Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, will head Jamaica’s delegation to next month’s China International Import Expo in Shanghai. Speaking at the recent Jamaica-China Friendship Association banquet at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of...

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), presents the Prime Minister’s Message to participant in the Local Government and Community Month 2019 Cross- Island Run, Kelly Ann Fraser. The occasion was the launch of the event on Thursday (October 17) at the Rudolph Elder Park in Morant Bay, St. Thomas.

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says there is no cause for concern by Jamaicans over the increasing levels of foreign direct investments (FDI) in the country’s tourism industry. “As a tourist resort [destination], we are fortunate to be appealing to the world’s top hotel brands wanting to [invest in and] be part of destination Jamaica,” he said, in a message...

Hundreds of residents from across St. James benefited from free dental services during an oral health workshop held in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay on Saturday (October 19). The event was organized by St. James Public Health Services in partnership with the Colgate-Palmolive Company (Jamaica) Limited as part of Oral Health Month, being observed throughout October under the theme -...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is encouraging employers in the hospitality industry to participate in the proposed workers’ pension scheme, which is slated to come into effect next year.  “Cooperate with us, and work with the workers. We are incentivizing employers to ensure that they contribute their three percent now, and later on, five percent,” Mr. Bartlett said, while reiterating...

Regional Director for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Region 3, Sophia Forbes Hall, says the duties of education officers are being transformed. “The education officer, over the years, has primarily carried the role of an administrator. We are moving beyond that in order to make teaching and learning our priority,” she emphasized.  To this end, the Regional Director...

Approximately 30 additional schools will benefit from rainwater harvesting systems to be installed by Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL). The agency recently commissioned into service systems installed at Rock Hall All Age School in St. Andrew, and Enid Bennett High School in St. Catherine, with another 30 set for completion by the end of the 2019/20 fiscal year. Managing Director,...