Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has hailed 2018 Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Roll of Honour Awardee, Sadie Comrie, for her exemplary leadership and service to the sector. He noted that she has set an excellent example for others to follow, from New Works All-Age School in Westmoreland, where she established a Reading Club, to...

The impact of climate change and natural disasters on the region is among the key topics for discussion during the upcoming 37th Annual Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean Conference in Jamaica. The event is slated for June 20 to 22 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, under the theme ‘Navigating Global Disruption: Creating Opportunities’. It was...

Custos of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin, is urging schools to place greater focus on entrepreneurial studies. “If students are to succeed in the global market, there needs to be a stronger focus on entrepreneurial education. It focuses on soft and core skills, including problem-solving, team-building, and transversal competences such as learning social and civic competences, initiative taking...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s (JUTC) fleet of buses are to see marked improvement in performance with the implementation of an oil filtration system. This as Cabinet has approved the award of a $251-million contract to Elhydron Incorporated for the provision of materials, technical professional advice, and to perform all operations for the implementation of Phase 1 of the Elhydro...

Provisions will be made for students with special needs during the sitting of the new Primary Exit Profile (PEP), beginning on February 26. The students will be among the first cohort at the Grade-six level that will be sitting the Ability Test component in 1,104 centres across the island. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid,...

Since taking over the Energy, and Science and Technology Portfolios in July 2018, significant policy, governance and administrative advances have been made. Through the Energy Portfolio, government’s strategic policy goal of providing real assets to private citizens and entities through listing on the Jamaican Stock Market has begun to take shape with the imminent initial public offering of Wigton Wind...

The Government plans to lobby the support of the international community, particularly the United States, for the Jamaican cannabis industry’s development. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says this partly stems from reluctance by local banks to fund the industry’s growth, due to fear of international de-risking, citing this as a major impediment with serious economic implications...