Employers are being warned against the misuse of fixed-term contracts and to abide by the country’s labour laws. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., made the appeal during a Labour Advisory Council Sub-Committee Focus Group workshop on ‘Fixed Term Contracts’, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston, on January 16. Fixed-term employment is a contract...

Farmers are being strongly encouraged to get to know and utilise the relevant Extension Officers assigned to their Divisions by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), to better their operations and to receive support. The call comes from RADA Senior Agronomist, Locksley Waites, who was addressing farmers at a recent Stakeholder Engagement Session in Old Harbour, in St. Catherine. “Colleagues,...

Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Dr. Daniel Dawes (fourth left), and Kingston Eastern and Port Royal Member of Parliament, Phillip Paulwell, are surrounded by students from Holy Rosary Primary School, at the launch of community Wi-Fi at Windward Courts (Bower Bank), Kingston, on January 15.

The Government will continue to make strategic investments in Jamaica’s national security architecture, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. Speaking during a session with sixth-form students and teachers at Manchester High School in Mandeville on January 12, Mr. Holness noted that since 2016, the Government has increased its investment in national security threefold. He said investments have been...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has pledged decisive action to address the increase in crime in St. Elizabeth. Mr. Holness, who was in the parish on Friday (January 12) to hand over housing units under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), expressed concern about the recent spate of shootings, murders and robberies in the typically serene locale. He...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Ministry will be partnering with the private sector to get more farmers insured. “Part of what we are doing in partnering with the private sector is to ensure that in times of drought [or] flood, you don’t have to look to the Government to provide that response; you can...

Forty-three radio stations from key markets across the United States are currently in the island participating in a Sandals Resorts radio remote, reaching millions of listeners and giving Jamaica’s tourism a massive boost. Dubbed ‘Broadcast Paradise’, the event, which will last from January 13 to 21 at the Sandals Dunn’s River Resort, Mammee Bay, St. Ann, will see representatives of...