energy, the environment, health, hunger, poverty, decent work and economic growth. The SDGs form part of...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says Jamaica’s exploitation of the Blue Economy will contribute significantly to the country’s economic development and the eradication of poverty. He was speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, Tuesday (December 18), where he gave an update on his recent trip to Nairobi,...

Local Government and Community Development Minister, the Hon. Desmond Mckenzie, says $300, 000 has been provided to furnish two houses in St. Ann that have been constructed under the Indigent Housing Project. The two studio units, which consist of a bedroom, bathroom and a kitchen area, were constructed in the communities of Lime Hall and Beecher Town at a cost...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the Government is embarking on a project to remove approximately 1.5 million used tyres from the Riverton Landfill in St. Andrew. Mr. Vaz says the project’s details are being finalised by Cabinet, with plans to commence the engagement in the first quarter of the...

Come this Sunday, December 2 the National Works Agency (NWA) will be putting the new Chesterfield Drive extension road into service. The new roadway which will serve as a bypass to a section of Spanish Town Road will be officially opened to traffic at 4 p.m. The extended road runs from the end of Chesterfield Drive, the access road to...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the development if a state-of the-art beach park at Closed Harbour Beach in Montego Bay, St. James, will transform the city, creating additional recreational space, while enhancing the tourism product. “We are going to create the Emancipation Park of Montego Bay right here,” he said at a Town Hall meeting held at...

The Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat has completed work to develop the fourth Medium Term Socio-Economic Policy Framework (MTF), which underpins implementation of the country’s long-term National Development Plan. Programme Director for the Secretariat, which is based in the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Elizabeth Emanuel, says the document, which covers 2018 to 2021, has been reviewed by a wide range...