Jamaica’s National Heroes Park, situated on some fifty (50) acres within the urban zone designated as Downtown Kingston, is a major historic green space in the nation’s capital. Since 1973, it has been the permanent location for honouring our heroes whose monuments are erected in an area known as the Shrine. Over the years, successive Governments have had plans to...

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) will stage its 20th public lecture on Thursday (July 19) under the theme: ‘Let’s Talk Productivity… Harder, Smarter or Technology’. The event will be held at The Knutsford Court Hotel beginning at 6:00 pm, with the Executive Director of Jamaica Productivity Centre, Dr. Charles Douglas, to deliver the lecture. Director of Business Development...

The Department of Government at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, will host its annual conference from July 25 to 27, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. Under the theme ‘Governance for Tomorrow: Innovation, Politics, Policy and Sustainable Development’, the conference will seek to reinvigorate the dialogue within Caribbean society towards a new consensus...

Two contracts valued at US$50.7 million have been awarded to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Limited for phase-one development of the Kingston Logistics Park, and road improvement works in Hanover and Westmoreland. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, during yesterday’s (July 11) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. Of the sum,...

Establishment of a national emergency communication system is on track, with the facility slated to be up and running within the next two years. Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis, said the required equipment and other inputs are expected to start arriving in the island by the end of the year...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the multibillion-dollar development project being undertaken by Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) in Nain, St. Elizabeth, has the potential to be a game changer in terms of its impact on the economy. JISCO, which operates the Alpart alumina refinery in Nain, plans to...

The National Works Agency (NWA) will be taking the traffic signals at the Washington Boulevard/Duhaney Drive intersection in St. Andrew out of operation for approximately eight hours on Monday, June 18 to complete road improvement works which were recently undertaken at the location. Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw, says the traffic signals will be turned...