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.

Applications for the Marcus Garvey Public Sector Graduate Scholarship are now open for government workers. Launched in 2020 by Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, the scholarship, which represents investment of $1 billion over a five-year period, aims to upskill public-sector workers who wish to pursue postgraduate studies. Thirty scholarships are offered each year. Senior...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the transparent selection process for beneficiaries under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) ensures that assistance is provided to those who genuinely require it. Mr. Holness, on Monday, January 8, handed over a new three-bedroom unit under the programme to recipient, Angelyn Miller, of Johns Hall, St. James. Ms. Miller’s original home...

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service will host its third Staff Health Expo on January 12. The event, which is slated for the Ministry’s parking lot at National Heroes Circle in Kingston beginning 10:00 a.m., is intended to cater to the overall well-being of the Ministry’s staff complement of approximately 600. Corporate Communications and Public Relations Director, Shelly-Ann...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is calling on all Jamaicans to do their part to protect Brand Jamaica. “We have engaged professional services in looking at an evaluation of Brand Jamaica. We are quite well advanced in developing a nation brand strategy, and that nation brand strategy will do several things. It will give every Jamaican a better...

As the fight against praedial larceny in the local agricultural sector continues, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says the proposed agricultural wardens programme must be initiated this year. Speaking during the first stakeholder engagement session of the Ministry’s ‘New FACE of Food’ campaign in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, on Wednesday, (January 10), Minister Green said the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Montego Bay Perimeter Road will lift the Second City to a new level of development. He said the completion of the project will foster a surge in investments in St. James in areas such as housing. “I'm confident that when this project is finished, the city of Montego Bay will enter...