The National Housing Trust (NHT) is reminding contributors that there is no deadline to submit applications to receive a refund of their payments. Contributions made to the NHT up to 2016 became available on January 1, with more than 30,000 applications being received by the Trust within the first three days of the month. More than 17,000 of these applications...

Persons wishing to pursue higher education are being encouraged to make use of the benefits available at the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB). The entity recently relaunched its Grant-in-Aid facility, which is tailored for students who are on the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), are wards of the State, or are from households where the income is below...

The Educate to Elevate community outreach programme, a back-to-school initiative of the Hope Gospel Assembly, will be the beneficiary of the proceeds from the 44th staging of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB). This was disclosed by Secretary, NLPB, Rev. Major (Ret’d) Canute Chambers, at a press briefing held on Thursday (January 11) at the Victoria Mutual Group Training Room,...

Regulations will soon be developed and introduced in Parliament for the removal of microplastics from personal care products as well as the prohibition of plastic lunch boxes. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, provided an update on the country’s sustainability and waste management efforts, during the opening of the...

The Government has commenced implementation of its multibillion-dollar Electronic Health Records (EHR) System at public health facilities, which will ensure seamless interface of critical diagnostic imaging. Speaking at the unveiling of the system, at the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon today (January 11), Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said it is part of a mission...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe (standing), addresses members of a delegation from Boston College in Montserrat, who called at the Ministry’s main office in Kingston on Tuesday (January 9).

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (left), and Principal Director for Field Services at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Collin Henry, look at a fishpond in Bushy Park, St. Catherine, by during a tour of farms in the area on January 10.