Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Douglas Saunders, says creating an attractive environment for public sector workers is crucial in the retention of high-performing persons within the sector. “There must be a public service environment, which attracts and retains the best of Jamaica, where employees feel engaged and included, and there is collaboration, willingness to listen and problem solving,” he said. “I just...

The incorporation of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) methodologies in the curriculum of schools will be rolled in the 2016 academic year. The subjects will be taught to students at the grades one to nine levels in primary and secondary institutions. Some 50 schools are expected to adopt this new curriculum. “We are changing the curriculum with a greater...

The University of Technology (UTech) has entered into a partnership with Sutherland Global Services (SGS) that will lead to training and job placement for students of the institution. The agreement provides SGS funding for construction of an ‘Earn While You Learn’ Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) operation at UTech’s Papine campus. There is a similar facility on the University of the...

Young people in the Corporate Area now have increased options for skills and career training with the opening of the Trench Town Polytechnic College (TTPC) on Tuesday (November 17). The training facility, located at  Eight Street in the South St. Andrew community,  offers Heart Trust/NTA and Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) programmes in data operation, auto body repair, customer service,  maritime studies,...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, has hailed the ‘Eat Jamaican’ campaign as a game changer in the Jamaican economy. He said the 12-year-old campaign, which encourages Jamaicans to ‘Grow What We Eat…Eat What We Grow’, has saved the country over US$500 million in food imports since its launch in November 2003. He noted that with...

Residents of Gregory Park, St. Catherine, are set to benefit from a $15 million community resource centre. The facility, which was officially opened today (November 18), was constructed under the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Community Empowerment and Transformation Project, Phase II (COMET II). The Gregory Park Community Resource Centre boasts a Community Development Council/Community-Based Organisations (CDC/CBO) office,...

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton, has hailed the success of the business reform programme, which has made it easier to do business in Jamaica. He noted that the reform measures have facilitated investments which, he said, “are coming in, in significant numbers.” “The Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector is booming...we will soon become the liquefied natural gas...