Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, has renewed the call for reparations valuing £76 billion be paid to the descendants of enslaved people of the Caribbean by former European slave-trading nation, Britain. “The £20 million that they paid to the slave owners should have been paid to the enslaved. We have to make a claim...

Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, has welcomed the proposed establishment of a Building Practitioners Board as provided for in the Building Act that is now before the House of Representatives. The Board will define and establish categories of practice of building practitioners, and determine the scope and nature of work that each category shall be licensed to perform. The...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says work is advanced in making Jamaica the premier logistics hub in the Caribbean. He noted that the Special Economic Zones Regulations are now in effect, which are intended to drive the SEZs that are expected to open up significant economic opportunities for Jamaicans in terms of employment-generation, manufacturing, small-business development and foreign...

Within the next few weeks, the Government will begin the process to procure new state-of-the-art scanning equipment for all the nation’s ports. This has been disclosed by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, who said more modern technology is required to replace what is now in operation, which have become obsolete. “Many of the machines that...

For many Jamaicans, owning a piece of the rock, a home, which they can pass down to future generations, is one of the most important life goals. The Government is making it easier for persons to realise their dream by implementing a raft of measures to make home ownership easier and more affordable. These include increasing the National Housing Trust...

The Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, is to be renovated at a cost of approximately $200 million. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says this forms part of the Government’s undertaking to make the facility “fit for purpose” in its transformation into a major venue to host meetings and conventions, thereby boosting its profitability. He indicated that...

The University of Technology (UTech) and the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to deliver a postgraduate degree programme geared towards the economic development of rural communities. The Master of Science in Integrated Rural Development is expected to begin next year and is currently being developed by the Faculty of the Built Environment (FOBE)...