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A robotics team from the Mona School of Engineering, University of the West Indies (UWI), demonstrate their innovation during a function hosted by the Gender Committee for the Offices of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet at Jamaica House on Friday (March 9). From left are: Sasha-Lee Lewis; Zoe Saunders; and Stefany Hanson.

More Calls for Females to Pursue Careers in Science and Technology

Chief Policy Analyst in the Office of the Cabinet, Coleen White, is calling for more females to pursue studies and careers in the fields of science and technology, which she noted, continue to be dominated by men. Her call follows...

Japan Provides $31 Million Grant for New Classrooms at Two Rural Schools

Budget Supports Govt’s Commitment to Fiscal Discipline

Minister of Finance and the Public Service. Hon Audley Shaw.

Higher Wages Mean More Taxes

Chief Executive Officer of Sandals Resorts, Adam Stewart.

Sandals Resorts International Partners With Farmers for the Supply of Irish Potatoes

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, emphasises a point as he opens the 2018/19 Budget debate in the House of Representatives on March 8.

8 years ago Budget 2018/2019Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentFinance & Public Service

Hundreds of Jobs to Be Created from Seven Upcoming Projects

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has announced seven upcoming projects that will result in the creation of hundreds of jobs for Jamaicans during the fiscal year 2018/2019. They are Jiuquan Iron and Steel (JISCO), North-South Highway Development Projects, South Coast Highway Improvement Project, Montego Bay Perimeter Road Project, Naggo Head Technology Park, Morant Bay Town...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, with his Global Award at the ITB in Berlin Trade Show.

8 years ago Tourism

Tourism Minister Wins Global Award

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, fresh from receiving his accolade as the Caribbean’s Tourism Minister of the Year for 2017, has been named Tourism Minister of the Year Worldwide. Mr. Bartlett received the award on March 8 at the ITB Berlin 2018, the world’s leading travel trade show, in Germany. The award was voted on by the Pacific Area Travel...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), addresses the Government of Jamaica/International Monetary Fund (IMF) press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister on Friday (March 9), where details of the third review under the IMF’s Precautionary Stand-By Arrangement (PSBA) were announced. Listening (from left) are Head of the IMF Staff Mission Team, which conducted the review, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan; and Bank of Jamaica Governor, Brian Wynter.

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

Jamaica on Track for Additional US $233-Million Drawdown From IMF

Jamaica is on course for an additional drawdown of approximately US$233 million (SDR160.8 million) under the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) three-year Precautionary Stand-By Arrangement (PSBA), if needed. This, as the country has met all quantitative fiscal and monetary performance criteria and structural benchmarks under the third PSBA review for the period ending December 2017. The sum will become available, subject...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw opens the 2018/19 Budget debate in the House of Representatives on March 8. At left is State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

Government Reduces Debt to GDP Ratio

The Government has reduced its national debt to gross domestic product (GDP) by going below the target of 111 per cent for the 2017/18 fiscal year. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, as he opened the 2018/19 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 8. He informed that the Government...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the National Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Programme’s fifth annual review and capacity building workshop at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge, St. Andrew, on Thursday (March 8).

8 years ago Health & WellnessYouth

Give Children Water Instead of Sugary Drinks – Dr. Tufton

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is calling for parents to get their children to drink more water as part of the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs). He said there is a culture in schools, where if a student does not consume branded drinks or juices, then they are considered to be of the lower class. It is...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer, address a recent restorative justice conference at the Spanish Court Hotel, St. Andrew.

8 years ago Justice

More Restorative Justice Centres to Be Established

The Ministry of Justice will be taking steps to bring more restorative justice centres on stream at the community and parish levels this year. This was disclosed by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Carol Palmer, while addressing a recent restorative justice conference at the Spanish Court Hotel in St. Andrew. Nine restorative justice centres have been established across the island...

Late folklorist, author, musician and actress, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley.

8 years ago Culture

Cultural Series to Celebrate Four Jamaican Women

A new cultural series celebrating the legacies of four Jamaican women will be held at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), downtown Kingston, on March 11 and 18. The events will begin at 2:00 p.m. both days, and are free of cost. The series, titled ‘Four Women’, reflects on the lives and works of folklorist, author, musician and actress, Hon. Louise...