Nine students from West Kingston, including four university freshmen, will have the cost of their tuition and other school-related expenses paid over the duration of their studies under the inaugural Edward Seaga Scholarship Awards (ESSA). Approximately $3 million has been pumped into the scholarship programme, which was officially launched at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (September...

Government Senator, Kerensia Morrison, is appealing for dog owners to be more responsible in securing their animals and ensure that they do not pose a danger to the public. “They must not be a risk to people, who are going about their regular business; people who are not trespassing, people who are just living their lives. Many Jamaicans can recount...

The National Land Agency (NLA) is advising the public that its iMapjamaica application will no longer be available to users come October 1. iMapjamaica, which is a spatial application used to locate parcels of land across the island, will have its functions integrated into the new eLandjamaica platform. “It really is an integration of iMapjamaica and eLandjamaica into one portal,”...

The National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA) has a key role to play in enhancing growth in manufacturing by speeding up the process of inspection and monitoring of entities. This was the word from the Authority’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lorice Edwards Brown, who spoke about the mandate of the NCRA in a recent interview with JIS News. The regulatory...

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaks at the Carifesta Exposé, on September 23 at the Little Theatre in Kingston. Carifesta Exposé featured some of Jamaica’s best performances at the recent CARIFESTA XIV, held in Trinidad and Tobago from August 16 to 25.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says the Government is firm in its protection of the environment to achieve sustainable development. Delivering the keynote address at the Youth for Sustainable Development (Y4SD) 2019 Conference, at JAMPRO in St. Andrew today (September 27), Mr. Terrelonge cited the imposition of a ban on single-use...

Members of the Gayle Cricket Team, winners of the 2019 Social Development Commission (SDC)/Wray & Nephew National Community T/20 Cricket Competition, have given back some of their prize money to the parish. “Over the years, we have won the St. Mary parish phase of the competition several times, and each year, 15 per cent of those prize monies went to...