The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising the public that a section of the westbound carriageway of Spanish Town Road, in the vicinity of Callaloo Mews, will be closed this weekend. The closure, which will be in effect from 8:00 a.m. Saturday, February 3 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, February 4, 2024, is to facilitate the replacement of a pipe culvert...

The Government is set to launch its long-awaited online licensing and registration system for the fisheries sector on February 5. The new system is expected to reduce the time taken to produce fishing licences as well as support the sector’s efficient management. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, made the disclosure during a media briefing at the...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says despite experiencing a significant decline during the first three quarters of 2023, the agricultural sector is showing “tremendous resilience, and the figures bear that out”. His pronouncement comes against the background of a 2023 preliminary fourth quarter out-turn for produce totalling 203,288 tonnes, following declines of 9.5, 11.5 and 11.7...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, has hailed the IKONWORK job recruitment platform as a game changer for the local labour market. She noted that the online portal, which uses advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to connect jobseekers to the head-hunting community, will be particularly attractive to today’s technology savvy...

The Jamaican premiere of ‘Bob Marley: One Love’, which was held at Carib 5 on January 23, has already generated billions of dollars in media value for the country, says President of the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Shullette Cox. “Within the first 12 hours of the premiere, based on numbers that I have seen, the premiere generated over a million...

Jamaicans are being encouraged to take advantage of funding support provided by the Government of India for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson-Smith, said that Jamaicans can apply for a share of up to US$1 million that India has made available to the Caribbean for equipment to start and...

Beginning April 1, commuters who use a Smartercard to pay their fares on the State-owned Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses will benefit from a 50 per cent reduction in fares. Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 30). He said that a Cabinet note is...