Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, says there is potential for Jamaica and Guyana to explore areas of cooperation in media. Speaking following a tour of Guyana’s State-owned National Communications Network (NCN), on Thursday (May 2), the Minister said he was impressed with the country’s public and private media...

The role of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in sustaining Jamaica’s low unemployment rate, which fell to a record 4.2 per cent in late 2023, is being underscored by the State entity promoting and facilitating investments in SEZs. These zones have emerged as vibrant hubs of commercial activity, driving employment opportunities and facilitating knowledge transfer across multiple sectors. This comes against...

All public and private entities, and institutions are required to develop and implement their respective sexual harassment policy by the end of June 2024. This was emphasised by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, at the opening of the new R.A. Williams Warehouse in New Brunswick Village, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, on May 1. The Sexual...

Marketing and Public Relations Officer at the National Land Agency (NLA), Nicole Hayles, engages with Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Officer, Dwite Thomas, during the NLA’s Government Employees Mobile Land Information Clinic at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in Kingston on Wednesday (May 1). The NLA is hosting a series of information sessions for government workers from May 2024...

The Inter-Ministerial School Support Strategy (ISSS), which is aimed at eradicating violence in schools, will benefit from a financial boost over the next two fiscal years. The support will be provided under the six-year Violence Prevention Partnership between the Government of Jamaica and the United Kingdom (UK). The two governments formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) recently at the...

The Caymanas Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in St. Catherine will be transformed into a mini municipality once fully developed, says Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Kelli-Dawn Hamilton. She disclosed this during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Get the Facts’ television programme. The transformative project, being led by the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), is...

More than 120 newly trained teachers, specialising in subject areas such as English and Mathematics at the primary and secondary levels, are set to enter the education system in September. The recent graduates of the Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College in Montego Bay were presented with Bachelors of Education (B.Ed), associate and advanced degrees for successfully completing their programmes of study,...