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...

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-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...

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...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) on Tuesday (October 11) kicked off its annual Heritage Month school tours with stops at Half-Way Tree and Mona Heights Primary schools in the Corporate Area. The institutions were the first of the more than 20 to be presented with heritage packages comprising books and posters produced by the agency. Expressing gratitude for the publications,...

Chairman of the Economic Growth Council (EGC), Michael Lee-Chin, says the Council plans to provide quarterly updates to the nation on the progress of each of the eight growth initiatives outlined to the Cabinet. In a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) television ‘Issues and Answers’ interview, Mr. Lee-Chin said this will be done to ensure transparency of the Council. “We’ll...

Cabinet has approved drafting instructions for legislation to expunge the criminal records of three of Jamaica’s National Heroes and one notable ancestral freedom fighter. Those who will be affected include National Heroes, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Samuel Sharpe and Paul Bogle; and Maroon Chief, Tacky. This was announced by Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange,...