The Supreme Court today handed down it's ruling on aspects of the 2017 National Identification and Registration Act. The Government is respectful of the court's ruling and will spend some time carefully reviewing the judgment, after which a more fulsome response will be forthcoming. The Government would like to place on record its sincere gratitude to the full court panel...

  The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange in discussion with Jamaica's High Commissioner-designate to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, His Excellency Arthur Williams. Mr Williams paid a courtesy call on the Minister at her offices in New Kingston on Wednesday, 10 April 2019.

Chairman of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Senator Matthew Samuda, says plans are on track for the launch of the deposit refund scheme for plastic bottles this year. The scheme, which will provide a cash refund to consumers who return their plastic bottles, is intended to reduce littering and encourage recycling. It will be implemented by Recycling Partners Jamaica...

The Bright Journey Medical Mission will be training staff of the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) in new technology to ensure the sustainability of the work being undertaken by the team from China. The 50-member team, comprising ophthalmologists, nurses, and technical support staff, including biomedical engineers, arrived in Jamaica on March 27 to perform cataract surgeries on more than 500 Jamaicans...

The Ministry of National Security will be partnering with the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme to provide jobs for at-risk youth. The collaboration will be facilitated under the Ministry’s flagship ‘We Transform’ youth empowerment Initiative, which was launched in 2017. Minister of State, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, said the partnership is strategic and timely, and reflects the Government’s commitment...

Persons will soon be able to access free secured Internet service in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, St. James. This is expected to be in place in June when the Universal Service Fund (USF) establishes the platform facilitating the provision as part of a three-year $14-million project. The engagement is being carried out under the Connect Jamaica Free Public Wi-Fi...

A university lecturer is encouraging farmers across the island to adopt climate-smart practices in order to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters. Dean of Science and Technology at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Michael A. Taylor, said that with rising temperatures, unpredictability of rain, drought and other climatic phenomena, farmers will have to...