The Government of Jamaica will be conducting multi-hazard assessments of eight priority coastal areas across the island. The studies, to be undertaken over two years by consulting firm Smith Warner International, will provide an understanding of the vulnerabilities and risks associated with the built and natural environments, with a view to identifying solutions geared towards climate change adaptation and disaster...

The Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) and Collaborate to Educate our Sons recently pulled around 100 vulnerable boys from high schools across the island and boarded them at the Medallion Hall Hotel in St. Andrew for three days of mentoring under the Boys Education Empowerment Programme. The mentorship sessions took place between September 18 and 20. It was endorsed by the...

Chief Technical Director, Financial Investigations, Security Policy and Risk Management Affairs, Ministry of National Security, Rohan Richards, says money laundering is a clear and present danger to the country. Mr. Richards, who was speaking at the Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network of the Caribbean (ARIN-CARIB) Annual General Meeting at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort, St. James, on September 19, said money...

Hundreds of residents in Clarendon, as well as persons from the parish of St. Catherine, now have access to expanded health services at the Rock River Health Centre in the parish. The facility, which was officially opened on September 18, was constructed by Food For the Poor (FFP), with funding provided by American philanthropist, Denise Di Biase. In her address,...

Former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, has praised Jamaica for the “remarkable” accomplishments under its financial arrangements with the Fund, which have now concluded. “Through two programmes, two different administrations with very strong commitment, you have managed to actually create jobs, to reduce the unemployment level to the lowest ever, you’ve reduced debt by 50...

Jamaicans from all walks of life congregated at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Chapel, Mona, on Thursday (September 19), to pay their final respects to late medical doctor and Statesman, Dr. Kenneth Baugh. The large throng of well-wishers spilled outside the halls of the chapel and into tents erected on the grounds, where they were able to watch...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Collette Roberts Risden, says Jamaica’s economic and sociocultural frameworks have been largely shaped by the migration of the country’s workers in pursuit of employment opportunities locally and overseas. She noted that the country has seen significant remittance inflows from persons taking up opportunities abroad, which has had “a tremendous impact...