The Government of Jamaica will be investing more than $2.63 billion to purchase buses to boost the Jamaica Urban Transport Company’s (JCTU) fleet. As contained in the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled recently in the House of Representatives, a total of 100 compressed natural gas (CNG)-fuelled buses will be acquired. The procurement process commenced in December 2023, with the placement...

Senior Registrar in Psychiatry at the St. Catherine Health Department, Dr. Jordan Eaton, is encouraging persons who think they may be struggling with mental illness to seek help at a medical facility. Speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on Thursday (February 22), Dr. Eaton pointed out that help is available in the public health system as well...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the Jamaica Creative Career Expo held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on Wednesday, February 21. Over 1,000 senior high school and tertiary students as well as creative practitioners and entrepreneurs attended the Expo, organised by the Ministry’s Jamaica Creative Unit.

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is reporting an uptick in malicious or false alarm calls to the department in 2023. This was disclosed by JFB Commissioner, Stewart Beckford, during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’. He said the JFB responded to 1,220 malicious calls in 2022, adding that the number rose by 193 or 15.8 per cent to...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says Jamaica’s creative industry has the potential to exponentially grow the economy and create jobs. She noted that the industry is already an alternative to traditional sectors which drive gross domestic product (GDP). “So the creative economy is, therefore, alive and kicking, and we must not only punch but stamp...

Approximately $1.9 billion has been allocated to continue work under the Essex Valley Irrigation Infrastructure Development Programme in the upcoming fiscal year. Details of the provision are contained in the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure, which was recently tabled in the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. Implemented in April 2017,...

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (third right), unveils the sign symbolising the commissioning into service of the Glenwood Springs Community Wi-Fi in Clarendon North Western on Wednesday (February 21). Sharing the moment (from left) are: Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes; Member of Parliament, Clarendon North Western, Phillip Henriques; Councillor-Caretaker, Ritchies Division,...