The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), in conjunction with Sagicor Bank, will be engaging entrepreneurs in a series of events over a one-week period, from November 13 to 19. The week, which is recognised both locally and internationally as Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) will be celebrated under the theme ‘GEW D.R.I.V.E. – Developing Rich Industry Value Chains for Export’. To...

Jamaica’s Rhodes Scholar for 2024, Nile Anderson, says his dream is to contribute to the building of local skills in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI). The self-styled “dreamgineer” will be heading to Oxford University in the United Kingdom (UK) to pursue a master’s degree in engineering science, which will focus on those two areas. Mr. Anderson said he chose to...

A US$1.2-million technical cooperation agreement was on Thursday (November 9) signed between the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to strengthen the country’s public-private partnership (PPP) programme. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, and IDB General Manager, Country Department Caribbean Group and Country Representative, Jamaica, Anton Edmunds, signed the agreement...

Government of Jamaica (GOJ) Audit Committees have been commended by Cabinet Secretary, Audrey Sewell, for their commitment and achievements. Speaking during Thursday’s (November 9) GOJ Audit Committees’ Conference 2023 at The Summit in New Kingston, Mrs. Sewell disclosed that committees have achieved consistent year-on-year improvement of approximately 20 per cent in responsiveness to audit queries and the implementation of audit...

The HEART/NSTA Trust is on a path of digital transformation to align with global standards. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (November 7), the agency’s Managing Director, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, noted that the transformation is necessary, as the agency “is moving into new dimensions to meet the needs of the labour force”. “The Trust has embarked on a...

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) has partnered with the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) to celebrate the parish of Portland on Sunday, November 12, at the Titchfield High School in Port Antonio, beginning at 1:00 p.m. The IOJ, an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, will honour Portland through its ‘Salute to the Parish’ cultural heritage...

With the country recording 3,147 suspected, presumed and confirmed dengue cases, as well as nine deaths, there is a call for persons to take action to minimise the spread of the virus. Making the call, Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said monitoring of water-storage containers for mosquito breeding must be done regularly, keeping surroundings “free...