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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), interacts with students of the St. Patrick Primary School while teacher Orlando Sculley (2nd left) looks on. Occasion was the National Careers Week 2017 regional forum at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston today (Feb. 16). The students are (from left): Tamilia Minott, Adriano Harris and Nyoka Betton.

Students Urged to Become Developers of Goods and Services

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is urging students to pursue career paths that will enable them to become developers of goods and services that will ultimately redound to the benefit of the economy. The...

The Aedes Aegypti Mosquito which transmits Zika virus.

$10 Million for Project to Control Infectious Diseases

Director of Enabling Environment and Human Rights at the National Family Planning Board Sexual Health Authority, Devon Gabourel, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on Safer Sex Week 2017 on February 15.

Jamaicans Urged to Use Dual Methods of Contraception

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), is shown the sugar-manufacturing process at the Worthy Park sugar factory in St. Catherine, by Senior Managing Director, Robert Clarke during a tour of the facility on February 15.

Agriculture Minister Commends Management of Worthy Park Estate

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), is greeted by Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission (J-TEC), Maxine Henry-Wilson, when he arrived at The Knutsford Court Hotel in St. Andrew on Wednesday (February 15) to attend the launching ceremony for the National Qualification Framework of Jamaica (NQF-J). The NQF-J is a new national policy for regulated qualifications in Jamaica’s education and training system.

Second Chance for Persons Without Formal Qualifications

(Seated) The Hon. Audley Shaw CD, MP, (left) Minister of Finance and the Public Service and Mr. Xiao Jie, Minister of Finance, China. The Signing Ceremony took place at the at the Ministry of Finance in Beijing, China.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Contract Signed for Highway Improvement Project

PRESS RELEASE - Finance Minister, Audley Shaw, on Wednesday, met with his Chinese counterpart Mr. Xiao Jie, at the Ministry of Finance in Beijing, China. Minister Shaw updated Minister Xiao on the Jamaican economy and the status of Chinese investment projects in Jamaica’s infrastructure development. He briefed Minister Xiao on the increased activities since he met with the then Minister...

9 years ago Commerce

JMA President says Sector has Key Role to Play in Growth Agenda

President of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA), Metry Seaga, says the sector has a key role to play in facilitating the country’s plan of achieving five per cent growth in the next four years. He noted that the manufacturing sector contributes 8.5 per cent to gross domestic product (GDP) compared to agriculture, forestry and fisheries which contribute 7.3 per cent;...

The Post and Telecommunications Department’s Central Sorting Office (CSO), on South Camp Road, Kingston.

9 years ago Budget 2017/2018

Postal System to be Improved

The Government will spend $46.6 million to upgrade the country’s international postal system in the 2017-18 fiscal year. Funding for this initiative will be provided by the Universal Postal Union, an international organisation which helps to ensure a universal network of up-to-date products and services. The money has been set aside in the 2017-18 Estimates of Expenditure now before the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (2nd right), addresses a press conference at the offices of the Overseas Examinations Commission in Kingston on February 14 to give an update on developments in the education sector. Others (from left) are: Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean; Permanent Secretary, Deanroy Bernard; and State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green.

9 years ago Education

Gov’t has Honoured Financial Commitments to Secondary Schools

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Government has honoured its financial commitments to secondary schools under the non-mandatory fees policy and the institutions have complied with the measure. The policy, which abolishes the payment of auxiliary fees, came into effect at the start of the 2016-17 school year in September. It discontinued the payment...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), listens to a point being made by Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, during the Third Jamaica/EU Political Dialogue held recently at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices.

9 years ago Foreign AffairsVision 2030

Gov’t Looking to Strengthen Trade Relations with EU

The Government is examining ways to more effectively utilise the CARIFORUM-European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) to strengthen Jamaica’s trade relations with the 27-member EU. This is against the background of significant developments, notably the pending departure of the United Kingdom (UK), Jamaica’s largest trading partner in that bloc, said Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon....

9 years ago Youth

Importance of Foster Care Being Highlighted

The Child Development Agency (CDA) is observing its annual National Foster Care Recognition Week from February 12 to 18, under the theme: ‘Your Home Makes a Difference’. The observance is aimed at heightening awareness, recruiting potential foster parents and highlighting the positive contributions that existing foster parents make in the lives of children entrusted in their care. The week’s activities...

9 years ago Budget 2017/2018National Security and Peace

Support for Law and Order

With the maintenance of law and order high on the agenda of the Government, a total of $567 million has been budgeted to carry out activities to support this during the 2017-18 fiscal year. The money has been set aside in the 2017-18 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. Of the sum, $367 million will go towards...