State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, says the Government is targeting the bamboo industry as part of a strategy to enhance sustainable economic growth. Dr. Dunn, who was speaking during a tour of the Peckham bamboo facility in Clarendon on Friday (December 4), said that focus is being placed on boosting value-added production from...

Managing Director of the Whitter Group of Companies, Angella Whitter, says her company will be launching a $5-million fund to assist needy tertiary students who have health and financial challenges. The fund, aptly named The Joe and Angella Whitter Foundation, is also in memory of her late husband who died in 2013 and is remembered as an iconic land developer...

Regional Director for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information's region four, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, has lauded the Government for leading the technology acquisition drive in educational institutions through the Tablets in Schools programme. She noted that more students, particularly those benefiting under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) are gaining access to devices to not only...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government is committed to ensuring that students across the island are equipped with a technology device regardless of socio-economic circumstance. “The education sector, and Jamaica by extension, is on a digital journey. This journey is to ensure that all our students have the skills to operate in the 21st...

State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, has issued a challenge for Jamaicans to work together to safeguard the health and wellness of persons who are living with, or affected by HIV and AIDS. In a message to mark World AIDS Day, which was observed globally on Tuesday, December 1, the State Minister pointed out that...

Hon. Justice Patrick Brooks was sworn in as President of the Court of Appeal yesterday (December 7), by Governor General, His Excellency the Most. Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, at King’s House. Justice Brooks was also invested with the Order of Jamaica at a swearing-in and investiture ceremony, held at King’s House. In his address, the Governor General said Justice Brooks...

The Bank of Jamaica (Amendment) Act, 2020, aimed at modernising and strengthening the operations of the Central Bank by improving its governance, was approved in the Senate during its sitting on Friday (December 4). Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, who piloted the Bill, said the amendment of the...