The Government is anticipating more than J$38 billion (US$300 million) in investments from additional alternative energy projects being targeted for implementation. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says these engagements are expected to generate a significant number of jobs while lowering Jamaica’s fossil fuel imports. He was making his 2017/18 Sectoral...

The process to retrofit police vehicles to allow for the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) will begin shortly. National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, says the procurement of the conversion kits to facilitate the process has been completed. “Ten cars are to be converted, starting within the next 30 days,” he said in his contribution to the 2017/18 Sectoral...

The Jamaica Early Childhood Curriculum will be the central focus of a Regional Certification Fair scheduled for the Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St. Catherine, on Friday, April 28. The event, being organised by the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), is slated to get under way at 9:00 a.m. with an opening ceremony scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Acting Executive Director of...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is encouraging middle managers to become transformational leaders within their organisations by supporting their entities’ ultimate vision. “You must find out where senior management or owners want to take the organisation and how you, as an individual middle manager, can help in that process,” he said. The Minister was addressing...

Director General of the Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Division (PSTMD), Office of the Cabinet, Veniece Pottinger-Scott, says the Government is developing a policy to address service delivery in the public sector. She said the objective is to institutionalise standards of service excellence across Government. Mrs. Pottinger-Scott, who was addressing a Visioning Workshop at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston,...

The Government has taken steps to ensure that Jamaica derives significant benefits from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which has been established to support the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during his 2017/18 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of...

A new Fisheries Bill, aimed at further safeguarding the local sector, is to be tabled in Parliament shortly. The Bill, which will replace the Fisheries Act of 1976, will establish the legal and regulatory framework that creates the enabling environment for the sector’s sustainable growth. This includes ramping up measures to tackle poaching and unregulated fishing in Jamaican waters, Industry,...