The Government is making an effort to gather more archaeological information from the White Marl area of St. Catherine, where a community of Tainos lived, even as the Administration is widening the Mandela Highway. While on a tour of the area on November 8, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said a group of archaeologists from...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC), Dr. Charles Douglas, says the new 15-member Board will assist the agency to “spread the productivity message” The new Board will be chaired by President of The Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA) Limited, Metry Seaga. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ yesterday (November 9), at the agency’s head office in...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 8) approved amendments to the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) to correct a referencing error in the legislation. The Bill was amended to facilitate the substitution of the words ‘Commissioner of Lands’ for ‘Commissioner of Land Valuations’ and will give the Commissioner of Lands the power to take all necessary action for the...

The National Education Trust (NET) has received contributions valued at approximately $45 million from donors for calendar year to date. Manager for Public-Private Relationship at the NET, Latoya Harris, said that some 81 schools, one tertiary institution and one children’s home have benefited from items such as books, computers, food, clothing, medical equipment and school supplies from local and overseas...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has extended congratulations on behalf of the Government and people of Jamaica, to the President-elect of the United States of America, Mr. Donald J. Trump. The Prime Minister communicated the great value placed by Jamaica on the longstanding friendship and cooperation, which has shaped our bilateral relationship with the United States for more than 50 years....

Vice Chairman of the Economic Growth Council (EGC), Ambassador Nigel Clarke, says the inclusion of aspects of the policy recommendations by the EGC in arrangements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an indication of the Government’s commitment to implementing the proposed strategies for economic growth. “We at the EGC take that as a sign that the Government is serious...

The Attorney General’s Department has been provided with 25 new desktop and laptop computers under the Government of Canada-funded Justice Undertaking for Social Transformation (JUST) Programme. The computers, along with backup storage devices and a projector, form part of the programme’s CDN$19.8-million business process reform and technical assistance provision, being facilitated through Canada’s Global Affairs Initiative. They will replace the...