As of today (May 6), the National Water Commission (NWC) will be granting a 30 per cent discount on outstanding balances for residential customers more than 90 days in arrears. This was announced by President of the NWC, Mark Barnett, in a virtual press conference hosted by the utility company on May 6. The initiative, dubbed ‘The Biggest Wave’, will...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ReadyTV for the development, management and distribution of digital educational channels, as part of an eHomeSchool Network. Speaking in the House of Representatives on May 5, Minister with oversight for the Ministry, Hon. Karl Samuda, said the agreement will ensure that those students who have...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says improved mobility and increased use of technology within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have resulted in a marked improvement in its response time to incidents. “A number of business leaders and private sector citizens have called me personally …. (to say) they have seen such a dramatic improvement in the response...

Students on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) will be provided with data grants, which will enable them to fully participate in the online learning experience. A total of 1,435 students have already been selected to receive data paid for by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. Also, some 303 additional students are being provided with...

Chairman of Sandals Resorts International, Gordon “Butch” Stewart, through the Sandals Foundation, has donated $500,000 to each of the 63 Members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Representatives. The funds, a contribution to the cornavirus (COVID-19) effort, will be used for the provision of care packages to those in need in the constituencies. This was announced by Prime Minister,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says he is confident the measures that have been implemented to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector will make the industry stronger and will position Jamaica as the BPO industry of choice. The Prime Minister, who was speaking at a virtual press conference on Monday...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, reads the book: ‘Sandy, Tosh and the Moo Cow’, by Paula-Anne Porter Jones, for the nation’s children during a live broadcast on Tuesday (May 5) in recognition of “Read Across Jamaica Day”. Ordinarily, the Prime Minister would have visited several schools to read to the children in person, but due to the coronavirus...