Two new Community Access Points (CAPs) will open in St. James and St. Catherine in January, as the Government continues to provide Internet access across the length and breadth of Jamaica. They will be located at Flanker, Montego Bay, and West Prospect on the outskirts of Bog Walk. The CAP sites, being established through funding from the Universal Service Fund (USF),...

Persons with disabilities are being afforded greater opportunities to pursue technical and vocational education, through the HEART Trust/National Training Agency (HEART/NTA). Executive Director, Dr. Wayne Wesley, says since 2014, over 40 of these persons have enrolled in programmes at HEART academies and training institutions island wide. This facilitation, he noted, is consistent with a mandate from Prime Minister, the Most...

Communications Specialist at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dorothy Campbell, is urging citizens to adopt safe practices as they do their shopping and go about their various activities during the festive season. “One of the things that we at (the CAC) want to remind consumers about is safety during the Christmas season. Safety covers everything that you do within the...

Jamaica is making progress in boosting the country’s stock of goat and sheep in order to meet local demand for mutton and reduce the import bill for the meat. Annual import of mutton and chevon is estimated at over US$15 million. Under the Diversification of the Caribbean Livestock Sector through Production of Small Ruminants programme, focus is being placed on...

Jamaica’s Global Competitiveness Ranking in the area of tourism is expected to receive a boost from the country’s recent designations in world cultural heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Blue and John Crow Mountains was inscribed to UNESCO’s prestigious World Heritage List in July, while Kingston has gained membership to the organisation’s Creative Cities...

The 184th anniversary of the ‘Christmas Rebellion’, which was led by National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Samuel Sharpe, will be celebrated and re-enacted on December 27, in Tulloch Castle, Kensington, St. James. Sam Sharpe, a slave and a deacon in the Baptist church, was the protagonist of the 1831 Slave Rebellion which began on the Kensington Estate and which was...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is urging consumers to spend wisely during the holiday season. Communications Specialist at the CAC, Dorothy Campbell, tells JIS News that before any holiday related purchase is made, the family should first meet to plan a budget for spending. She explains that this exercise will enable family members to distinguish between needs and wants, and...