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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses the Jamaica Christian Diaspora Conference at the Iberostar Rose Hall Suites, St. James, on October 13.

Gov’t Looking to Amend Immigration Act

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Government is looking to amend the Immigration Act to give overseas Jamaicans certain benefits akin to holders of a Jamaican passport. She said the move...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre) addresses a press conference at his New Kingston office on October 13 to provide an update into the investigation of the deaths of four infants at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital. Looking on are Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Winston De La Haye; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Elaine Foster-Allen.

Health Minister to Review Report on Deaths of Infants at Victoria Jubilee

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses Gastronomy of Fats and Oils Seminar, held at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, Rose Hall, St. James, on October 12.

Jamaica Poised to Tap into US$150-Billion Gastronomy Market

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addressing tourism stakeholders at a recent function in Montego Bay, St. James.

Jamaica to Host UNWTO Global Conference

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) National Quality Awards ceremony and banquet at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on October 12. The BSJ, in association with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, awarded companies for excellence in the areas of manufacturing, service, small business and agriculture.

Quality Assurance Crucial to Growth Strategy

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid speaking at the opening of the two-day Mico University College Child Assessment and Research in Education (CARE) Centre’s 6th Biennial Education Conference, yesterday (October 13), at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston.

9 years ago Education

Mico Care Centre Stages Conference to Assist Educators

The effective delivery of the special education curriculum is the focus of the two-day Mico University College Child Assessment and Research in Education (CARE) Centre’s 6th Biennial Education Conference, which got under way yesterday (October 13), at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston. More than 350 educators from institutions across the island are taking part in the conference. The conference...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.

9 years ago Finance & Public ServiceOffice of the Prime Minister

Government and IMF Agree on New Three-Year Programme

The Government has reached a Staff-Level Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a US$1.7 billion three-year successor standby programme. This will replace the existing Extended Fund Facility (EFF) that ends in March 2017, once approved by the IMF’s Executive Board during its meeting, scheduled for November. This was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, and...

Members of the National Secondary Students’ Council (NSSC) for 2016-2017, share a photographic moment at the installation ceremony held on October 12 at the Institute of Jamaica in Kingston.

9 years ago Education

Education Ministry to Review Student Councils

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be reviewing student councils across the island to ensure that these bodies are actively engaged and functioning at an optimal level. State Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, in making the disclosure, said it has come to the attention of the Ministry that some councils are not as active as they should be in...

In this file photo, Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), is in discussion with Chairman, Jamaica Society for the Blind, Daemion McLean, at a World Sight Day health fair held at the Jamaica Society for the Blind’s Old Hope Road offices in St. Andrew last year.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Employers Urged to Hire More Visually Impaired Persons

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is calling for employers to hire more blind and visually impaired persons. “Let us not use a lack of sight or vision impairment to judge the competence of individuals, who more often than not are trained, competent and able to add value. I think as a country we need to do more...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information Mathematics Project Consultant from the Southern Methodist University, in the United States, Professor Leanne Ketterlin Geller, giving details on the Parenting Math Pilot project at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, recently.

9 years ago Education

Support Sought for Parenting Math Pilot Project

Private sector support is being sought for the Parenting Math Pilot project being coordinated by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. The project, which seeks to increase the parent and child’s interaction with mathematics in an effort to drive interest and confidence in the subject, will use the assistance given as incentive for the more than 1,500 families participating...

Co-Chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles. (File photo).

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Jamaica Set to Pass IMF Test for Sept. Quarter

Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, says Jamaica is in a good position to pass the International Monetary Fund (IMF) test for the September quarter. Addressing EPOC’s monthly press briefing at the Sagicor Group head office in New Kingston, yesterday (October 13), Mr. Byles said the key macroeconomic indicators under the IMF Extended Fund Facility were...

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Jamaica on Three-Year Precautionary Stand-By Arrangement

Press Release- An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Uma Ramakrishnan visited Kingston during September 21–30, 2016, to conduct discussions on a new IMF-supported economic program with Jamaica. To underscore the positive outcomes of these discussions, The Most Honourable Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica and Alejandro Werner, Director of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department, issued the following statement...