The Government of Jamaica is taking more dynamic, innovative and aggressive steps to promote and encourage the greater development of Downtown Kingston. According to Prime Minister Andrew Holness, the Government has a clear and strategic plan to transform the skyline of Downtown Kingston to become the pearl of the Antilles. “The UDC has several projects for Downtown Kingston including apartment...

The Government has committed more than $4 billion to upgrade health facilities in St. Catherine, with $3 billion earmarked for expansion of the Spanish Town Hospital. Making the disclosure, Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said the developments will be undertaken over the next three to four years. He said that the investment is the largest...

The Prime Minister says the strategic transformation of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) into a force for good through organizational and policy changes is taking shape. Prime Minister Holness was speaking on Wednesday (May 29) at the 76th annual joint conference of the Jamaica Police Federation at Moon Palace Hotel in St. Ann. “The transformation that we are moving the...

The draft Special Education Policy, which seeks to provide access and equity in education for all students with special needs, has been submitted for Cabinet approval. Education Officer, Special Education Unit in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Christina Addington, said the policy acknowledges education as a fundamental right of every child. “According to the [2011] Charter of Rights,...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Michael Henry, has reiterated his commitment to continue advocating strongly for reparations for the descendants of slaves. “We (have) prepared the affidavit to serve on the Queen. All the issues have been addressed by the National [Council] on Reparations, and it’s done in my name. So, I’m waiting on...

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, says that drivers and sidemen are benefiting from training as part of measures to improve service delivery. “We are currently in the second year of training our drivers and sidemen right around the island. We are training them because we believe that the first responders must be at...

Jamaica’s first Interventional Suite at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) was officially opened, today (May 30). The Interventional Suite has state-of-the-art equipment that enables specialist clinicians to perform minimally invasive tests and procedures to diagnose and treat some of the most complex cardiac cases and interventional patients. The project began in 2018, with donations from the Ministry...